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Wmail – Desktop client for Gmail and Google Inbox

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Re: Wmail – Desktop client for Gmail and Google Inbox

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Post by zitterbewegung »

melted wrote: post #2

Why "missing" though? On Windows 10, Mail is quite nice. On OSX there's Airmail. On Linux there's bupkis, but that's really not what Linux is for.

This desktop client appears to load the inbox interface and gmail interface in a iframe and has extra related functionality on the side . So it isn't just an email client. Looking at it I don't see how it is much Of a desktop client unless they added offline functionality .

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Post by melted »

aroman wrote: post #4
melted wrote: post #2

Why "missing" though? On Windows 10, Mail is quite nice. On OSX there's Airmail. On Linux there's bupkis, but that's really not what Linux is for.

On Linux, there's Geary (now pantheon-mail): http://blog.elementary.io/post/139731273161/re-geary

Tried it a while back. Reverted to just using web UI. Not quite there yet.

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Post by jhardcastle »

amelius wrote: post #6

Looks great. But it makes me really wonder why somebody is doing Google's job.

It reminds me of Radiant[0], which does the same thing for Google Music.

Google has bet big on web apps. They are pushing hard to make the web app the way of the future. I don't have a problem with that, and to an extent I'm getting used to it (while simultaneously moving my clients in that direction like I've been doing for ten years), but in an age when it's still very transitional, it is nice to have these wrappers to make everything a little smoother.

If they published desktop apps, folks would never migrate. They would complain about the poor experience on the Chromebook, etc.

[0] https://github.com/radiant-player/radiant-player-mac

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Post by Arkanum »

amelius wrote: post #6

Looks great. But it makes me really wonder why somebody is doing Google's job.

I'd hazard that google doesn't see a need. I like this but I can understand that they may feel that you don't get extra features and isn't worth the work to create and support the app/program. The likelyhood is that if they did make a desktop client that it would be something similar, i.e. it just loads the webpage in a nice looking window. Which chrome does a pretty good job of already.

Re: Wmail – Desktop client for Gmail and Google Inbox

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Post by timmaah »

I've been using Kiwi for a while now. I enjoy my email separate from my browsing. And it keeps work and personal email accounts close. I can't forget to open one and not the other.. etc.

Kiwi looks to be about the same as Wmail but without the Google Inbox. (and it is a pay product)

http://kiwiforgmail.com/

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