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New major Thunderbird release 128 (www.thunderbird.net)

submitted 1 month ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Updates in code base, interface, mobile development, plus improvements to the look and feel on Linux. Pretty cool to see!

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[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 40 points 1 month ago

I wonder when they'll rebrand K9 to Thunderbird for Android

[-] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago

There are going to be two clients for an unspecified period of time. Same code base, different branding. It's not possible to take an existing app released through the app stores and rebrand it. The new Thunderbird app will have import tools to help folks transition.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mean you can rebrand an app, just not the package name. And users won't see that. So they could rename it Thunderbird even though the package name would stay "com.fsck.k9". It's not at all uncommon.

Though I'm sure they have their reasons for not doing that.

[-] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 11 points 1 month ago

They also don't want to upset people who prefer the K-9 branding among other things.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

That seems to be the answer as I've understood it

[-] electricprism@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Unfortunate, all the new users I know would prefer TB branding, or at least a toggle button in the Settings. The icon and name throw them off since they are already Desktop users.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

They've said that they will use the TB name when it is at parity with the desktop client. Even then, they may use both names. It's possible that there are people who are using k9 who prefer it and may not even know that it is connected with TB.

They have not set a timeline for when they expect to be there, but they have set a roadmap.