Mozilla Thunderbird for Android is now available in beta, built upon the K-9 Mail app.
The beta includes core email features like account setup, email organization, and notifications, with feedback encouraged from users.
Thunderbird for Android will remain a separate app from K-9 Mail, requiring users to migrate if they previously used K-9.
Honestly, if you’re in the audience for Thunderbird on Android, you probably want to have a look at FairMail instead.
Why? What does FairMail do better? The headline says it’s privacy oriented, but so is k-9.
I’d say customizability. Haven’t used k-9 since I found FairEmail so can’t really say anything about how it is now but it used to be pretty bare bones. At least compared to FairEmail.
I love FairEmail’s simplified mail viewer that doesn’t render HTML mails completely and they look more like an enhanced plain text mail instead.
I’d love FairMail for desktop Linux
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I’ve really tried to use it, im sorry it’s just so ugly
I uninstalled it quickly after finding out it was trialware (missing features; popups to pay)
OK, I switched. I don’t know if it’s a placebo because it looks identical but ut feels smoother.
The most anticipated release of 2013.
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So excited about this! It looks and feels great.
Seems slicker than k9 and a bit speedier.
Downside is it appears using openkeychain is not working for encrypted emails. I fill in the settings but it still won’t show it, even after closing the app and reopening.
Edit- it works now. No idea what I did it didn’t do.
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I couldn’t find it on froid
Won’t appear. Mozilla is a bitch about trademarks.
Well, an unbranded build would be perfectly possible, like how “Fennec” is just a build of Firefox. In case they continue to release updates for K-9, that would be an unbranded app right there…
Noob question:
Is there any advantage over my phone’s stock email client, considering 99% of my emails are confirmation emails from online shops and similar stuff and I hardly ever actually send an email to anyone or receive one from an actual person anymore?
Anyone make the switch from Aquamail?
