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Thank you Berna and TB Council for asking these questions!<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 11.12.2020 um 16:40 schrieb Berna
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Dear Thunderbird community,
As we started working on Thunderbird’s vision and strategy for the
future, we would highly welcome your input to guide and help us define
it together. Please take a few minutes to answer the questions below by
December 20th. Ideally, we would like to gather everyone's personal
opinion.
We will disclose and publicly discuss the results of the survey after
tabulation.
1. What are the first 5 words that spring to mind when asked to describe
Thunderbird?</pre>
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efficiency<br>
data ownership<br>
shortcomings (bugs/RFEs)<br>
flexibility (as in: adjust to different users with different needs,
features, settings, Add-ons etc.)<br>
stability (UI/UX, as opposed to: constantly changing and following
short-lived trends)<br>
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2. What is it that Thunderbird does best?</pre>
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- Manage large amounts of email messages from multiple accounts with
ease and maximum efficiency as a cross-OS desktop application.<br>
- Search tens of thousands of emails (75.000+) with blazing fast,
high precision, and super flexible, incremental per folder
QuickSearch (also available cross-folder as "Advanced search", bit
clumsy).<br>
- unsurpassed efficiency via (almost) full keyboard access and
powerful shortcuts for everyday repetitive routines.<br>
- Swiss knife communication tool which caters for different users
with different needs, from newbie to advanced, private to
enterprise, through features, settings, and Add-ons. (Note that
these aren't necessarily conflicting: Say if we've redesigned
composition's addressing area for more usability, that's a benefit
for all types of users!)<br>
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3. What makes Thunderbird different?</pre>
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- Compared to many webmail clients, unsurpassed efficiency via
(almost) full keyboard access and powerful shortcuts for everyday
repetitive routines.<br>
- Open Source - designed with users and user input and with users in
mind (let's please keep it that way!)<br>
- Free (as in "free beer" and "supporting freedom")<br>
- Not selling your data<br>
- Flexibility (features, settings, Add-ons etc.) - as opposed to
"take ours or leave it / do or die" mentality<br>
- Integrated experience as a cross-OS desktop app<br>
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4. What would you like others to think of Thunderbird?</pre>
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- That Thunderbird is a user-centric application that puts usability
first.<br>
- That Thunderbird is flexible to adjust to different users with
different needs, allowing them to tweak Thunderbird accordingly with
rich features, settings and Add-ons that enable their very own
workflows.<br>
- That Thunderbird promotes open standards, data control, and
security in communication (which is an important contribution in a
world where democracy and human rights are quite far from being
universal, and a free & secure communication tool like
Thunderbird can be a game changer).<br>
- That Thunderbird is created by a vibrant and creative community
(staff and volunteers) focused on improving the product
cooperatively and in mutual respect.<br>
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I'd like to add that this being about vision, it all sounds pretty
positive, and we do have a lot of good things to offer.
Notwithstanding, I think there's also a lot we need to work on to
improve both the product and the way we cooperate as a community to
produce it. Navigating "vision" and "sustainability" will be a
constant and intricate challenge. I suspect we'll best master that
if we don't lose our community-based roots in the process, and with
a strong commitment to quality. Our application development should
be informed by careful listening to users and striving for the best
possible UX with good, balanced and respectful reasoning. Easier
said than done, but still!<br>
<br>
Thomas<br>
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<div class="moz-signature"><span style="color:#666;font-family:mono;
font-size:small"><b>Thomas Duellmann (aka Thomas D.)</b><br>
Enterprise Support and Documentation Engineer<br>
Thunderbird<br>
</span><span style="color:#666;font-family:mono; font-size:small"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:thomas@thunderbird.net">thomas@thunderbird.net</a>
| :thomas8</span><br>
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