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Roundcube Open-Source Webmail Software Merges With Nextcloud (phoronix.com) 14

Michael Larabel reports via Phoronix: The open-source Roundcube webmail software project has "merged" with Nextcloud, the prominent open-source personal cloud software. In boosting Nextcloud's webmail software capabilities, Roundcube is joining Nextcloud as what's been described as a merger. In 2024 Nextcloud is to invest into Roundcube to accelerate the development of this widely-used webmail open-source software. Today's press release says Roundcube will not replace Nextcloud Mail with at least no plans for merging the two in the short-term.

Today's press release says that there are no immediate changes for Roundcube and Nextcloud users besides looking forward to improved integration and accelerated development beginning in the short term.

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Roundcube Open-Source Webmail Software Merges With Nextcloud

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  • by thegarbz ( 1787294 ) on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @11:34PM (#64042965)

    Roundcube is rolled out the world over independent of any association with Nextcloud or indeed any cloud software. It's available by virtually all webhosts and is invaluable to system admins running an MTA. It easily runs rings around Squirrelmail.

    I'm happy short term nothing is changing but Nextcloud's priorities rest with Nextcloud. I can only hope they don't **** this up for everyone else.

    • I'm a bit skeptical, but my guess is they probably won't change much.

      There's been 2-3 different webmail clients in the NextCloud "appstore" for years now. All of them have varying integration issues. One of the most prominent ones is SSO. (For example the official Nextcloud Mail app stores raw user credentials in it's database, without any option to use literally anything else to authenticate to the IMAP / POP server.) Some other ones won't allow domain users at all. (As in they can't even use the app.) T
  • Every time I read one of these announcements, I think back over the years of how many OS projects have taken this path and after a few years they are either shut down or the new owner decides that everyone should pay licensing.
  • This has to be the dumbest looking thing ever.
    Do you web devs not care? Is the talent pool that diluted? Are most of yall still stuck on 640x480 screen?
    Like seriously, is this the best idea you could come with to use all the horizontal space?
    They has been a bad trend of software and website taking too much away, but there is something to be said about adding too much.
    • This has to be the dumbest looking thing ever.

      This is exactly the same kind of interface as Outlook, that's why.

      Do you web devs not care?

      Web devs? You haven't actually been using computers lately, have you? It's all the same shit now. Inscrutable, low-contrast interfaces that sing and dance when you mouse over them, putting shit in the way that affects what you were trying to click on, crap on the title bar that prevents you from dragging small windows until you maximize them (excel and outlook both have this problem) and so on and so forth.

      • Old Outlook has 3 columns. I am fine with that. That is why I stick to it. New Outlook has 4 columns and I hate it even more so.

        Yes web devs. Because that is what most software UI is made from now a days it seems. Web shit. So they are web devs.

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