> Given the questioning about the nature of this, why is this being promoted as > a > core feature instead of as an addon? It seems to me this is exactly why we > have addons.
Please. You have to stop questioning features *after* they are implemented. This bug is almost 14 years (!) old, and Mozilla always had addons, that's plenty of time to raise objections like that, not when there's a patch ready to land. I an using the "Virtual Identity" addon since many years, but that very fact that I need certain addons (I can't use Thunderbird without them), and that they are not always up-to-date, prevents me from using Thunderbird trunk. I'd like to use a stock Thunderbird trunk build, at least for my most important needs, without depending on addons for everyday work. I currently have to use an age-old Thunderbird (which is insecure), because of the addons. Addons are good for integration with your telephony provider, but not for basic emailing needs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357864 Title: Editing the "From" field for the current email only (as text, not dropdown) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/357864/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
