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 = Goal =
-Objective: Make my non-tech friends use Thunderbird, by making it dead-simple to set up.
+''Make it easy for as many users as possible to get a working Thunderbird configuration''
-Most people are using webmail these days, mainly because it's so easy. You only need to know the URL (usually linked from the provider's homepage) and email address and password, and there's your inbox already. ISPs, although all of them provide POP/IMAP, are leading users to webmail because of that ease of use (and free mail providers do so for the advertizing revenue).
+* Major Goals
+** Require only the minimal upfront information from most people
+*** Name, Email, Password
+** Provide and offer preset configurations for at least all large ISPs
+** Shared system for community to submit, edit, and publish configurations
+** Configuration settings pulled from shared system
+* Minor Goals
+** Reduce the number of account wizard steps as much as reasonable
+** Reduce overall text in account dialog
+** Increase the prominence of the Email account choice
+* Possible Goals
+** Allow people to publish working configurations peer to peer via email
-Goal: Setting up Thunderbird should be as easy as download/install and entering real name, email address and password. The Account Setup Wizard consists of only one screen.
+* User Segmenting Assumptions
+** Large ISPs (google, msn, yahoo, etc)
+*** Set of users is very large
+*** Set of ISPs is small
+** Smaller ISPs
+*** Set of users is moderate-sized
+*** Set of ISPs is large enough to be difficult to centrally maintain
+** Non-public Servers
+** Intranets
+** Personal Servers
+*** Set of users is small
+*** Set of providers is very large and varied
 = Proposal =