We've had a few iOS updates in the last few Android Progress Reports, but with more substantial iOS news, it's time for a name change! So here's the shiny, new(ish) Mobile Progress Report! ✨

Last month, we published our initial iOS repository, made plans for Testflight and laid out our intended initial features. We also discuss initial release engineering and localization decisions. For the Android app, we made a LOT of fixes. 🔧

#Thunderbird #iOS #Android #Email

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in reply to Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

that sounds terrible!! Why spend so much resource (time, human and money) on something so closed as Apple's ecosystem?

I think you should put effort on improving interface and other features, to a point where #Thunderbird could be a strong plus for Android.

Don't get me wrong, Thunderbird mobile is good, but it can be so improved yet!

in reply to Eric Wätke

@cire901 "making Thunderbird on Android so people buy Android phones instead of iPhones?"
A: That's exactly what I'm suggesting.

Regarding your second statement, it's complicated to give you a full answer here, but you are totally right.

However, you're assuming that iPhone users might be unhappy with iMail, or even willing to try another email client (given the cost of that change).
And we are talking about a very corporative market, where Outlook, Gmail and even Yahoo have difficulties over iCloud.

I, for instance, dev and enthusiast of Open Source (just "recently" "aware" of the Free movement) have been on Apple's ecosystem for the past 9 years with the whole package: Mac, iPhone, iCloud, etc, and it's the dumbest thing being on Apple and not leverage that. It's the most smooth and productive setup. Apple knows it and tailor it that way.

Thus Apple's ecosystem needs to be weaken.

(continue)

in reply to gprimola$

@cire901 and one of the ways to that is not having yet another email client on Apple Store, which helps strengthen their apps' catalogue.

I trully believe the only way @thunderbird, #Firefox, thus Mozilla to thrive, is both strengthening and weakening Apple's ecosystem, and that means not being present there and help to strengthen where it thrives - and it's not that it thrives that much - on Android.

in reply to gprimola$

@giorgiolucas I totally see where you are coming from. I don’t think that a single App has the power to do that though.

I do believe however, that an E-Mail Client that supports syncing configs across devices while allowing stuff like PGP encryption has huge market-share potential.

On iOS, there is literally nothing. Looking at corporate alone I see huge potential—handing out predefined configs without a privacy compromise would be awesome!

in reply to Eric Wätke

@cire901 definitelly not.

Due to that long run on Apple, I use as my primary email an icloud.com account. I've been using iMail for the past 9 years and just recently I switch to Thunderbird, and man you don't know how much it hurts to go to Thunderbird. iMail is great and Thunderbird is way behind it, no question at all!! Despite all the non-email related feature, which is another waste, iMail is on the vanguard of Apple email client, and it's just there when you get a new Mac.

The only thing that keeps me using Thunderbird now is my activism against private, corporations and US digital sovereignity.
And also bacause I'm stubborn 😂😅

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in reply to gprimola$

@giorgiolucas We'd love to hear where we could improve the desktop app, not just here but especially on connect.mozilla.org, where we gather and use community feedback. We want to be the mail client people choose not only because we're open source and privacy respecting, but also because we help people get things done everywhere, both on their desktop computer and their phones!
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