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==Possible reductions:== | |||
Thunderbird's interface could use a redesign. However, it's possible to have a better interface while keeping high levels of functionality. Here are some possible points of improvement:<ol><li> | |||
1. Conditional Calendar button. The Calendar button should only be shown if the calendar tab is not open. If that tab is open, the button should be hidden and the space reallocated to the rest of the toolbar. If someone has the calendar tab open, they don't need that launcher. This is how it currently works when that tab is open: <br /> | |||
[Calendar tab] [+] , with the + meaning the calendar button. | |||
It should be more like the following: <br /> | |||
When open: [Calendar tab] <br /> | |||
when closed: [+]<br /> | |||
This would save screen space.<br /></li> | |||
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Eliminate the titlebar in windows. We should keep the window management "[_|#|X]" where it is, but we don't need the Thunderbird logo, or the title there. Instead, we should shift up the tab bar to where the titlebar is now, and save valuable screen space. | |||
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<li>Add a new tab button, which would create a blank tab with a URL bar. This would be used for people who want to add other communications to Thunderbird, such as twitter, a web IRC client, web E-mail interfaces, chat rooms, or Google groups. Essentially, we add the thunderbrowse add-on, but it would actually work. Thunderbird is our Communicator, and Firefox our web page/ app frontend. This feature would help people keep that distinction. </li> | |||
</ol> | |||