Re: Favorite Email/Calender/PIM and Why
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:12:55 -0400
Matthew K Poer <matthewpoer@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Well, clearly from my email address, I do use Gmail. I like evolution
Not so clear; look at my email address, but I almost never use the
Gmail interface. Gmail offers SMTP / POP3 access.
> better than any web mail though, even gmail. For whatever reason, I just
> like desktop apps better than web apps. I think the javascripts needed
> to make a web app functional just turn me off.
There are many reasons: they can be slow, they can't be used
offline, they can't be customized to the extent that one's own apps can
be, and one doesn't have the range of choice one has on the desktop.
Celejar
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