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Pencils and pens look very old as well. That's because they dither very slightly around an evolved functional shape that happens to be quite simple.

I'm glad that I can choose whether to "enjoy" having the shape of my tools arbitrarily rearranged. I don't need to have scrollbars shrunk, whitespace added, tail fins, uncomfortably skinny jeans, optical function of glasses shrunk, etc.

But even so, please don't confuse fashion accessories with tools, #Thunderbird

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/mozilla-plans-ground-up-ui-redesign-for-thunderbird-email-client-this-july/

Mozilla plans ground-up UI redesign for Thunderbird email client this July

"Why does Thunderbird look so old, and why does it take so long to change?"
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You will be very pleased at how version 115 is MORE customizable than ever before. You'll be able to retain the view and general paradigm you're used to without any hassle.

We are honestly thinking very carefully about doing right by our veteran users.
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Doug Bostrom
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This is really good to hear, and I'm extremely happy that keen listening ears are in play!

I'm grumpy about this these days, because particularly with cloud software it feels as though users are living under a tyranny substantially guided by pure imagination, imagination being good but here needing to be informed by the real world.

Thank you so much!
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It's a perfectly valid reason to be grumpy. Hopefully you'll help us test the beta in April, and give us your honest feedback.

In the meantime, we'll work on showing people how Thunderbird 115 can be customized.
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Doug Bostrom
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Oh, and I almost forgot: thank you also for Thunderbird! It makes our organizational days vastly more efficient.

Now I'm going to go hit below, not transactionally but because this was an elliptical reminder. :-)

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