#Features
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Thunderbird for Android branding is now available
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Material 3 Navigation drawer
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Updated color scheme
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Allow migrating settings directly from an existing K-9 or Thunderbird for Android install
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Make use of Glean SDK
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Add basic feature setup for funding via Google Play subscriptions (we’ll use this for financial contributions)
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Use […] for outer subject when encrypting the subject
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Remove “Move/copy destination folders” setting
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Remove “Folders to search” setting
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Remove folder push class to simplify folder notifications
They have been the same team for the past 2 years. I think they have done a pretty good job developing new features thoughtfully and improving the user experience. One thing I’m really enjoying about this release is that they have made it much faster to toggle between accounts.
If they are confident adding their branding, then I take it as a show of confidence in their work.
Let’s fucking goooooo
Was waiting for this to move off the Outlook app
Also, for those wanting simple updates, check Obtainium
Speaking off, I’m still having issues adding it, since it still get confused by the k9 original repo origin, even if i try to filter the pre-release .apk’s with the thunderbird name.
My bad, still kept the k9-mail repo instead of the thunderbird fork.
It has a new id so you will need to add it as a new app if you have K-9 installed
Actually, you were right. The issue for me is that the original k9-mail repo did also released the current beta thunderbird version (and i think, one with still the k9 branding if needed). I was trying to switch to it via that repo, and didn’t noticed the thunderbird fork listed the in the repo. There’s no changes, outside of the releases only being thunderbird branded outside of all the previous k9-mail ones. If you were on k-9 mail, and want to switch to it on Obtainium, manually install the new version and mugrate your settings to it. And once it’s all done, remove the k9-mail repo from Obtainium, and add that thunderbird one.
Ugh they didn’t keep the same oauth flow so I have to get IT to approve it again for Outlook
I’m not sure, but that could be connected to the name change K9➡️Thunderbird. They have said that they will maintain parallel releases of both (identical except for the name/branding) for the immediate future. This release appears to be the identical but may (or may not) solve the issue.
Is the ‘Thunderbird for Android 8.0b1 (beta)’ release available through F-Droid?
I don’t see it on F-Droid or Izzy’s repositories yet.
Obtainium (Get android app updates directly from the source) https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid/
is handy for cases like these
Thanks. I prefer to use a package manager and have some vetting done before installing anything.
It installs the packages directly from the respective github repos
Or you mean vetting the apps themselves and not the packages?
Does anybody use Titan Mail and have an opinion of how this compares?
