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  • I don't get why Mozilla's designs are so ugly. It's 2026, everyone has beautiful designs and some browsers (Arc, Dia) are so gorgeous you don't want to work with anything else. And then this not-even-released mail app looks like old Bootstrap web apps. I used to love Mozilla for having some of the most beautiful designs. The era of Forefox OS and Firefox 4 with their beautiful beautiful designs and then they said no; threw out that beautiful dinosaur logo for whatever this ugly pointless one is and now look at their software. My eyes hurt for the amount of design problems in Firefox. Okay you made a bad one, at least start something new correctly.
    by pmkary
  • But why? What's the USP here?

    Maybe there's a demand for a more feature-rich mail client on iOS, perhaps syncing accounts and filters from the desktop app. But this doesn't seem to be that, at least not at this point.

    by bluescrn
  • I was using Thunderbird on Android for years and keep using it on Linux, but it aged rather poorly.

    Search is completely useless, it never-ever finds anything. Threads are supported, but their functionality is not configurable so whenever I lazily click on the complete thread (instead of opening it, scrolling down to the last item and clicking on it directly) it opens every message of the thread. Really nice functionality for large threads with 60+ emails!

    So I am a bit skeptical why on earth they would increase their coverage when the already supported platforms lack decent UX.

    by astameteo
  • For those seeking a non-profit alternative that syncs between iOS and Mac OS, give Marco a try. We support proper offline-first behaviour and instant push notifications, among many other features.

    I built this for myself out of frustration with Apple Mail and cover all operational costs. Privacy and speed are two of our most important pillars.

    https://marcoapp.io

    by isaachinman
  • The Mail app that comes with iOS is plenty.
    by HumblyTossed
  • If this supports JMAP (I hope so since its aimed to be a Thundermail client) then I'll give this a whirl with my Fastmail account
    by sylens
  • I am almost certain that the only reason (feature) I have Thunderbird desktop installed has no place in this iOS app – an editable FROM field. I am pretty sure of that.

    Ah, just saw the coolest thing - an epic subheading:

    > Designed for growth

    Love it. There's no stopping this app now. Godspeed, Mozila/Thunderbird! Grow is the new word.

    by crossroadsguy
  • I have been using K9 for a long time on Android. No complaints. I guess most Apple users will simply use the default email client, which works well and is probably better integrated and has a better UI than Thunderbird.

    On Linux desktop, Thunderbird is still the best all around email/CardDAV/CalDAV client it seems, despite being unreasonably heavy.

    by drnick1

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