Seasons of Jason
For the next several weeks (and months?) I'm evaluating at least a dozen open source and commercial #email apps.
Now, I'm honestly not saying this because I work at @thunderbird, but the new #Outlook is a buggy mess within the first 5 minutes of use. I'm quite surprised that "Switch to New Outlook" toggle is even there.
My Gmail account requested re-authorization twice, and switching off Focused Inbox completely zapped everything from the message pane, and I can't get it back.
Seasons of Jason
@thunderbird I WILL give #Outlook some praise though: I'm a fan of those colored icons on the horizontal ribbon.
fleischie 💯
@killyourfm Is there a list of apps you will write about?
Also will this be published somewhere more persistent? (Conversely formulated: Will this only be published as toots?)
Seasons of Jason
@fleischie28 It's something I'm evaluating to inform a marketing strategy document I'm working on.
But I'm not shy about highlighting the strengths of other applications, and using those insights to make Thunderbird a better product.
The short answer: probably just toots. If I do discuss it more broadly, it'll for sure be on @Linux4Everyone
Seasons of Jason
@pak0st I remember switching the second I was first aware of it, and really enjoyed using it.
Its death was the end of me trying anything new from Google...
pak0st
@killyourfm @thunderbird I miss Inbox... 😑 By far it did the best job of keeping me away from the email inbox with everything done efficiently (of course it had to be killed). The ToDo management flow it encouraged was something else.
And yes, it wasn't for everybody nor did it comply with already hardened workflows. Yet it still worked brilliantly
WildEnte
@killyourfm is the #email client integrated in @Vivaldi on your bucket list? It's the spiritual successor of Opera's mail client M2 which they stopped maintaining in 2014 or so (and which until recently was my client of choice...). I've tried to get used to TB many times but always found it too heavy to support my preferred "no frills" email #workflow https://wildente.vivaldi.net/the-no-frills-email-workflow/
Seasons of Jason
@WildEnte @Vivaldi It honestly hasn't been on my radar to try personally. My first impression of it (based on actual screenshots from Vivaldi) was that...well... it quite resembled Thunderbird.
Custom folders, mostly monochrome action icons, no multi-line message preview, tabbed workflow, etc.
I'm not sure how I feel about "a database of all your messages, labels, filters, searches is maintained by Vivaldi..."
Seasons of Jason
@WildEnte @Vivaldi That being said, others have told me it's worth checking out, so I'm adding it my list.
WildEnte
@killyourfm @Vivaldi re "not sure how I feel about 'database of messages ... is maintained by Vivaldi'" - no privacy issue lurking here, this is strictly within the local client.
TB defaults put accounts and folders in the front row, I have to turn on unified inbox. Yes quick filters exist but TB feels like made for filing. Vivaldi is the other way around: unified inbox and filter toggles first. Plus I like the browser integration.
Unsurprisingly TB is much more mature & feature complete (c:=
Seasons of Jason
@WildEnte @Vivaldi Ahh, thanks for putting my mind at ease about the database. For some unknown reason my brain defaulted to "Vivaldi the brand and its offices / servers" rather than "Vivaldi the software."
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