User talk:Wataru

Penelope seems on the surface like an odd fit. Eudora and Thunderbird are so entirely different. What can possibly emerge from bringing them together?

Each program has unique strengths and weaknesses, but there are also weaknesses they both share. Are these likely to be fixed as a result of the convergence? And how will the differences be bridged?

Eudora unique strengths:

+ Excellent rules creation interface
+ Can set individual sounds for notification along with sorting rules
+ Quote only selected text in replies

Thunderbird unique strengths:

+ Pop-up notifications
+ Per-account folder trees as well as common folders
+ Reading unread messages across folders and accounts with spacebar
+ Outstanding IMAP support
+ Language and character-set support

Weaknesses of both:

- Almost no template variables
- Cannot assign templates to folders (as folder properties)
- Large memory use

So how will the Penelope project deal with these various issues?

What I would like to see in Penelope, ideally, is the best of both worlds plus some new ideas.

+ Adopt Eudora's rules creation interface, and quoting of selected text.
+ Retain Thunderbird's strengths listed above.
+ Add template variables and per-folder templates (see The Bat! and Becky! Internet Mail for examples of these features).

So will the developers be aiming at a Thunderbirdization of Eudora, or a Eudorization of Thunderbird? Given the choice, I would prefer the Thunderbird interface over Eudora's, and especially Thunderbird's approach to IMAP and to keyboard navigation.