[Feature Request] Open "Accounts" in their own tabs

[sir_brizz]

I have no idea how likely this is to get into the release, but I
thought I would give it a shot (tell me if this is the wrong place to
post this).

Ever since I started using the Thunderbird nightlies I have been
hoping and praying I would be able to open each of the five accounts
that I have in Thunderbird in their own tabs, and have new email
counts shown on the tabs (think having multiple tabs in Firefox with
different email accounts on them and it said "Gmail - Inbox (1)",
"Hotmail - Inbox (3)", etc). I think this would be nice functionality.

It would not have to change the current functionality too much, I
don't think. The account sidebar could be on each tab, but it should
remember the state of the account sidebar on a per tab basis. Right
now if I open Account #1 Inbox in one tab, and Account #2 Drafts in
another tab, both accounts will be uncollapsed in both tabs.

Thanks! Brizz
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[Ron K.]

sir_brizz on 9/26/2008 11:59 AM, keyboarded a reply:

> I have no idea how likely this is to get into the release, but I
> thought I would give it a shot (tell me if this is the wrong place to
> post this).
>
> Ever since I started using the Thunderbird nightlies I have been
> hoping and praying I would be able to open each of the five accounts
> that I have in Thunderbird in their own tabs, and have new email
> counts shown on the tabs (think having multiple tabs in Firefox with
> different email accounts on them and it said "Gmail - Inbox (1)",
> "Hotmail - Inbox (3)", etc). I think this would be nice functionality.
>
> It would not have to change the current functionality too much, I
> don't think. The account sidebar could be on each tab, but it should
> remember the state of the account sidebar on a per tab basis. Right
> now if I open Account #1 Inbox in one tab, and Account #2 Drafts in
> another tab, both accounts will be uncollapsed in both tabs.
>
> Thanks! Brizz

Bugzilla is the place to file "Enhancement" requests.  We do ask that You
perform a "Due Diligence" search to keep duplicate reports to a minimum.  A
report should be for only one issue even if additional ideas are related.

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[Bryan W Clark-2]

On 9/26/2008 8:59 AM, sir_brizz wrote:

> I have no idea how likely this is to get into the release, but I
> thought I would give it a shot (tell me if this is the wrong place to
> post this).
>
> Ever since I started using the Thunderbird nightlies I have been
> hoping and praying I would be able to open each of the five accounts
> that I have in Thunderbird in their own tabs, and have new email
> counts shown on the tabs (think having multiple tabs in Firefox with
> different email accounts on them and it said "Gmail - Inbox (1)",
> "Hotmail - Inbox (3)", etc). I think this would be nice functionality.
>
> It would not have to change the current functionality too much, I
> don't think. The account sidebar could be on each tab, but it should
> remember the state of the account sidebar on a per tab basis. Right
> now if I open Account #1 Inbox in one tab, and Account #2 Drafts in
> another tab, both accounts will be uncollapsed in both tabs.
>
> Thanks! Brizz
>    

I think this fits really well with the tabbed interface plans for
Thunderbird.  You should check out bug 21899 [1].

Especially with the new Folder Pane providing a more Global Inbox view
people will likely want to have individual account Inboxes opened up in
tabs.

Cheers,
~ Bryan

[1]  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218999
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[swain-4]

On Sep 26, 12:59 pm, sir_brizz <bj.car...@...> wrote:
 (think havingmultipletabs inFirefoxwith
> different email accounts on them and it said "Gmail- Inbox (1)",
> "Hotmail- Inbox (3)", etc). I think this would be nice functionality.

If you want to take a look, you can download our cookiepie firefox
extension.
It was reviewed on Lifehacker some months ago:
http://lifehacker.com/396818/cookiepie-logs-into-multiple-gmail-accounts-simultaneously
It's not perfect, but it was a hard work to surpass Firefox limitation
in this aspect.

srw
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[Curtis M. Dowds]

I would like to add my support for this idea.   I have five accounts I
track regularly, each with many folders and subfolders.   Scrolling
through them is a huge part of the problem of managing my email.   Tabs
would allow me to deal with these accounts much more efficiently.

Ron K. wrote:

> sir_brizz on 9/26/2008 11:59 AM, keyboarded a reply:
>  
>> I have no idea how likely this is to get into the release, but I
>> thought I would give it a shot (tell me if this is the wrong place to
>> post this).
>>
>> Ever since I started using the Thunderbird nightlies I have been
>> hoping and praying I would be able to open each of the five accounts
>> that I have in Thunderbird in their own tabs, and have new email
>> counts shown on the tabs (think having multiple tabs in Firefox with
>> different email accounts on them and it said "Gmail - Inbox (1)",
>> "Hotmail - Inbox (3)", etc). I think this would be nice functionality.
>>
>> It would not have to change the current functionality too much, I
>> don't think. The account sidebar could be on each tab, but it should
>> remember the state of the account sidebar on a per tab basis. Right
>> now if I open Account #1 Inbox in one tab, and Account #2 Drafts in
>> another tab, both accounts will be uncollapsed in both tabs.
>>
>> Thanks! Brizz
>>    
>
> Bugzilla is the place to file "Enhancement" requests.  We do ask that You
> perform a "Due Diligence" search to keep duplicate reports to a minimum.  A
> report should be for only one issue even if additional ideas are related.
>
>  

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[Andrew N Dowden]

Curtis M. Dowds wrote:
> I would like to add my support for this idea.   I have five accounts I
> track regularly, each with many folders and subfolders.   Scrolling
> through them is a huge part of the problem of managing my email.   Tabs
> would allow me to deal with these accounts much more efficiently.
>  
I don't have strong opinions on whether tabs will solve this ..

The problem I have is that I interact with 3 domains at work, and
control a further 8 from home.  That means that I need at least 4
totally separate 'zones' for review of multiple accounts.  In any given
context ('zone'), I still need to know that other email is unread in the
others.

The current use of a long expandable tree is the main problem.  Any, not
forgetting TB losing all your settings sometimes on shut down, and
opening / closing all tree branches.

Even a separation into super-folders or views like the 'app that can not
be named' would be a massive improvement   Admittedly that other app.
(which I am forced to use a work) does an appallingly bad job of this.

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