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It's only impossible if there's no other software. The users at Thunderbird's release were familiar with Netscape and Outlook so the design emulated them. Any
by boomboomsubban 4y ago
It's only impossible if there's no other software.
The users at Thunderbird's release were familiar with Netscape and Outlook so the design emulated them. Any new user is familiar with Chrome and Gmail, so Thunderbird moves towards designs the new users would be familiar with.
- thaumasiotes 4y agoThen you're arguing that Thunderbird is trying to emulate Chrome. But you haven't even attempted to argue why the design changed. Chrome was not facing a population that was familiar with designs from the future. > The users at Thunderbird's release were familiar with Netscape and Outlook so the design emulated them. If this were true, then Chrome's designs wouldn't have changed. You can't have this both ways.
- boomboomsubban 4y agoOutside possibly contradictory influences are a thing. Like much of modern software is influenced by the rise of mobile, where the different limitations necessitated different designs.