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Thunderbird 115 "Supernova" will be intuitive and welcoming to new users, while remaining familiar and comfortable for our veteran users.

See how we're accomplishing that balance with this preview of the new Folder Pane: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/02/thunderbird-115-supernova-preview-the-new-folder-pane/

#Thunderbird #FOSS #Email #OpenSource
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could you make tray icon so we don't have to use birdtray any more, please? That would be most welcoming feature in my opinion (I asked few friends, so no extensive research done).
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Sorry, but to me "all the beautiful white space" means wasted screen real estate which means MORE SCROLLING TO SEE THE SAME THINGS.
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BTW I'm one of those long term users who don't really know what the "local folders" are about. They seem to contain copies of messages I've sent to Usenet but I don't know what else they're for!

Usenet support is the reason I chose Thunderbird btw when I got fed up with my previous email client crashing and corrupting its data too many times - nobody else was still supporting it.
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Know what would be REALLY handy? Being able to sort your accounts when you have multiple email accounts configured into Thunderbird. Having to add your accounts in a specific order just so they display in that order kind of sucks …especially if, for some reason, you need to delete and re-add an account.
in reply to Thomas H Jones II

@ferricoxide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeQYOhXePsE

It is really handy, and really easy!
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
@amadeus Thanks! Our goal is to make it even MORE customizable than ever before, but also more intuitive to accomplish those customizations (if you want).
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While I do appreciate all the effort you are putting in in keepings things configurable in order not to anger long-time users, I have to confess that, after having read the linked blog post, watched previous announcement videos, and checked out the roadmap, I am still afraid that, going forward, I will like the app less and less.
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Thank you, I found the current UI quite "old".
It's hard to find beautiful AND practical interface for mail client.

#thunderbird #foss #email #opensource
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looking forward to it, though I may go to a beta if that drops sooner than July.
in reply to tarasis

@tarasis We're aiming to have a beta ready in mid-April. LOTS of time for polish this time around.
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Describing a button as "Meatball" is an insult to the designers' inability to create a button that accurately describes its function. If you can't create a user interface who's buttons are easy to understand then that interface is not easy to understand and therefore not intuitive. #UXdesign
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This is how you do it.

> Younger users have become used to using simpler interfaces. They’ve never used a “Local Folder” and probably don’t even know what that is. So, we’re offering a simple option to turn the Local Folders display on or off.

Having "simple" and "advanced" views like this (on Windows 98 SE and, later, Windows XP) is how I learnt how computers worked. Funny how, when you actually focus on UX for its own sake, all the extra things I like just show up on their own.
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I think that's the first time I've ever seen/heard the Ellipses menu option being referred to as the Meatball Menu. It made me laugh, and I will call it that from now on.
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Don't forget: if you can't hammer keys and are all out of critiques/suggestions but are a committed user, share some love if you're able.

https://give.thunderbird.net/en-US/
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just seems like Thunderbird has evolved more in the last year than it has in the last 10. Loving it and a daily #thunderbird user with all my email accounts “unified.”
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Awesome work thank youuuu can't wait to test it on beta !
Question: how are handled sub folders on unified view ?
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Thunderbird is nice an works well today. With Supernova I am confident it will stay nice and work well for days ahead! Cheerio! (By the way, I get the blog post in my Thunderbird RSS-feed. ;-)
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Please finally make sure that your profile import is backwards compatible and works or disappear. ThankYou
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I hope it's still compact enough or has a compact mode toggle switch so my 5 accounts with dozens of folders are still easily navigatable on a 4k 43" screen without scaling.

I am highly anticipating this update, will look forward to being another #thunderbird space monkey when it makes its way into the #archlinux #aur -- its been so encouraging to see all the work the last few years.