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Re: Nylas Mail is now free

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What motivated the decision to give again the option to use Nylas for free? I remember reading that your target were kinds of "email power users", for whom you would offer the ability to create advanced workflow. Did this change?

Honestly this move is something that might bring me back into it. It opens up an already existing codebase for basic functionality to users who wouldn't be paying otherwise- and perhaps with dependence on this service or interest in more that it offers, they may turn into a subscription user.

The same happens for me with ProtonMail. I used the basic service but found that the convenience of a paid plan was enough for me to pay.

I was sort of put off by the look of Nylas though, in regards to the lack of a "native" feel. It was convenient, but I was forced into a paywall before I could really get acquainted as someone who isn't a power email user.

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I really wanted an Email client for Linux which isn't power hungry but unfortunately last I tried Nylas - it was always top app in `powertop`. An always running app has to be low on power consumption IMO, but because so many apps are being built on top of webkit/electron most of them pretty much suck when it comes to battery usage. Another case in point is slack app. On Linux, it is probably the worst app. :(

The trouble isn't electron/webkit, it's the tonne of JavaScript frameworks that are used to emulate what HTTP already does very efficiently (pages, links, requests, responses, etc.). One day someone will build a good Electron app.

I still do not understand the fascination with JavaScript. SPAs, desktop apps like Electron, server-side stuff with Node, I just don't get it. JavaScript is the worst tool for the vast majority of these things. It brings us enough pain as the only practical client-side language on the web. Who deals with that and says "I need to write my server (or worse, desktop app) in this, and you know what, I'm going to now bastardize the entire web model with all this Angular cruft just for good measure"?

Every time I try to get someone to explain it to me I'm just met with a bunch of empty answers like "Yeah it just flows really well man". It seems like the JavaScript Everywhere fad came into being solely to fulfill the need of a lot of novices to feel smug and important against more reasonable people, who are just left with puzzled looks.

Re: Nylas Mail is now free

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What motivated the decision to give again the option to use Nylas for free? I remember reading that your target were kinds of "email power users", for whom you would offer the ability to create advanced workflow. Did this change?

Honestly this move is something that might bring me back into it. It opens up an already existing codebase for basic functionality to users who wouldn't be paying otherwise- and perhaps with dependence on this service or interest in more that it offers, they may turn into a subscription user. The same happens for me with ProtonMail. I used the basic service but found that the convenience of a paid plan was enough for…

That's true, but I'm worried that at some point they might decide again to remove the free plan

Re: Nylas Mail is now free

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What motivated the decision to give again the option to use Nylas for free? I remember reading that your target were kinds of "email power users", for whom you would offer the ability to create advanced workflow. Did this change?

Free trial versus freemium. If you have a larger base (free tier), even if a small percentage upgrade to paid, then you may make more money. It's what Dropbox and Slack do. (I work at Nylas.)

But Dropbox has always offered the free option. Nylas used to have a free plan, but at some point took it away entirely -which actually meant cutting away a part of their base. I feel like they might change their mind again and remove the free plan.

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Sylpheed? http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/ screenshots here: http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/screenshot.html

GTK still looks that bad? That is absolutely horrendous.

Reminds me of the email suite from Netscape Communicator, which eventually evolved into Thunderbird.

http://www.sabah.net.my/manuals/en/nscomm/images/messwin.gif

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So much for people saying "machines now are good enough for most basic uses and don't need upgrading anymore"... I guess Intel should be thankful for The Rise Of Electron Apps.

They probably work with software written 8-9 years ago, though!

I think he is saying that electron apps are bad because they are so power hungry.

I'm using a 2008 macbook as well and I don't have any huge problems with most apps. I do stay away from web-tech-based apps as much as I can though.

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