


The plan is to make encryption in Thunderbird "just work" without expecting users to know how to user or handle certificates, as well as removing technical jargon. While these changes might not make it to the next version of Thunderbird, the goal is to make encrypting email easier in future releases. Thunderbird's UI for encryption and settings will also be overhauled this year. To address Thunderbird's sluggish UI, Sipes said developers will be "looking into leveraging new, faster technologies in rewriting parts of Thunderbird as well as working toward a multi-process Thunderbird". Mozilla Corporation handed off Thunderbird to the community in 2014, but Mozilla Foundation still supports it.Īccording to Thunderbird community manager Ryan Sipes, the team will be working this year to improve Thunderbird's user interface (UI) and user experience, with better Gmail support and native notifications for Windows, Mac and Linux - the three operating systems Thunderbird supports for its 25 million users. Thunderbird will be getting some much needed attention in the coming year, with the Mozilla-backed project planning to hire six new developers - bringing the project's employed headcount to 14 - who will work to make the email client more stable, faster, and easier to use.

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