Thunderbird on macOS and Linux

At some point after I got my new screen, I gave up on the native Mail app on my Mac. With the new resolution the text became too small to read and I got fed up that something as basic as zoom wasn’t available on one of Mac’s classic apps. Even 40-something-year-old Emacs has a built-in zoom function.

Thunderbird on macOS sounds out of place, especially with so many other options. I picked it up because it’s one of the clear options on Linux (my desktop), and I know it to be a free and well-maintained app.

I didn’t expect that I’d like it, and it still has its quirks — but you know what? It kind of works. It does a clean job syncing my personal calendar too, which I appreciate. I don’t know that I will always use it, but for now my eyes are thanking me. At the same time, I’ve switched from Vivaldi Mail (it does what it’s supposed to, but it’s too minimal, and I never got used to the UI) to Thunderbird on my Linux as well.

I don’t know that I’ll stick with it. The tabs are weird and the fact that Grammarly doesn’t work with it was a nasty surprise (it is one of the points why Emacs alone doesn’t work for emails). For now… it does the job.

1. I know the Mac has a global accessibility tool for that, available under Preferences. I specifically mean in-app zoom. Someone will probably still comment and point me in that direction and tell me that “I’m holding it wrong” probably.
2. Those of you who live and breathe Emacs would ask me why I don’t use Mu4e or something similar. I’ve touched this a couple of times on my blog. In short, Emacs is more of a drafting place for me, and I use various apps as the “publication” tools, many of which are enforced by work (restricted Office 365 environment).