According to a recent message from Thunderbird engineering director Andrei Hajdukewycz, the open-source mail client will not extend support to older PC platforms as Firefox has done....

According to a recent message from Thunderbird engineering director Andrei Hajdukewycz, the open-source mail client will not extend support to older PC platforms as Firefox has done. Mozilla recently announced that the latest “Extended Support Release” of its web browser (Firefox 115 ESR) will receive an additional six months of security updates for Windows 7 and 8. However, the Thunderbird team has decided to take a different approach.

    • absquatulate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      34·
      1 month ago

      Just a bit of reading between the lines:

      the Thunderbird team has decided to take a different approach

      and

      The MZLA team is working to essentially rebuild the software from scratch, featuring a new interface and support for modern email capabilities.

      I may be over-reading though.