Is Thunderbird a good front end to Gmail?

[AC Question]

I have to change my email address. I am told Gmail is good, but the front end is lousy compared with Thunderbird. Would I be able to use Thunderbird on my laptop and Gmail on tablet/phone?

 

[ManiacJoe]

If you like Thunderbird, it can be the client for Gmail.
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229

 

[Rukbat]

I have Thunderbird on my desktop and Samsung's email app on my phone - and always have. If you set the gmail account to IMAP, deleting an email on one deletes it on the other.