A somewhat interesting 'technical debt' article
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[Why We're Rebuilding The Thunderbird Interface From Scratch](https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/02/the-future-of-thunderbird-why-were-rebuilding-from-the-ground-up/)
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[Why We're Rebuilding The Thunderbird Interface From Scratch](https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/02/the-future-of-thunderbird-why-were-rebuilding-from-the-ground-up/)
Our Forgotten Astronomy | Object Oriented Programming with C++ | Wordle solver
Very interesting. Especially...
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"Thunderbird is literally a bunch of code running on top of Firefox. All the tabs and sections you see in our applications are just browser tabs with a custom user interface."
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"...including a lot of C++, JS, CSS, and XHTML to ensure everything works properly..."
XHTML!? Interesting, thought that was basically a dead spec. Interesting article thanks for posting.
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[Why We're Rebuilding The Thunderbird Interface From Scratch](https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/02/the-future-of-thunderbird-why-were-rebuilding-from-the-ground-up/)
Our Forgotten Astronomy | Object Oriented Programming with C++ | Wordle solver
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"Why does Thunderbird look so old"
Oh, god, what are they gonna do to it? It looks *fine*. A tree to show the hierarchical folder structure, a list view to show individual items, and another area to show the details of the selected item. Menus, toolbars, right-click options, tooltips, everything I would expect from a functional application. There's no need to break the paradigm (and yes, I used that word). Please don't turn it into a phone app.
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[Why We're Rebuilding The Thunderbird Interface From Scratch](https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/02/the-future-of-thunderbird-why-were-rebuilding-from-the-ground-up/)
Our Forgotten Astronomy | Object Oriented Programming with C++ | Wordle solver
From that link
"Why does Thunderbird look so old"
That sort of expression always make me wonder why do you care? Do you use email for the lines around the boxes or for the content of the email itself? For example myself I don't care what the Print button looks like as long as I can find it and it actually prints.
