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Thunderbird has an email editor which is not very good.

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Tapan Singhal
Tapan Singhal

While I am a management consultant and do not understand how to code and develop software beyond the most surface levels, I wish to contribute this idea towards development of Thunderbird.

One of the most important components of an email client is the editor. There have been many requests for changes in the Thunderbird mail editor in the past. I wish to propose a strategic solution to this issue.

The solution that I offer is that this team of independent contributors builds a word processor like Microsoft Word, does so under the umbrella of Thunderbird, so that there are no copyright issues in using that editor for composing email in Thunderbird, and uses that editor as a stand alone editor as well as an editor for composing emails within Thunderbird.

I am not aware if the Linux Word Processing Editor can be used for Thunderbird as a sharing between two community software initiatives, but that aspect can also be explored by talking directly to Linux.

While I am a management consultant and do not understand how to code and develop software beyond the most surface levels, I wish to contribute this idea towards development of Thunderbird. One of the most important components of an email client is the editor. There have been many requests for changes in the Thunderbird mail editor in the past. I wish to propose a strategic solution to this issue. The solution that I offer is that this team of independent contributors builds a word processor like Microsoft Word, does so under the umbrella of Thunderbird, so that there are no copyright issues in using that editor for composing email in Thunderbird, and uses that editor as a stand alone editor as well as an editor for composing emails within Thunderbird. I am not aware if the Linux Word Processing Editor can be used for Thunderbird as a sharing between two community software initiatives, but that aspect can also be explored by talking directly to Linux.

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Googlethunderbird.
Googlethunderbird.

Hello there

Yes , I think the message is being read by someone some day. While other big e-mail provider give you a good friendly looking interface Thunderbird on the other hand Thunderbird has more to offer then other email editors especially when you are using it offline it offers more control and flexibility . It might be a good idea to use other email editors at the same time with ours by writing there a text into a specific editor and pasting it into the Thunderbird editor.

Getting these same piece of software coded editors from Linux open source there has to be a certain agreement that is based on something?like copyright and license terms and implementation agreements. On the other hand I like do like that proposal to Thunderbird development.



Greetings googlethunderbird.

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kay.rethmeier
kay.rethmeier

Hi,

I can underline this. A modern editor would make Thunderbird a more userfriendly and modern tool for everyone, not only for nerds, which like to write plain text or rich text mails. Nowadays the use of WYSIWYG editors are mandatory. Nobody likes to write in HTML code or with other nerdy formating stuff.

Cheers Kay