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It's good to hear that Thunderbird is getting more resources. One UI bug that I didn't see mentioned in the post though, and that shouldn't exist in 2019, is th

It's good to hear that Thunderbird is getting more resources. One UI bug that I didn't see mentioned in the post though, and that shouldn't exist in 2019, is that Thunderbird loses the scroll position of a tab when changing tabs. I hope this will get fixed soon.

pbhjpbhj 8y ago
Lol, Thunderbird seemingly has plenty of major loss-of-data bugs (I lost all my archives recently; synced up to the server -- that bug seems to be several years old (but rare)). I'd almost guarantee that your tab-scroll-position bug is fixed first. It seems to be the way of things. Thunderbird seems incredibly janky to me (unstable and easy to break, rough around the edges). Maybe my experience is rare ... would love to see it become solid and fast.
- graeme 8y ago
  You lost everything and it was totally gone? Or did you have a backup and restored?
  - pbhjpbhj 8y ago
    Well I had a backup of sorts, domestic environment, but did lose data (yes I shouldn't have trusted it). Still haven't managed to debug so can't use Thunderbird properly yet; changing app is a major upheaval after a decade or more [not quite continuous use, tried Kmail, Opera, and a few others like Sylpheed, Mutt(!), in the interim -- after Pine, proprietary apps TB was my first desktop MUA]. So, I need to audition new MUAs (family friendly), then recover what I can.
    - Fnoord 8y ago
      Mailspring? [1] Its FOSS. [1] https://getmailspring.com https://getmailspring.com
      - shock 8y ago
        Only part of it is FOSS (the UI basically), the sync engine is closed source and using Mailspring requires creating a Mailspring account FWIW.
        jammygit 8y ago
        I wonder what's in their privacy policy. I don't mind paying but wish everyone didn't use the same semi-copy pasted privacy policies for liability reasons. Edit: typical 'your pii is an asset we transfer when we get acquired' clause Information Shared with Third Parties. We may share aggregated information and non-identifying information with third parties for industry research and analysis, demographic profiling and other similar purposes. Information Disclosed in Connection with Business Transactions. Information that we collect from our users, including PII, is considered to be a business asset. Thus, if we are acquired by a third party as a result of a transaction such as a merger, acquisition or asset sale or if our assets are acquired by a third party in the event we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, some or all of our assets, including your PII, may be disclosed or transferred to a third party acquirer in connection with the transaction
        Fnoord 8y ago
        Doesn't it use MailCore and SquirrelMail?

pbhjpbhj 8y ago

Lol, Thunderbird seemingly has plenty of major loss-of-data bugs (I lost all my archives recently; synced up to the server -- that bug seems to be several years old (but rare)). I'd almost guarantee that your tab-scroll-position bug is fixed first. It seems to be the way of things. Thunderbird seems incredibly janky to me (unstable and easy to break, rough around the edges). Maybe my experience is rare ... would love to see it become solid and fast.

graeme 8y ago
You lost everything and it was totally gone? Or did you have a backup and restored?
- pbhjpbhj 8y ago
  Well I had a backup of sorts, domestic environment, but did lose data (yes I shouldn't have trusted it). Still haven't managed to debug so can't use Thunderbird properly yet; changing app is a major upheaval after a decade or more [not quite continuous use, tried Kmail, Opera, and a few others like Sylpheed, Mutt(!), in the interim -- after Pine, proprietary apps TB was my first desktop MUA]. So, I need to audition new MUAs (family friendly), then recover what I can.
  - Fnoord 8y ago
    Mailspring? [1] Its FOSS. [1] https://getmailspring.com https://getmailspring.com
    - shock 8y ago
      Only part of it is FOSS (the UI basically), the sync engine is closed source and using Mailspring requires creating a Mailspring account FWIW.
      - jammygit 8y ago
        I wonder what's in their privacy policy. I don't mind paying but wish everyone didn't use the same semi-copy pasted privacy policies for liability reasons. Edit: typical 'your pii is an asset we transfer when we get acquired' clause Information Shared with Third Parties. We may share aggregated information and non-identifying information with third parties for industry research and analysis, demographic profiling and other similar purposes. Information Disclosed in Connection with Business Transactions. Information that we collect from our users, including PII, is considered to be a business asset. Thus, if we are acquired by a third party as a result of a transaction such as a merger, acquisition or asset sale or if our assets are acquired by a third party in the event we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, some or all of our assets, including your PII, may be disclosed or transferred to a third party acquirer in connection with the transaction
      - Fnoord 8y ago
        Doesn't it use MailCore and SquirrelMail?