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Why does there have to be a Android and IOS ports of Thunderbird? Just stick to desktop. This happens all the time now.

by tapper 3y ago

ktosobcy 3y ago
I guess they want to have "universal experience" and I don't blame them. Though, in case of Android they are going to rebrand k9-mail AFAIK.
- tapper 3y ago
  May be it's just me, but I don't use email the same on my phone as I do desktop. I have 5 accounts on my desktop but just the one witch is my mane on my phone. Aps these days cant just stay good at one thing like ff being good on windows. They want to be good on Windows, Linux, BSD, Android so on and so on.
  - ktosobcy 3y ago
    I have same accounts in k9mail and use it to quickly filter mail - quite handy. Longer replies I do from the computer. As for FX - i do use it on macos and it works perfect for me.
  - gostsamo 3y ago
    Sometimes I must open some stupid mail on my phone because an app needs it for verification or some other nonsense. I'd like to have an accessible option to do it. also an nvda user/donor
parl_match 3y ago
Why does there have to be a Thunderbird at all? The people building Thunderbird are clearly motivated to build FOSS/Libre communication tools for people. As more and more people move to using Android and ios as their primary computing environment, the existence of accessible FOSS/Libre tools such as Thunderbird becomes more important than ever. So, if they're interested or dedicated to building open tools for people to use, they can choose where to go, whether you like it or not. :) e: By the way, have you donated to Thunderbird? If you are able to pay for the software you use, especially when it seeks to be a force for good, then you should. Even $20 a year goes a long way for an organization like this.
- tapper 3y ago
  Yes mate I do donate to TB, NVDA and OpenWrt. NVDA is different though as I cant use my computer with out it. It's a screen reader for blind people.
waboremo 3y ago
An android port is within top 3 requests as per Mozilla Connect's Thunderbird section. Makes sense to me to work on such requests when you're operating off donations.
- tapper 3y ago
  I didn't know about Mozilla Connect's. If this is so then let it be.
  - waboremo 3y ago
    Now you know and can get into voting for the suggestions you deem valuable! I don't know if there are any other public surfaces the Thunderbird team uses to figure out what to work on (outside of bug reports/telemetry and Mozilla Connect).
JohnFen 3y ago
Thunderbird is my mailreader, and personally, I'd love to have an Android port of it. But if it never happens, that's OK too.
- Faaak 3y ago
  Ceki, from K9 mail, is working for Mozilla now
  - JohnFen 3y ago
    Even better! K9 is what I use on my phone right now.
mqus 3y ago
Isn't the android "port" just the rebranding of K9? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31727376 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31727376
- parl_match 3y ago
  Well, they also continued development.
hammyhavoc 3y ago
Because it's a real time-waster to need to setup accounts on each device again and again, setup email signatures, setup canned responses, configure as needed etc. Apple has been able to sync accounts and signatures since the original iPhone with their Mail app.

Why does there have to be a Android and IOS ports of Thunderbird? Just stick to desktop. This happens all the time now.

by tapper 3y ago

Why does there have to be a Android and IOS ports of Thunderbird? Just stick to desktop. This happens all the time now.

I guess they want to have "universal experience" and I don't blame them. Though, in case of Android they are going to rebrand k9-mail AFAIK.

tapper 3y ago
May be it's just me, but I don't use email the same on my phone as I do desktop. I have 5 accounts on my desktop but just the one witch is my mane on my phone. Aps these days cant just stay good at one thing like ff being good on windows. They want to be good on Windows, Linux, BSD, Android so on and so on.
- ktosobcy 3y ago
  I have same accounts in k9mail and use it to quickly filter mail - quite handy. Longer replies I do from the computer. As for FX - i do use it on macos and it works perfect for me.
- gostsamo 3y ago
  Sometimes I must open some stupid mail on my phone because an app needs it for verification or some other nonsense. I'd like to have an accessible option to do it. also an nvda user/donor

parl_match 3y ago

Why does there have to be a Thunderbird at all? The people building Thunderbird are clearly motivated to build FOSS/Libre communication tools for people. As more and more people move to using Android and ios as their primary computing environment, the existence of accessible FOSS/Libre tools such as Thunderbird becomes more important than ever. So, if they're interested or dedicated to building open tools for people to use, they can choose where to go, whether you like it or not. :) e: By the way, have you donated to Thunderbird? If you are able to pay for the software you use, especially when it seeks to be a force for good, then you should. Even $20 a year goes a long way for an organization like this.

tapper 3y ago
Yes mate I do donate to TB, NVDA and OpenWrt. NVDA is different though as I cant use my computer with out it. It's a screen reader for blind people.

waboremo 3y ago

An android port is within top 3 requests as per Mozilla Connect's Thunderbird section. Makes sense to me to work on such requests when you're operating off donations.

tapper 3y ago
I didn't know about Mozilla Connect's. If this is so then let it be.
- waboremo 3y ago
  Now you know and can get into voting for the suggestions you deem valuable! I don't know if there are any other public surfaces the Thunderbird team uses to figure out what to work on (outside of bug reports/telemetry and Mozilla Connect).

JohnFen 3y ago

Thunderbird is my mailreader, and personally, I'd love to have an Android port of it. But if it never happens, that's OK too.

Faaak 3y ago
Ceki, from K9 mail, is working for Mozilla now
- JohnFen 3y ago
  Even better! K9 is what I use on my phone right now.

mqus 3y ago

Isn't the android "port" just the rebranding of K9? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31727376 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31727376

parl_match 3y ago
Well, they also continued development.

hammyhavoc 3y ago

Because it's a real time-waster to need to setup accounts on each device again and again, setup email signatures, setup canned responses, configure as needed etc. Apple has been able to sync accounts and signatures since the original iPhone with their Mail app.