Thunderbird Metro
Status
| Thunderbird Metro | |
| Stage | Draft |
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| Release target | Thunderbird 16 |
| Health | OK |
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Team
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| Localization lead | ` |
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Open issues/risks
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Stage 1: Definition
1. Feature overview
Windows 8 will have 2 application environments: classic and metro. Thunderbird only has a classic version. Comments about metro aside, Thunderbird will need a metro version in order to compete with Microsoft's proprietary clients, and to work on WOA. The goal of this feature is to port Thunderbird to the Metro environment, while continuing to use Mozilla's technologies.
2. Users & use cases
The target users in this case are Windows 8 users who would prefer a Metro version of Thunderbird, and WOA users who have no alternative.
3. Dependencies
This feature may require some or all of the Gecko, Necko, scripting engines, etc. to be somewhat modified.
4. Requirements
Hard to define. Ideally, as many features from mainline Thunderbird as possible. However, if required, the following features can be skipped: search features, chat, big files.
All of the windowed components for Thunderbird will need to be moved to the tab infrastructure for Metro, but should remain as preferred in classic. We will also need to figure out how to work with the suspend system. While support for Add-ons should be included by default, inter-compatibility with Thunderbird Classic add-ons may not be viable. Naturally, we will need a version of lightning or an equivalent for this.
Non-goals
Due to the system framework, having synchronization between classic and metro Thunderbird.
Inter-compatibility with Thunderbird Classic add-ons.
Stage 2: Design
5. Functional specification
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6. User experience design
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Stage 3: Planning
7. Implementation plan
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8. Reviews
Security review
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Privacy review
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Localization review
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Accessibility
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Quality Assurance review
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Operations review
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Stage 4: Development
9. Implementation
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Stage 5: Release
10. Landing criteria
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All of the windowed components for Thunderbird will need to be moved to the tab infrastructure for Metro, but should remain as preferred in classic. We will also need to figure out how to work with the suspend system. While support for Add-ons should be included by default, inter-compatibility with Thunderbird Classic add-ons may not be viable. Naturally, we will need a version of lightning or an equivalent for this. |Feature non-goals=Due to the system framework, having synchronization between classic and metro Thunderbird.
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Feature details
| Priority | Unprioritized |
| Rank | 999 |
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| Engineering team | ` |
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Team status notes
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| Security | ` | ` |
| Privacy | ` | ` |
| Localization | ` | ` |
| Accessibility | ` | ` |
| Quality assurance | ` | ` |
| User experience | ` | ` |
| Product marketing | ` | ` |
| Operations | ` | ` |
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