UX Priorities and Goals for TB 31

Any priorities or goals shown in this section either have been derived from either:

* Thunderbird's developers for benefit of their users
* Users bug reports
* User comments on IRC/networking channel

The goal is to land as many of these as possible by TB 31 or earlier, and keep track of such things here.

Want something added?

Then add the "[ux-feature-wanted-31]" to the whiteboard in a bug.

UX Bugs

Tabs lack enough visual feedback when being opened or closed

• Bug 612577 - Developer: "Josiah Bruner"

Thunderbird consistency with Australis aka "AustralisBird"

Meta Bug: Bug 942005

• Bug 784114
• Bug 768516
• Bug 952953

UX Features

Thunderbird needs a "white on black" default theme

Users have requested many times the ability to switch Thunderbird to a "white on black" theme, something we should investigate. This is especially benefical for increasing accesibility for users who require more contrast.

Compose Window UI could be more visually pleasing

• Bug 906264 - Developer: "Josiah Bruner"
• Bug 867161 - Developer: "Josiah Bruner"
• Bug 960672 - Developer: "Richard Marti"