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Author: Trond Arild Ydersbond
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To: Simon Walter, dng@lists.dyne.org
Subject: Re: [DNG] icedove install-recommends


4. april 2016 4.32 Simon Walter <simon@???>:

>On 2016/04/04 13:27, Steve Litt wrote:
>> Isn't Icedove a re-branded Thunderbird? Every time I try to use
>> Thunderbird, it's an order of magnitude slower than Claws-Mail.


>I think XUL shows it's weakness. I am not an expert, but AFAIR, this is
>the reason why the Mozilla family of applications became slow. The
>interface is like molasses on old machines. I don't think it has
>anything to do with "lightning". That being said, I am all for
>decoupling as much as possible.



+1

To me, this seems to be yet another candidate for application of the "modular, but not monolithic" principle.