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I wanted to keep using FF despite being a gmail user so much so that I switched to Thunderbird for my emails. I guess Mozilla wins this way.

omnimus 7y ago
I did the same and then ditched gmail for payed email service + my domain. Thumderbird is underrated.
- pjmlp 7y ago
  Same here. Gmail is only an easy way to aggregate my emails, which I used yahoo for, and eventually might use something else. Back home, Thunderbird, and the occasional donations.
copperx 7y ago
I thought Thunderbird was not under development anymore?
- chucksmash 7y ago
  They released a new version on the 27th of August[1]. It looks like it that was the first release since August 2018[2]. [1]: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.0/releasenotes/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.0/releaseno... [2]: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/60.0/releasenotes/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/60.0/releaseno...
  - Caspy7 7y ago
    I believe Thunderbird is now ESR. So it gets a major version then security updates for a year until the next one.
    - copperx 7y ago
      What is the meaning of ESR? Because that sounds like life support to the layman.
      - Caspy7 7y ago
        Nah. I means Extended Support Release. After Firefox moved to the quicker release train, larger organizations were annoyed because they like stability in order to test stuff prior to release and make sure extensions and everything remains the same. So like Ubuntu (iirc) and some others, they created a Firefox ESR that gets security updates and only major updates ~once a year. I think Thunderbird actually just tracks with Firefox ESR.
      - naniwaduni 7y ago
        Do you want your mail reader constantly tracking the latest web tech? The layman hates updates.
- kilburn 7y ago
  It's been a weird story. Here's how I remember things going: 1. Mozilla Corp. dropped Thunderbird as one of their projects, and told the community they would have to figure out how to move ahead with the project if they wanted to. News of "Thunderbird is dead" spread out after this announcement. 2. It turned out there was plenty of interest in the project among the public. Donations came in, and the project was kept alive. They established the "Thunderbird Council" as their governance body. 3. The project still needed some legal home and assistance. The Mozilla Foundation (the non-profit) offered to serve as that. The council studied several options and decided to accept this offer. And this is how they got here: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/about/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/about/

omnimus 7y ago

I did the same and then ditched gmail for payed email service + my domain. Thumderbird is underrated.

pjmlp 7y ago
Same here. Gmail is only an easy way to aggregate my emails, which I used yahoo for, and eventually might use something else. Back home, Thunderbird, and the occasional donations.

copperx 7y ago

I thought Thunderbird was not under development anymore?

chucksmash 7y ago
They released a new version on the 27th of August[1]. It looks like it that was the first release since August 2018[2]. [1]: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.0/releasenotes/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.0/releaseno... [2]: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/60.0/releasenotes/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/60.0/releaseno...
- Caspy7 7y ago
  I believe Thunderbird is now ESR. So it gets a major version then security updates for a year until the next one.
  - copperx 7y ago
    What is the meaning of ESR? Because that sounds like life support to the layman.
    - Caspy7 7y ago
      Nah. I means Extended Support Release. After Firefox moved to the quicker release train, larger organizations were annoyed because they like stability in order to test stuff prior to release and make sure extensions and everything remains the same. So like Ubuntu (iirc) and some others, they created a Firefox ESR that gets security updates and only major updates ~once a year. I think Thunderbird actually just tracks with Firefox ESR.
    - naniwaduni 7y ago
      Do you want your mail reader constantly tracking the latest web tech? The layman hates updates.
kilburn 7y ago
It's been a weird story. Here's how I remember things going: 1. Mozilla Corp. dropped Thunderbird as one of their projects, and told the community they would have to figure out how to move ahead with the project if they wanted to. News of "Thunderbird is dead" spread out after this announcement. 2. It turned out there was plenty of interest in the project among the public. Donations came in, and the project was kept alive. They established the "Thunderbird Council" as their governance body. 3. The project still needed some legal home and assistance. The Mozilla Foundation (the non-profit) offered to serve as that. The council studied several options and decided to accept this offer. And this is how they got here: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/about/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/about/