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    • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de
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      8 months ago

      Thunderbird is already more than a mail program. It supports calendar, todo, contacts, multiple chat protocols etc. Notes are in line with features like todo I’d say

      • Pantherina@feddit.de
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        8 months ago

        What chat protocols? Anything actually used? I tried their chat once but it didnt work with Matrix I think.

        That they support Calendar is the result of CalDav I think. For some weird reason mail providers are often also CalDav providers, so you use the same account and that makes sense.

        Although I would really like to have calendar and contacts as seperate apps. The combination is weird, and with some CSS it should be possible to have a single-purpose “app” with its own process ID and desktop entry with icon.

        I dont know how to do that though, at least yet, as I dont know the CSS. But Libreoffice Flatpak fixed the “calc + writer shown as the same app” which is done via desktop entry stuff

        • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de
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          8 months ago

          Being able to create create calendar events from dates in emails benefits from being a single app. Also contacts integration is necessary to auto fill email adresses. It’d be great to have seamless integration between mutliple apps, but with Thunderbird having tabs it’s also a good experience.

          I believe Thunderbird supports IRC and matrix, but I don’t use those features. Standalone apps usually provide a better experience.

          Hopefully notes is compatible with other notes systems, maybe markdown with a folder structure. This’d compatible with Markor on Android and also many (diy) solutions (e.g. vim).