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These Top 20 Thunderbird Feature Requests Need Your Vote
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/04/these-top-20-thunderbird-feature-requests-need-your-vote/
Thunderbird is an open source email software developed led by Mozilla, known for its web browser `` Firefox '', and in addition to sending and receiving emails, it is equipped with RSS subscription function, calendar function, task management function, etc. Mozilla is always soliciting suggestions for improving Thunderbird's functions through its community tool,
◆ Release of Thunderbird for Android
With the release of Thunderbird for Android, you can use Thunderbird on your computer and smartphone with the same address. The Android version of Thunderbird is under development at the time of article creation.
◆ Change color of Thunderbird account
Although Thunderbird can manage multiple accounts, there is no method such as color change to distinguish accounts at the time of article creation. Therefore, it is requested to change the color of each account's label and icon.
◆ Integration with GNOME desktop environment
There is a demand for integration with GNOME and Thunderbird, which are desktop environments that run on Windows System. The integration is said to allow Thunderbird to automatically retrieve email accounts, calendars, contacts, etc. added to GNOME.
◆ Extension to Firefox Relay
Mozilla's paid email address protection service ' Firefox Relay with default Thunderbird integration requested.
By introducing the Firefox extension ' To Google Translate ' to Thunderbird, you can translate received emails with the click of a button, and you can translate emails you are writing into another language. It has been.
◆ Google Chat integration
The integration of the communication software ' Google Chat ' into Thunderbird allows you to receive not only emails but also chat notifications, making it even more useful for Google Workspace users.
◆ Change the background color of the label
At the time of article creation, Thunderbird can change the color of the text, but it is not possible to change the color of the label. In order to find text with high importance, it is suitable to change the label instead of changing the color of the text.
◆ Browsing phone numbers from the address book
A contact's e-mail address can be checked immediately by clicking on the address book, but it is desirable to be able to check the phone number in the same way.
It is requested to update Thunderbird's UI, group messages in the inbox by 'today', 'April 11 (Tue)', etc., and divide them into threads.
◆ Automated profile migration and cleanup
Profile migration and cleanup in Thunderbird is complicated and there is a demand for an easier profile migration feature.
◆ Reservation posting of e-mail
There have been requests for features such as sending an email on a specific date and scheduling it in a calendar when an email is created.
◆ Added option to sort by latest mail
If you enable 'conversation view', you'll only see older emails, and you'll have to open the list to see the latest emails. That's why it's been requested to add an option to sort conversations from the last post.
◆ Add pocket button to RSS function
It is required to add a ' Save to Pocket button ' that can save web pages and videos in Firefox to Pocket .
◆ Added an option to disable opening PDF files directly
The ability to open PDFs directly in Thunderbird is very slow and the standard program is better, so an option to disable direct opening of PDF files has been requested.
◆ Ability to disable telemetry and other unknown connections
It should be more transparent about the connection destination and add a function to opt out without using an external connection blocker such as OpenSnitch or Little Snitch to further emphasize privacy.
◆Expansion of search functions related to accents
In some languages such as Spanish and Portuguese, it is possible to input by omitting accents in order to input quickly. However, in Thunderbird, the search results change depending on whether the accent is present or not. For example, if you search for the Spanish word 'camión', you will not see messages containing the word 'camion'. Therefore, an accent-insensitive search function is required.
Addition of QR code decoder
A function to open the contents of the displayed QR code is required. For example, functions such as opening a web browser for URLs and opening a map application for location information are listed.
◆Addition of web-based mail client
The development of 'Thunderbird Web', which is a web-based Thunderbird client capable of VPN etc., is desired.
◆ Delete mail directly from notification
For emails that you know you won't read, such as advertising emails, there is a long-awaited function to delete them directly from the notification displayed at the top of the screen.
◆Resend message
You want the option to resend the message.
Thunderbird is soliciting feedback and new ideas on Mozilla Connect .
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