The email client that saw great success individually seems to be lost especially since it has no mobile app like Microsoft and Google do. Neither project can focus wholeheartedly on what is best for it.” she wrote. Engineers working on Firefox and related projects end up considering the competing demands of Thunderbird, and/or wondering if and how much they should assist Thunderbird. “Engineers working on Thunderbird must focus on keeping up and adapting Firefox’s web-driven changes. Whether or not Mozilla plans to give Thunderbird off to a business partner or maintain it as a separate entity was not discussed in Mitchell's company-wide memo. And with all of that app development effort Mozilla needs to focus on just its browser for now, says Mozilla Chairperson, Mitchell Baker.Īnd with that focus in mind, the company wants to get its Thunderbird email client out of the way.
Since K-9 Mail is not available on iOS, it means that the team will have to start from scratch for Apple platforms, or look for another open source mail client on iOS to acquire and use it as a base to kickstart their operations.The Mozilla web browser is indeed a great product and just recently, the same finally made it to Apple's iOS App Store after being available on Android for long. Mozilla concludes by mentioning that they also have plans for bringing Thunderbird to the iPhone and iPad. However, Mozilla is warning potential users that the interface will likely change a few times as they continue with the development. You can already get the Thunderbird experience by downloading the K-9 Mail app now. The team notes other features present on Thunderbird that are non-email including calendars, tasks, feeds etc, will not be in the mobile app at the start, however, they are still debating on how best to port them over. The changes that Mozilla aims to bring to K-9 Mail in the short term include improved folder management, the same account autoconfiguration as Thunderbird on desktop, message filters, and some level of synchronization between desktop and mobile using Firefox Sync. As time passes, the developers behind the two platforms will transform the existing K-9 Mail app for Android into Thunderbird for Android as part of their vision to offer the open-source community a more powerful and privacy-respecting email experience on mobile devices.
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