DanRaisch wrote:Moving to Third Party Builds as this post is not about Thunderbird Features.
OK, I was not sure where to put it, the reationale was that preserving the xul code (Basilisk/UXP) is the base of all Thunderbird addon features :-o ... I hope interested peope will find it here.
Thanks a lot, I had no idea there was a Google group alongside this (or equialent) forums.
I connot really tell how much has changed with the introduction with UXP. To my understanding the Pale Moon dev wants to keep it alive by switching to this "One Unified XUL Platform to serve them all". The first implemenation is the Basilisk browser, Pale Moon will floow sooner or later (though keep the legacy UI and disable web extensions). Some unmaintainted products like Sunbird could be revived with the UXP base - though I personally doubt there's enough demand or dev power.
One the one hand, it would be a pity if the resources wouldn't be pooled, and Thunderbird doesn't need e10s and other innovations targeted at the Firefox browser. On the other hand, the nunmber of UXP devs could indeed be rather small. Last not least, my current participation in their forum indicates protective thinking by some members of their community - though this isn't my final assessent yet.
But probably it's too late anyway? I vaguely remember readding somewhere that the latest tb includes Rust technology, i.e. so much work has been done by now that switching to UXP isn't a realistic option anymore?