I totally support this. Going to prefs to check out a new theme is a
pain. More specific to this bug, going to view and expecting to find a
theme option and not finding it in mailnews is rather annoying.
Peter Lairo wrote:
> There is a bug filed that requests to have the ability to easily switch
> themes (from the menu: View - Apply Theme) also from within Mail/News
> (not just from the browser).
>
> Unfortionately, this bug was marked wontfix and it was requested that it
> be discussed here for possible reconsideration.
>
> This bug is an important evangelism issue - novice users should be able
> to easily see and use this feature from whatever module they use. It may
> not make complete sense from a vulcan standpoint, but it make a lot of
> sense from a "coolness" standpoint. I can just see someone showing his
> friends how easy it is to make Mozilla look all kinds of different ways.
> This "coolness" factor should not be underestimated, especially since it
> will draw a lot of attention from "semi-novices" who want quick access
> to cool features (and aren't bothered by prefs settings). Also persons
> who only/mainly use Mail/News would be duly impressed.
>
> Please go to and *VOTE* and *CC yourself* in this bug to show that this
> is an important *evangelism* and *cooness enhancing* feature:
>
> BUG NAME: *can't switch themes in Mail or Composer*
> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53430
>
