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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Good email clients?
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:24:26 +0200
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On 2024-04-15 14:10, Borax Man wrote:
> On 2024-04-15, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2024-04-14 03:32, Borax Man wrote:
>>> On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 20:19:20 -0500
>>> Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/13/24 18:58, Borax Man wrote:
>>>>> Thats right, I think enigmail stopped being supported.  Had enigmail
>>>>> continued to work, I would still be using Thunderbird today.
>>>>
>>>> Check contemporary Thunderbird.
>>>>
>>>> I believe Enigmail support was discontinued because it was promoted to
>>>> being natively included in Thunderbird.  Or at least contemporary
>>>> Thunderbird has had Enigmail like functionality for a few years now.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I looked up what happened, Thunderbird did indeed implement its own
>>> functionality, and this was to replace Enigmail.
>>>
>>> I'm quite happy with Claws Mail and Mutt, and having briefly seen
>>> Thunderbird as it is now, I think I'll stay as I prefer the simpler
>>> Claws Mail interface.  Also, I learned that I should stick to software
>>> which is less opinionated, which doesn't have big visions, grand
>>> strategies and the like.  This way its less likely to just change
>>> things on me, or decide for me how I should interact.  I don't want to
>>> build my digital world on ever shifting sands so I prefer to stick to
>>> smaller, simpler software where there is less of a focus on
>>> innovation.
>>
>> IMO, every open source project is subject to big changes when the
>> developers "are replaced" or simply tire out and take new people. The
>> new people prefer to do new things in their own way instead of learning
>> the ropes and maintain old things.
>>
> 
> True, but for some key software I've been able to keep some
> consistency.  ZSH, FVWM, PCManFM, Window Maker dockapps, mutt, Emacs,
> Vim, slrn, the GNU utilities, they haven't changed.


Have Gnome and KDE kept consistency? :-D

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.