thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Feature request: Chat mode
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status: help wanted
type: enhancement
- Dominant language
- Kotlin
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Description
Expected behavior
- When user is reading a message, allow answering in a conversation thread view, same as XMPP or WhatsApp chat.
- In contacts view, allow to begin in conversation chat view.
- 4 preference levels (general and/or per account): Only traditional mail, traditional mail by default, Chat mode by default, only Chat mode.
Actual behavior
K-9 Mail interface is mature, but is still not adequate to completely replace centralized chat services (such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Hangouts, etc.) with mail protocols as mature standard layer.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing message-reading view, contacts view, and preference handling to determine how conversation threads and account-specific settings are structured. Done means users can enter chat mode from both stated entry points and select each of the four preference levels, with behavior matching the selected setting.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100