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I've been using a fork of Thunderbird called Betterbird (https://www.betterbird.eu/ https://www.betterbird.eu/) on Linux, mostly because I want to be able to mi

I've been using a fork of Thunderbird called Betterbird (https://www.betterbird.eu/ https://www.betterbird.eu/) on Linux, mostly because I want to be able to minimize it to a systray icon. I know there are extensions like systray-x and birdtray, but I was having issues with these on Wayland. I wonder if this new version of Thunderbird finally added systray support on Linux/Wayland.

kekebo 1y ago
I just switched away from it again after it got delisted from nixpkgs due to lack of development[0][1] [0] https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=25.05&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=betterbird https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=25.05&from=0&size=... [1] Should be this one https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/351205 https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/351205
- gn4d 1y ago
  >due to lack of development ??? https://github.com/Betterbird/thunderbird-patches/commits/main/ https://github.com/Betterbird/thunderbird-patches/commits/ma...
  - markasoftware 1y ago
    the nixos package is unmaintained; BetterBird itself is fine.
dangus 1y ago
I won’t switch to BetterBird because the person behind it seems off. Feels a bit like switching to TempleOS.
- gn4d 1y ago
  >Feels a bit like switching to TempleOS. That's... not a bad thing, though? Terry was an extremely competent engineer and programmer who designed his software to be as user-friendly, well-documented, and performant as possible. I have conversed with Jörg, and he is blunt and fair in a good way (code itself is emotionless, after all). And, of course, he is highly competent. I have also conversed with several Mozilla teams, including Thunderbird, and the experiences were universally horrible, as in they lacked core competency. Naturally, YMMV.
  - deleted 1y ago
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- mardifoufs 1y ago
  Honestly I don't see the Terry vibes. It's just someone who's really, really into email clients lol.
lucasoshiro 1y ago
> I wonder if this new version of Thunderbird finally added systray I'm waiting for this feature since when I used Thunderbird in Windows XP. At the time I used the MinimizeToTray addon...

kekebo 1y ago

I just switched away from it again after it got delisted from nixpkgs due to lack of development[0][1] [0] https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=25.05&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=betterbird https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=25.05&from=0&size=... [1] Should be this one https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/351205 https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/351205

gn4d 1y ago
>due to lack of development ??? https://github.com/Betterbird/thunderbird-patches/commits/main/ https://github.com/Betterbird/thunderbird-patches/commits/ma...
- markasoftware 1y ago
  the nixos package is unmaintained; BetterBird itself is fine.

dangus 1y ago

I won’t switch to BetterBird because the person behind it seems off. Feels a bit like switching to TempleOS.

gn4d 1y ago
>Feels a bit like switching to TempleOS. That's... not a bad thing, though? Terry was an extremely competent engineer and programmer who designed his software to be as user-friendly, well-documented, and performant as possible. I have conversed with Jörg, and he is blunt and fair in a good way (code itself is emotionless, after all). And, of course, he is highly competent. I have also conversed with several Mozilla teams, including Thunderbird, and the experiences were universally horrible, as in they lacked core competency. Naturally, YMMV.
- deleted 1y ago
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mardifoufs 1y ago
Honestly I don't see the Terry vibes. It's just someone who's really, really into email clients lol.

lucasoshiro 1y ago

> I wonder if this new version of Thunderbird finally added systray I'm waiting for this feature since when I used Thunderbird in Windows XP. At the time I used the MinimizeToTray addon...