Bug#196504: RFP: mozilla-thunderbird -- a standalone redesign of the Mozilla mail component
Package: wnpp
Version: unavailable; reported 2003-06-07
Severity: wishlist
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* Package name : mozilla-thunderbird
Version : alpha
Upstream Author : Thunderbird team
* URL : http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/index.html
* License : MPL/GPL
Description : a standalone redesign of the Mozilla mail component
Mozilla's Thunderbird mail client is a redesign of the Mozilla mail
component. Our goal is to produce a cross platform stand alone mail
application using the XUL user interface language. We are modeling
ourselves after the Mozilla Firebird rewrite of the Mozilla browser. Our
intended customer is someone who uses Mozilla Firebird (or another non
mozilla.exe browser) as their primary browser and wants a mail client
based on mozilla that "plays nice" with their browser. Currently,
mozilla -mail is not a good option for these users because link clicks
and attachments end up going to mozilla browser windows instead of the
preferred browser. In addition, by focusing solely on stand alone mail,
we believe we can make some dents in the overall footprint and
performance of the mail client by removing components and chrome we
don't need. On top of that, the UI becomes much cleaner as a stand alone
application as opposed to being part of the mozilla suite.
- -- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux darth 2.4.21-rc1 #1 Sat Apr 26 12:54:20 EDT 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
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