Comments on: Mozilla’s New Focus on Thunderbird and Internet Communications http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2007/09/17/mozillas-new-focus-on-thunderbird-and-internet-communications/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:41:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Baptiste http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2007/09/17/mozillas-new-focus-on-thunderbird-and-internet-communications/#comment-458 Baptiste Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:45:52 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=158#comment-458 That is great news, really! I hope Mozilla can show the full power of a standards-based approach for email, instant messenging or photo sharing, just like you did for the web! That is great news, really! I hope Mozilla can show the full power of a standards-based approach for email, instant messenging or photo sharing, just like you did for the web!

]]> By: Vegard Krog Petersen http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2007/09/17/mozillas-new-focus-on-thunderbird-and-internet-communications/#comment-457 Vegard Krog Petersen Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:15:42 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=158#comment-457 Good news. Perhaps we can see some improvements in the newsgroups/newsreader part also?... Fingers crossed. :-) Good news. Perhaps we can see some improvements in the newsgroups/newsreader part also?… Fingers crossed. :-)

]]> By: Blog on 27th Floor http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2007/09/17/mozillas-new-focus-on-thunderbird-and-internet-communications/#comment-463 Blog on 27th Floor Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:21:24 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=158#comment-463 <strong>Mozilla基金会将成立公司推广Thunderbird</strong> Mozilla基金会的Firefox浏览已经取得了极大的成功，甚至已经成立了公司进行推广运作；现在他们决定再成立一家公司来推广邮件客户端Thunderbird，这家公司也将是赢利性质的，请到的主管是A... Mozilla基金会将成立公司推广Thunderbird

Mozilla基金会的Firefox浏览已经取得了极大的成功，甚至已经成立了公司进行推广运作；现在他们决定再成立一家公司来推广邮件客户端Thunderbird，这家公司也将是赢利性质的，请到的主管是A…

]]> By: Chris http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2007/09/17/mozillas-new-focus-on-thunderbird-and-internet-communications/#comment-456 Chris Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:47:42 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=158#comment-456 "The critical product is Sunbird. With a decent calender it can compete with Outlook." And yet there's been reference to Sunbird in any of this. Everybody's asking about calendars but nobody seems to want to answer. It's a core piece of functionality and I don't see people clamouring for VoIP in the same way. Just a few issues that people would like to hear about: Has the strategy for calendars, to do lists and so on been decided? Or, does Mozilla favour the Apple route of separate Mail and Calendar apps? (I personally prefer the other approach) What is the opinion on MAPI support in future? Is Sunbird still important to Mozilla? Is the Sunbird codebase suitable to be integrated into Thunderbird - is it good enough and portable enough? “The critical product is Sunbird. With a decent calender it can compete with Outlook.”

And yet there’s been reference to Sunbird in any of this. Everybody’s asking about calendars but nobody seems to want to answer.

It’s a core piece of functionality and I don’t see people clamouring for VoIP in the same way. Just a few issues that people would like to hear about:

Has the strategy for calendars, to do lists and so on been decided?
Or, does Mozilla favour the Apple route of separate Mail and Calendar apps? (I personally prefer the other approach)
What is the opinion on MAPI support in future?
Is Sunbird still important to Mozilla?
Is the Sunbird codebase suitable to be integrated into Thunderbird - is it good enough and portable enough?

]]> By: Prashant http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2007/09/17/mozillas-new-focus-on-thunderbird-and-internet-communications/#comment-455 Prashant Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:35:01 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=158#comment-455 I love Thunderbird! It has been much better than the MS Outlook that I had been using. It also integrates the RSS feeds from the sites I love. Great going. I only wish that there is a better solution to export the mails and the address book to other e-mail clients. This will help a lot when we wish to switch away to some other machine. I love Thunderbird! It has been much better than the MS Outlook that I had been using. It also integrates the RSS feeds from the sites I love. Great going.

I only wish that there is a better solution to export the mails and the address book to other e-mail clients. This will help a lot when we wish to switch away to some other machine.

]]> By: Oisin http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2007/09/17/mozillas-new-focus-on-thunderbird-and-internet-communications/#comment-454 Oisin Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:09:07 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=158#comment-454 This is very encouraging, Mitchell. I've spent many years moving between mail clients and extending them to get a good communications flow going. Things have gone way beyond just email now, and I have IM, feeds, newsgroups, google/yahoo groups, social networking site notifications and calendar notifications to deal with. It's inordinately difficult to manage merging these into coherent transient streams of communication that can be simple archived and mined. I'll be watching with interest! This is very encouraging, Mitchell. I’ve spent many years moving between mail clients and extending them to get a good communications flow going. Things have gone way beyond just email now, and I have IM, feeds, newsgroups, google/yahoo groups, social networking site notifications and calendar notifications to deal with. It’s inordinately difficult to manage merging these into coherent transient streams of communication that can be simple archived and mined. I’ll be watching with interest!

]]> By: Tipt http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2007/09/17/mozillas-new-focus-on-thunderbird-and-internet-communications/#comment-462 Tipt Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:33:00 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=158#comment-462 <strong>Mozilla Thunderbird krijgt een nieuwe impuls</strong> Het emailprogramma Mozilla Thunderbird krijgt een nieuwe impuls. Er is een paar miljoen dollar vrijgemaakt om Thunderbird verder te ontwikkelen. Mozilla, ook de maker van Firefox, hoopt hiermee meer gebruikers te krijgen en het product te Mozilla Thunderbird krijgt een nieuwe impuls

Het emailprogramma Mozilla Thunderbird krijgt een nieuwe impuls. Er is een paar miljoen dollar vrijgemaakt om Thunderbird verder te ontwikkelen. Mozilla, ook de maker van Firefox, hoopt hiermee meer gebruikers te krijgen en het product te

]]> By: Luc Cardinaels http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2007/09/17/mozillas-new-focus-on-thunderbird-and-internet-communications/#comment-453 Luc Cardinaels Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:43:13 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=158#comment-453 Great news. I am fully committed to contribute and make this baby the nr.1 e-mail client ! Cheers, Luc Great news. I am fully committed to contribute and make this baby the nr.1 e-mail client !

Cheers,

Luc

]]> By: Beth http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2007/09/17/mozillas-new-focus-on-thunderbird-and-internet-communications/#comment-452 Beth Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:56:54 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=158#comment-452 I'm really happy to read that more's being put into Thunderbird! I switched from MS Outlook to T'bird a few months ago, and the only thing I miss is the calendar/task functions (actually, I really miss that a lot), which I've replaced with Google Calendar. I hope to see those functions developed in T'bird--I personally think use would increase substantially with a few things like this. (Note I am not a MS fangirl; I just liked Outlook.) Someone mentioned having web mail; I know I'm specifically using T'bird rather than Gmail because I can't stand web-based email. I guess it would be nice as an option, though. I would love to see a full-functioning threaded email feature as with Gmail. There are extensions (another reason to love Thunderbird!), but they really don't work well. Hopefully with more work being put into Thunderbird itself, more (and better!) extensions will follow! I’m really happy to read that more’s being put into Thunderbird! I switched from MS Outlook to T’bird a few months ago, and the only thing I miss is the calendar/task functions (actually, I really miss that a lot), which I’ve replaced with Google Calendar. I hope to see those functions developed in T’bird–I personally think use would increase substantially with a few things like this. (Note I am not a MS fangirl; I just liked Outlook.)

Someone mentioned having web mail; I know I’m specifically using T’bird rather than Gmail because I can’t stand web-based email. I guess it would be nice as an option, though.

I would love to see a full-functioning threaded email feature as with Gmail. There are extensions (another reason to love Thunderbird!), but they really don’t work well. Hopefully with more work being put into Thunderbird itself, more (and better!) extensions will follow!

]]> By: Mauro Cicognini http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2007/09/17/mozillas-new-focus-on-thunderbird-and-internet-communications/#comment-451 Mauro Cicognini Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:55:00 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=158#comment-451 This is just fantastic news. After the previous posts, I feared we devoted TB users were going to be left out in the cold. Instead it turns out *more* resources are being thrown at TB, so I'm just going hooray. Kudos to all of you and best wishes to David, from a fellow pythoneer. This is just fantastic news. After the previous posts, I feared we devoted TB users were going to be left out in the cold. Instead it turns out *more* resources are being thrown at TB, so I’m just going hooray.
Kudos to all of you and best wishes to David, from a fellow pythoneer.

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