Roadmap

Below are the large projects planned for the 102 (2022) release of Thunderbird.
Spaces Toolbar
New Spaces Toolbar can be seen on the left-hand side of the Thunderbird window.
The Spaces toolbar allows users an easier, more convenient way to move between the different parts of the application (such as mail, calendar, tasks and full-tab add-ons).
1665511 - (spaces-toolbar) Implement a "Spaces" toolbar to group all toolbar buttons that open a dedicated Tab
Link to tracking bug for Spaces Toolbar
New Address Book
Mockup of the new address book
A new address book (both backend and UX/UI) that makes it easier to navigate and provides a richer experience for interacting with contacts.
1705276 - (tb-new-addrbook) [meta] New Address Book front end
Meta bug for the new address book
Link Preview Card
Link Preview Card (WIP)
When a link is added in the composer, you will have the option to convert it into a rich link preview with content displayed from the website.
1572648 - Support rich embedding (previews) of links in composed content (Twitter Card, Open Graph data)
Link Preview Card tracking bug.
Account Setup Hub
The new Account Setup Hub
When setting up an email, autodiscovery of calendars and address books works really well! But managing accounts and setting up after the first time has lagged. We are updating that experience in 102 with a centralized place to set up accounts, with a consistent experience regardless of when you bring a new account into Thunderbird.
1664179 - (new-account-hub) [meta] implement account hub in tab
Account setup hub tracking bug.
Import/Export
Import/Export UI Mockup
We have many users that have been using the Import/Export Tools add-on, we decided to bring that functionality into Thunderbird (and it has been requested for 18 years, check out the bug).  This will allow users more data portability and the ability to more easily bring their data into Thunderbird (as well as take it out).
271863 - Import/Export account info
Tracking bug for Import/Export.
Message Header Redesign
New Message Header
Improved message header to better highlight important information and make it responsive, so it will look better at any screen size/window size.
1556261 - Re-Implement message header toolbar customisation to add and remove buttons (feature removed in 69+)
Message header tracking bug.
Maildir
Maildir is a message storage format that should improve data safety, allow for incremental (delta) backups of messages and allow for antivirus to interact better with messages. Maildir will be vastly improved for 102, but may not be pref'd on by default.
845952 - (maildirblockers) [meta] finish "maildir" message storage
Protocol Rewrites
POP3 in Javascript
1707548 - (pop3-js) [meta] implement POP3 in JavaScript
Meta bug for rewriting POP3 in Javascript
NNTP in Javascript
1719413 - Implement nsINntpService in JavaScript
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