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Good points? Whoever made that post reads too much into things that aren't even true:

* Long, sharp beaks are characterestic of nectar feeders, e.g. hummingbird, not "lethal predators".

* Hawk's beak is neither large nor particularly sharp; and while hawk is a deadly predator, and the new logo is hawk-like, I can't see the hawk as a bad thing;

* Everything else is purely subjective, too. "Dead white eyes convey malice"? OK.

Finally, re:"Message is mine, not yours"? Well, that's the entire point of an email client. It keeps the mail, it doesn't live on the server.

If that comes through the logo, then it's a job well done.

[1] https://www.dkfindout.com/us/animals-and-nature/birds/types-...



>* Everything else is purely subjective, too. "Dead white eyes convey malice"? OK.

It's a well known trope

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProphetEyes


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbird_(mythology)

> It is considered a supernatural being of power and strength

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProphetEyes

> And sometimes, white eyes simply alert the audience that their owner is supernatural

Ok?


> Finally, re:"Message is mine, not yours"? Well, that's the entire point of an email client. It keeps the mail, it doesn't live on the server.

?

Most people use IMAP accounts nowadays


True but thunderbird's local folders are my favorite way to move thebacklog off the server. (Not sure how widespread that usecase is)


Sure, but having an offline copy with IMAP allows one to not depend on the server to work with your email.

And if your account goes poof, you still have all your messages.


> Everything else is purely subjective, too.

Well, sure. Nearly anything anyone has to say about the logo is purely subjective. That's the way of art.




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