RSS feeds would be folders under the 'News_and_Blogs' account. Thus, the first change is to morph the Folder pane into a Tagbar that sits to the right of the Toolbar icons.Ĭlicking the arrow on the right end of the Tagbar would drop down a scrollable list much like the original Folder pane, such that when the 'Sent' folder of an account is clicked, the account name and the 'Sent' tag would appear as text in the Tagbar. Assuming account messages can be considered tagged with the account name and that Sent messages can be considered tagged with the 'Sent' tag, typing in the account name and 'Sent' can be quicker than selecting the Sent folder of the account in the Folder pane. With message tags being introduced in Thunderbird 2, accessing messages is less about knowing where a message is in an account folder and more about being able to quickly select appropriate tags. (Click Discussion to discuss, or vote for the concept at if you like it.) The following is an idea for consolidation of Thunderbird's 3 panes into a single pane. The Thunderbird 2.0 Roadmap lists 'UI Face Lift for the 3-pane Window' as a major goal of Thunderbird 2.

Mozilla thunderbird preview pane