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by aq3cn 3500 days ago
> Currently, Thunderbird faces the problem of simultaneously showing a vast amount of information on one screen and we hope we addressed that.

> Whole work was focused on adding some white space, inserting new typography an equalizing colors, but still keeping in mind branding and character of Thunderbird. That’s why the redesign was based on FirefoxOs Style Guide to keep its identity somehow coherent.

Please keep options open. I really don't understand why people prefer it that way. In the world of small screen laptops, vertical space of screen is very precious to me. I use 11' macbook air on the go and I always have preferred the most compact one line layout. Google also recognizes this and has given three different types of layouts.

It isn't just small screen, but some people prefer and are used to seeing lot of information at once. I am one of them. I am not favoring toolbar or side layouts, I always keep them disable and access everything through keyboard shortcuts. But my requirements are:

1. maximum number of emails on screen at once in one line, no preview pane

2. all email account's folder with highlighted unread emails

I am glad someone is picking up this project, but please keep options open.