Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox2d ago

"Houston, we have a solution."

#Thunderbird #ArtemisII

Show threadluca1d ago
@thunderbird Honestly, after being user and supporter, this is the second application I'm planning to remove, after I cleaned my systems from Firefox 148 onward, after being a user for twenty years.
The trigger would be again any unwanted AI intrusion: let's see how it goes.
Show threadHans van Zijst
@luca You can also switch the AI off, of course. Nobody is forcing you to use it.

Let me know what you replace TB with, and if it offers the same quality and features.
Apr 4 at 12:13pmWeb
Show threadluca1d ago
@hans Right now, Betterbird.
Show threadHans van Zijst6h ago
@luca A very new fork of Thunderbird, so basically you're still using Thunderbird. Only, the makers claim it's better, because it gets updates that Thunderbird doesn't. Not sure what updates those are and why Thunderbird doesn't get those...

What I see is a project by, what they themselves call, a small team, complaining about the large number of open tickets in Thunderbird (which they forked and thus inherited). They don't help users, they only concentrate on fixing bugs they find important.

They can move fast by claiming to have fixed bugs X, Y and Z and pointing out that Thunderbird lags behind, while at the same time complaining how it took TB so long to fix "formal quality assurance", even though they themselves don't have that.

Let's see if it still exists in, say, a year and how their claims of being better than TB hold up against some scrutiny 😉
Show threadluca4h ago
@hans I read between the lines, you hate them to the bones. Good.
I hope that MZLA still exists in one year, since there are a handful of nice projects working on your code base. I can't be sure though, given your CEO declarations. I just hope he doesn't sell the company to Microsoft, that is the last act for everyone, as the history tells.