Dirkjan Ochtman wrote:
The problem with a Firefox OS app, as I see it, is that Fx OS was
always a risky bet, is not available in markets where rapid adoption
is even a feasible option, and even now with the b2g-droid stuff, is a
pretty crappy experience on relatively common devices. Any app which
is built for that environment therefore has extremely low chances of
making a sizable impact.
Andrew noted that the FxOS app's backend can run in any JS engine that
exposes the appropriate APIs. That makes it generalizable to the web,
given standardization and cross-browser implementation of those APIs (or
a server-side proxy).
Andrew doesn't come out and say it, but I read his message to imply that
the work required to address Thunderbird's technical debt remains
daunting, and it would be more promising (in terms of the work required,
but also because of a greater potential for impact) to generalize the
FxOS app to the web.
-myk
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