If any Thunderbird devs see this, I don't mind a visual refresh, but here's my real wishlist:
* Sync accounts and settings between multiple computers. (Using syncthing only works so well...) Over my local LAN. I am not going to send my information out into the cloud if I can help it.
* Thunderbird on my Android devices, also synced with my desktop and laptop.
* Groupwise integration so I don't have to log into webmail every time I have an appointment to accept or reject.
* Integrated calendar. Why is it an addon? Seriously. I have never understood that.
Anyway... I'd also love to see an easier to understand community platform. I have no idea where I really should post this comment in the official Thunderbird ecosystem.
As to your first point, I managed this with the user settings on a home server via sshfs (Linux desktop and server). This could also work with shares for Windows (although I didn't try). sshfs is mounted via a script on logon.
I'm able to sync some of it using SyncThing. But I ran into enough sync conflicts, than I've ignored a lot of files in my profile. So not much actually syncs anymore.
sshfs would work if you are on the same network all the time. I have yet to get dynamic dns working for my home connection, so when I'm at work I doubt I'd be able to access my home sshfs share.
* Sync accounts and settings between multiple computers. (Using syncthing only works so well...) Over my local LAN. I am not going to send my information out into the cloud if I can help it.
* Thunderbird on my Android devices, also synced with my desktop and laptop.
* Groupwise integration so I don't have to log into webmail every time I have an appointment to accept or reject.
* Integrated calendar. Why is it an addon? Seriously. I have never understood that.
Anyway... I'd also love to see an easier to understand community platform. I have no idea where I really should post this comment in the official Thunderbird ecosystem.