[Design] Chandler thunderbird extension

[Marc Gibeault]

Most interesting post in months.

>Chris Haumesser wrote:
...
>> Extensions are "deeper" than that, actually extending the 
>> functionality of the program.
>> In this case, we'd have to extend Thunderbird's handling of email 
>> headers beyond RFC standards to add support for whatever 
>> custom header 
>> schema we develop (see below) for integration purposes.  There are 
>> probably other, more subtle bits of logic that may need to be added.
>>
>> Your analogy is perfectly valid from a design standpoint.
>>
>>> It would certainly make the experience of bridging the gap more 
>>> usable and there is already a conceptual framework for 'downloading 
>>> and installing' this kind of thing with toolbars for browsers, so 
>>> it's a plus for discoverability as well.
>>
>> Precisely!  We would get the side-benefit of all the traffic to 
>> addons.mozilla.org!
...
>> -C-

At the current speed of development, you should put all your efforts on
this. Otherwise Chandler will be usable when email will be obsolete.

Marc Gibeault