On 12/22/2011 01:52 AM, Nashvin Gangaram wrote:
Hi all
Has anyone got Thunderbird or any mail client working on QtMoko?
I basically use Thunderbird on my PC to store my mail offline (via
IMAP) and access it. It would be cool to have this functionality on
my Freerunner. :-)
Thanks!
- Nashvin
There are a couple issues with Thunderbird making it very hard to get
working on QtMoko (I'm going to talk specifically about the GTA02
hardware.) First, Firefox/Thunderbird aren't able to compile for ARMv4
processors. (Actually, it only support ARMv7.) So that's a big problem
with getting Thunderbird working.
Next, is there a mobile version of Thunderbird at all? How well is the
interface it currently has translate to a small touch screen? I'm quite
serious when I say that I think it'd be painful to try to use
Thunderbird on the Freerunner.
Lastly, if I'm not mistaken, the Qt backend was experimental for awhile,
I think it was dropped for awhile, and may have some interest again with
people working on it. In any case, I don't think the Qt interface is in
proper working order (I could be wrong.) This would make the application
run as an X application with GTK. This isn't as huge of a deal, besides
it consuming more resources. Speaking of resources, I'd wager the
Freerunner doesn't even have enough RAM to run Thunderbird, but this is
just a guess.
Anyways, as it currently is, I think it'd be a dead end for most people
to try. That is, unless you have __A LOT__ of time to work on it.
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