thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Ability to covert HTML emails to plaintext in email view
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
HTML emails contains a lot of visual garbadge, pixel tracking, etc. I want to have ability to read only text of email, without unnecessary components (images, CSS, etc)
Describe the solution you'd like
Some kind of "converter" from HTML to plaintext. Example (used that way in my own project, not related to the mail): HTML -> markdown -> plaintext | sanitized & rendered markdown
Describe alternatives you've considered
Bots in different messengers which receive emails and convert them from HTML to plaintext with links
Additional context
N/A
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Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by locating the Android email view and determine how HTML messages are currently rendered; define the conversion behavior, including readable text and retained links while excluding images and CSS, before implementation. Done means an HTML email can be viewed as plaintext with the requested content preserved.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100