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New Mozilla-based Mail Client: Minotaur

Posted by michael on from the feeping-creaturitis dept.

Ant writes "Minotaur is a redesign of the Mozilla mail component. Our goal is to produce a cross platform stand alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. We are modeling ourselves after the Phoenix rewrite of the Mozilla browser. Our intended customer is someone who uses Phoenix (or another non mozilla.exe browser) as their primary browser and wants a mail client based on mozilla that "plays nice" with their browser. Currently, mozilla -mail is not a good option for these users because link clicks and attachments end up going to mozilla browser windows instead of the preferred browser. In addition, by focusing solely on stand alone mail, we believe we can make some dents in the overall footprint and performance of the mail client by removing components and chrome we don't need."

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  1. one of the first posts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    one of the first posts!!!!!!

  2. G.W.Bush by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Screw civil rights!! Screw economy!! Screw history!! GO WAR!!

  3. Get cryptography in there from day one please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm tired of trying to get enigmail working with mozilla.

  4. Fuck USA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You shoot down your own allies aircraft (you've killed more of your own than Iraq has).

    You launch missles into civilian "targets" - in the wrong fucking country! (hint, Iraq is not spelt I-R-A-N)

    You throw grenades into your own tents (some would say that's a good start...).

    You launch missles into civilian shopping centers (precision my ass).

    Fuck you America. Fuck you and your bullshit war.

    1. Re:Fuck USA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      If there are soldiers or weapons hiding amidst civilians, then the civilians are fucked. Sorry.

      This is the USAs fault for firing, your precious leaders fault for putting the munitions there, and your fault for staying there and supporting them.

      What else do you want? None of you native Iraqi cowards have the balls to oust your own leader that you proclaim to hate. With Saddam in power, it is guaranteed that more will suffer and die, with the USA removing him and his minions, some will die, but only for the short term.

    2. Re:Fuck USA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      some will die, but only for the short term.

      Will they come back as zombies?