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> A Bright Future > The long term plan is to migrate our code to web technologies

• jerf 9y ago
  While I understand what you're getting, bear in mind that in the context of a discussion about Thunderbird specifically and not just in general that Thunderbird is currently best described as being built on "A now-very-deprecated vaguely web-esque technology stack with no future". Moving to web technologies is a step forward even if you don't personally like them much. (And I'm at least sympathetic to that viewpoint.)
• cookiecaper 9y ago
  What we really need is a good way to execute desktop apps as if they were web services: accessible from nearly any device, access to your data with minimal complication wherever you happen to sign in from, and a lightweight, instant-response, zero-install interaction model. If we value "native clients", we need to address the things that make web clients more convenient.
  • moosingin3space 9y ago
    My biggest frustration whenever an anti-web/anti-Electron comment is posted on Hacker News summarized.
  • u801e 9y ago
    > What we really need is a good way to execute desktop apps as if they were web services I think the closest thing we have is the remote desktop protocol. I have used Thunderbird on my desktop via the rdp client I have installed on my phone (though with some degree of difficulty due to the interface and input limitations). I think something like that could work if rdp clients provided a better interface for clients not using a desktop computer.