Mozilla Messaging reveals plans for Thunderbird 3

Shakil published 20 Feb 2008, 10:39 in main - 128 views

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The Mozilla Foundation announced today the official launch of Mozilla Messaging, a new subsidiary dedicated to creating open-source Internet communication software. The organization, which is headed by former ActiveState CTO David Ascher, will take on stewardship of Mozilla Thunderbird. The newly-formed subsidiary has also revealed plans for Thunderbird 3, the next major version of the open source mail client.

Mozilla Messaging has hired a small staff of developers that will work alongside community contributors to move the initiative forward. In addition to Ascher, the organization's board of directors includes Mozilla Labs VP Christopher Beard and MySQL AB CEO Marten Mickos.

Ascher also says that the organization will work on incrementally improving the underlying architecture of Thunderbird and notes that it wants to take advantage of the platform improvements that have been developed for Firefox 3. Mozilla Messaging plans to aggressively leverage the technical strengths of Firefox, like the high potential for customization and strong HTML rendering. The organization will also look closely at emerging trends in communication and consider possibilities for integrating support for other services beyond e-mail.

Mozilla Messaging also launched its new web site today, which provides more information about tentative plans for Thunderbird and encourages users to get involved with the project.

News source: Ars Technica

Tags: Mozilla Messaging, Thunderbird 3

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