They just had their first major overhaul in the last decade+ and are looking pretty shiny:
blog.thunderbird.net/…/our-fastest-most-beautiful…
Personally I haven’t had a chance to check it out because I just use my browser for personal email & my work mail is hosted through Microsoft so there’s no pretending not using Outlook at work does anything for me.
That said, I am eagerly waiting for them to give the same treatment to the soon-to-be merged Thunderbird & K9 mail so I can use that for my personal mail on my phone
Akuchimoya@startrek.website 11 months ago
The newest release is visually awful. It drove me crazy and I had to downgrade back to the last stable (102). The content density was wildly inconsistent and text would be squished in one area and really spaced out in another. The toolbar moved so action buttons were in the title bar area, away from where your mouse would be (compared to before) if you’re interacting with your inbox.
Other than that, the old version works just fine. Multiple email accounts, calendar and contacts. It does the job. Minor nitpicks, like dark mode doesn’t dark evwrything, you still have to manually change your reading window colours. But at least it’s once and done.
ParanoiaComplex@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The UI is customizable so you can increase or decrease the density of text. I personally like my text dense, but the important thing is that it’s a simple settings option to change.
I also love the new layout, but I think with any UI refresh, there will be people who would hate it even if it was just objectively better.
Thunderbird’s current state is the best it’s ever been
Akuchimoya@startrek.website 11 months ago
The problem is the inconsistency. The new UI has it so that the inbox is way more dense than the folders, no matter which density level you choosem
Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I’m finding it to be very slow too. I move messages from my Gmail inbox to folders on Gmail with it, and it used to take a second or two with occasional slowdowns, but now it almost always takes 5 -10 seconds. Everything seems slower.