Make Thunderbird adaptive and touch friendly

[fabian76]

While I love Thunderbird on my desktop, I would love to see it work better on smaller screens (or resize better on the desktop too). In addition, there should also be a focus on the possibility of touch operation, even with an on-screen keyboard.

Why?
Linux is no longer just the classic desktop. I now use a Linux tablet, for example, and would like to use Thunderbird on it. Linux smartphones are also starting to develop. Windows tablets are also becoming widespread, not least because of the MS Surface devices.

[Jon]

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[gsarig]

I agree - I am on a Surface Pro and the only app with good touch support is the native Windows Mail App

[jchoneandonly]

strongly agree. i may not use a touchscreen all the time but when i do use it its a huge benefit to be able to use touch controls.

[krawumski]

The Windows Mail App is really quite well designed for both touch and mouse use. Unfortunately Microsoft has deprecated it, and the new Outlook is terrible. With the card view in Nebula I think Thunderbird is getting very usable on the Surface Pro. Adding the ability to trigger an action by sliding a card left/right is probably the biggest missing feature for touch use (so that you can quickly delete something). Composing a new new mail in place instead of opening a new window would be next on the list I think. And a really cool feature would be the ability to automatically change to classic layout when the device is rotated between landscape mode (so it displays the list of mails above the message pane). That is something the Windows Mail App does not do and it would really make Thunderbird shine on a Surface Pro. You would probably want buttons to hide the folder and event panes as well.