[Kde-pim] Thunderbird experiences

[Anne Wilson]

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On 20/03/12 08:15, Thomas Koch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> for my new Laptop I installed Icedove (Thunderbird) 8 instead of 
> KMail. I wanted to try sth else after 4+ actually satisfactory
> years with KMail.
> 
> So maybe you like some experiences?
> 
> - There's no option in Thunderbird to select threading and ordering
>  globally. All folders by default are ordered with oldest first
> and non threading, which is annoying.
> 
> - In KMail, when I send a mail, the composer windows immediately 
> closes and I can continue to work. In Thunderbird the composer 
> windows only closes after the message has been sent successfully.
> 
> - GPG mails look much nicer in KMail. The Thunderbird UI even made 
> me believe some message would be signed while it only quoted a 
> signed message from me.
> 
> - Thunderbird only downloads messages when I enter the folder. The 
> "Get Mail" method seems to work only on the INBOX folder. A method 
> to synchronize all folders is well hidden in the "offline" menu 
> item.
> 
> - Kmail (or Kontakt?) provides an UI to show what it is currently 
> doing in the lower right edge. Thunderbird only has one Status
> line where messages quickly hush away.
> 
> - Thunderbird can not combine threading and date headers. I very 
> much miss the date headers from KMail in my message list.
> 
> - When selecting multiple messages, KMail shows me the last
> selected message while Thunderbird shows a kind of summary of all
> selected messages. I like KMail's way to quickly scan and select a
> couple of mails to delete.
> 
> - I've not yet used multiline list views since the old laptop has
> a wide screen. But now with the small screen I'm missing such an
> option in Thunderbird. Only now I discovered the customizable list
> design! That's real fancy stuff!
> 
> - It seems, KMail is waaaay more configurable.
> 
> - The Debian Icedove package somehow screwed up clickable links.
> 
> - I haven't found an option to minimize Thunderbird to the system 
> tray.
> 
> - The folder list only shows number of unread messages in a
> folder, but not total number.
> 
> The only thing that I liked about Thunderbird is that I can switch 
> on and off the message body view with one keypress. In general
> KMail could be optimized to make better use of the screen. On a
> small screen I'd actually like to have individual full screen views
> of folders, message list and message body and the ability to
> quickly switch between those with a keypress.
> 
> Well. After all, I might remain with KMail in the end. Thunderbird 
> might be nice for a casual email user but not if email is half your
>  (professional) life.
> 
> Just please take care not to screw up my mails! Please!
> 
Like Firefox, Thunderbird relies heavily on add-ons to customise your
experience.  I still miss KMail, but not as much as I expected to.
And there are one or two things that I actually like better in TB -
but that's by the way.

Anne

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