Not sure if this is what he meant but you can call a bank or visit a branch, get a phone number for a specific department and call them directly and get almost VIP levels of helpful service in my experience.
Something that would entail hours of phone support thru official channels cut down to 15 minutes. Once you discover this there's no going back and it all depends on who you ask, and how you ask.
Thunderbird is finally paying attention to the UI side of things. Hopefully they finally implement the standard multiline email list view which has been on the back burner for 19 years XD
> Thunderbird is finally paying attention to the UI side of things
I wish they would not. I don't want any UI changes on my email client. Ever. It is one of my most important tools for work, so I don't want to tolerate anything that breaks or changes my workflow.
I am super happy user of thunderbird but if they keep doing this "modernizing" thing I will have to switch to a more stable mail client (after my current version that I never plan on updating breaks that is).
I'm fine with little UI tweaks. I'm not a fan of how the UI is becoming "flatter" with every release, and I wish they had toggles for some of the more questionable features (like those recipient bubbles which can't be easily edited, or the absolutely inane treatment of TO/CC/BCC).
If you don't want your software to change, don't update it.
The way Thunderbird looks and the messages list is a large part of it is horrendous and is a deal breaker for me, for example.
The modern example of fuckhead UI changes. Changing settings without having to click apply and/or OK. Changing from the "cog" icon to those three idiotic bars (hamburger?).
Interfaces are often used by people who are not IT savvy. The simplest of UI changes can mess their decade(s) old patterns of usage, the elderly are the easiest example of users affected by this. It not just their individual problem, those people then reach out for help which can be at considerable personal financial expense.
For your purposes I'll keep it simple and just say "about 99.9% yes". Trust the word of a seasoned veteran - keep email clients, browsers and OSes up to date.
This era ~15 years ago must have been peak GUI design, with many applications being both beginner-friendly and powerful. And if your grandma called, you could easily steer her through menus over the phone. Nowadays, good luck describing the latest incarnation of the hamburger icon over the phone, especially when all the other monochrome line drawings look quite similar to aging eyes.
The reason I switched to thunderbird is that it displays each email on a single line, which is sooooo much more information dense, and thus efficient! There's no better way to manage a large amount of email than displaying a large amount on screen!
Even if they add it, the single-line display will always be around. It isn't mutually exclusive by any means. All clients that support multiline also have single-line support.
Nope. Mail.app removed it long ago. iOS mail has never had it. Even gmail is less info-dense than it could be, as it routinely increases the padding and margins for each message, even with the most dense view.
