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</head><body text="#000000"><span>Dirk Steinmetz (rsjtdrjgfuzkfg) wrote
on 2021-01-22 9:23 PM:</span><br>
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cite="mid:f9d09373-b906-0ece-f0ef-90f37253d7b8@rsjtdrjgfuzkfg.com">As
next step, we hope to distill aspects of the vision into concise
snippets (a few words max). We can then build the "official" vision from
these snippets.
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Many items listed in the previous thread are not reflective of what I've
seen from Thunderbird users over the years. I haven't seen much
interest in the fact that it's open-source, or taking messages off the
server (I'd bet Gmail is the most popular MSP among Thunderbird users). A
common theme that I see both here and among users is about <span
style="font-weight: bold;">control and ownership of your email</span>.
That applies to the messages themselves and the experience. The privacy
and security stem from that. You don't
have to log into a website, and as a standalone app, it doesn't matter
if you're using Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook (Hotmail), or whatever. In fact,
it's one place where you can manage all of those accounts, and the
interoperability makes you feel like you're not locked into anything.
You can move messages wherever you want, and set up a UI that fits your
workflow.<br>
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Having said that, this seems focused on email. Where do the calendar,
RSS feeds, newsgroups, and chat fit in?</body></html>