[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Offline email is still the way to go for some people. Whether out of habit, distrust of cloud services, or caution with backups, uploading emails to a customer always plays an important role in their routine. Mozilla Thunderbird is an important part of these setups thanks to its extensive features and affordable price. But Thunderbird has long been criticized for its outdated user interface, and not without reason — it still looks like it’s stuck in 2003.
That will finally change in July, with the upcoming release of version 115. As described in a Thunderbird blog post, this year’s client update will feature a “simple and clean” user interface that is friendlier to new users. Personalization options will also be available, allowing the customer to maintain a familiar feel for longtime users.(Though given the repeated references the team makes in the blog post to the questions they’ve received about the UI, most Thunderbird veterans will welcome the refreshed look.)
In addition to revamping the user interface and experience of the software, the Thunderbird team also plans to overhaul the code to make it leaner, rewrite old code, and clean up and modernize the code base. And, like Firefox, Thunderbird will move to monthly release schedules.
You can read more about why the developers rebuilt Thunderbird (and why it took so long) in the blog post, which provides a broad overview of the email client’s long history – including the watershed moments that have set the direction of influenced software, such as the 2012 move to community development. But in short, longtime Thunderbird fans are finally getting what they’ve been asking for.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
