Quicksaver / The-Fox--Only-Better

A Firefox add-on to improve the feeling of using the new Australis theme.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/the-fox-only-better/
Mozilla Public License 2.0
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Thunderbird support #89

Open orschiro opened 9 years ago

orschiro commented 9 years ago

Hi there,

Many thanks for your add-on which allows me to use Firefox in a distraction free mode!

I am wondering whether the add-on could be made compatible with Thunderbird to hide the top navigation bar, including the message compose/send buttons ..., there as well.

Thanks for your reply,

Robert

Quicksaver commented 9 years ago

Technically speaking, it is possible to do this. And I have wanted to do it for a while as well, but it requires a lot of work "backstage" because thunderbird doesn't have a lot of firefox's components that the add-on relies on.

Unfortunately I've barely had any time to work on the add-on lately and that won't change any time soon. And because this isn't a very high priority, it will still take a while to get to.

orschiro commented 9 years ago

requires a lot of work "backstage" because thunderbird doesn't have a lot of firefox's components that the add-on relies on.

Thanks for mentioning this! I always thought that Thunderbird and Firefox are almost the same as they are based on xulrunner.

It's not an urgent request. Looking forward to a first beta. :)

Quicksaver commented 9 years ago

Thanks for mentioning this! I always thought that Thunderbird and Firefox are almost the same as they are based on xulrunner.

For instance, the new customization system in firefox isn't available in thunderbird (or at least it's not activated), and the add-on relies a lot on it to make sure everything works correctly. ;)