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Open-source Android email app K-9 Mail has joined forces with the Thunderbird project, signaling the beginning of a long-term vision to deliver an outstanding Thunderbird mobile experience.
- Tmpod ( @tmpod@lemmy.pt ) 17•2 years ago
This is really cool to see, great news!
K-9 is a fantastic app already, and with the funding and engineering power from the Thunderbird team, I’m sure it will become the very best email client for Android.- Tiuku ( @Tiuku@sopuli.xyz ) 4•2 years ago
Speaking of funding, I wonder what will happen to the supporters of K9 in Liberapay? Maybe it could even notice Mozilla of the existence of the platform.
- Tmpod ( @tmpod@lemmy.pt ) 4•2 years ago
Yeah. In the announcement article they also linked a Mozilla donation page just for K9
- Ephera ( @Ephera@lemmy.ml ) 15•2 years ago
Wow, I was thinking this would make a lot of sense when they announced work on an Android Thunderbird variant, but never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined this actually happening. This is awesome!
- kevincox ( @kevincox@lemmy.ml ) 12•2 years ago
I really hope this ends well. The K9 dev has always been looking for funding so a full-time job working on K9 must be great. I really don’t care about the name change but hopefully this lets it move quickly.
I like K9 but some things are fairly awkward IMHO. Even just reading a few messages in a row is a lot of clicks. I would love some swipe gestures (there is a PR in progress for this IIUC). I also find the Tier 1/Tier 2 folders very complicated. It is both too limiting (I have more than 3 types of folder) and unnecessarily complex. I would love if we could get some more control here.
But overall it is a good client, so I’m hoping this works well.
I also use Thunderbird on desktop and recent improvements have been very good. I’m hoping that it keeps improving as well.
- pH3ra ( @pH3ra@lemmy.ml ) 9•2 years ago
If it ain’t broken don’t fix it, just change its name
- electrodynamica ( @electrodynamica@mander.xyz ) 8•2 years ago
I just hope they don’t ruin it. Thunderbird kinda sucks and k9 is pretty awesome.
- onlooker ( @onlooker@lemmy.ml ) 13•2 years ago
I would say Thunderbird is great or meh depending on the context. On Linux, you have quite a few email clients to choose from and yes, Thunderbird isn’t the most feature-rich or resource efficient app out there.
On Windows, however, it’s a whole different story. Basically, you have the choice of: Thunderbird or Outlook. And trust me, you NEVER want to deal with Outlook. On Windows, I will take Thunderbird every. Single. Time.
- Helix 🧬 ( @Helix@feddit.de ) 8•2 years ago
I hope this also means it’s getting funding and will be improved. I honestly thought they wanted to do the NIH thing and create their own client. Well done!
- 011011 ( @011011@lemmy.ml ) 6•2 years ago
How is this good for k9? It works great as is.
- joojmachine ( @joojmachine@lemmy.ml ) 13•2 years ago
Developer gets hired and get to work on it without relying only on donations, plus the name recognition of Thunderbird.
- TheAnonymouseJoker ( @TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml ) 5•2 years ago
And just like that, all FairEmail fanboys, that crap on K-9 so much, switched in an instant!
- PP44 ( @PP44@lemmy.ml ) 3•2 years ago
This is such good news !