Re: [orca-list] Navigating Thunderbird with Orca

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Al Sten-Clanton <albert e sten_clanton verizon net> wrote:
> :Part of the problem is that Thunderbird is officially being maintained only
> for bug fixes (including security). Mozilla all but dropped support for it."
>
> Do you know whether this ending of support concerns only Thunderbird for
> Linux, or also Thunderbird for other operating systems?

It's the latter, i.e., Thunderbird as a whole is only maintained to ensure
stability, so far as Mozilla is concerned.
http://www.zdnet.com/mozilla-scraps-thunderbird-development-email-client-not-a-priority-anymore-7000000469/

I expect they would accept accessibility-related bug fixes, but they might not
devote significant resources to making the changes.