Here's my two cents on the matter. In Mozilla's failing to create the platform that Firefox should run atop it quickly became an uphill struggle to compartmentalise code. As a result, where Thunderbird should've been a module that plugs into a platform and should've got a free ride with the Android and desktop releases, it instead required a whole bunch of work. It's not impossible to take Firefox in that direction and in fact would actually be beneficial as it would allow for Firefox to run on a much wider array of devices in the long run.
The fact of the matter is, Mozilla lacks an ecosystem and even while there's no truly good third-party mail app available for Android, because of the laser-focused approach to Firefox, Mozilla lacks the agility to capitalise on such needs. All this while Google faffs about with Inbox and Gmail attempts to be the portal to everyone's mail. This isn't even a new concern: 1. https://someotheropines.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/soo-is-it-possible-to-arrive-at-any-other-conclusion-than-thunderbird-is-doomed/ 2. https://someotheropines.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/soo-is-it-time-for-a-more-modular-approach-to-browsing/ 3. https://someotheropines.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/soo-musings-on-mozillas-mobile-meddlings/ 4. https://someotheropines.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/soo-just-why-doesnt-mozilla-seem-to-get-it/ _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
