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Re: Thunderbird 115

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Post by artogahr »

shanghaikid wrote: post #15

Just be curious why are people still using email client other than web based one? Gmail or outlook 365 is quite good, and I think most people will have one web browser opened always.

Because I like all my email in one place basically. I don't want to hunt for tabs whenever I'm looking for specific mail account, mentally all my mail is behind one icon separate from my browser, and they all look and work the same.

Also maybe not Gmail but aside from that IMHO Thunderbird offers better UX than all other browser mail apps.

Re: Thunderbird 115

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Post by palmy »

shanghaikid wrote: post #15

Just be curious why are people still using email client other than web based one? Gmail or outlook 365 is quite good, and I think most people will have one web browser opened always.

I have accounts with both gmail (personal) and outlook (work), and so using an external email client let's me have all those in one place.

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Post by muhehe »

shanghaikid wrote: post #15

Just be curious why are people still using email client other than web based one? Gmail or outlook 365 is quite good, and I think most people will have one web browser opened always.

Gmail is quite ok-ish for me, outlook is outright terrible. They also take quite a lot of time to load.

Besides, when you have more than one mail with more providers it sucks.

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Post by dgellow »

shanghaikid wrote: post #15

Just be curious why are people still using email client other than web based one? Gmail or outlook 365 is quite good, and I think most people will have one web browser opened always.

Mostly to keep local archives of my various inboxes.

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Post by Dalewyn »

shanghaikid wrote: post #15

Just be curious why are people still using email client other than web based one? Gmail or outlook 365 is quite good, and I think most people will have one web browser opened always.

1. Local copy of all emails, which is also very sternly separate and independent because I also use POP3 rather than IMAP.

2. Email in web browser is arse, particularly Gmail.

Re: Thunderbird 115

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Post by PinguTS »

joiqj wrote: post #8

I appreciate that they have maintained information density. otoh I think they should try and stick as much as possible to the looks of the OS where thunderbird is running - you are building a desktop application, not a website. Of course it's pretty hard when not even microsoft seems to know what Windows should look like.

Remind you, that Microsoft wants go get rid of its Microsoft Office and will make it a Website only.

Re: Thunderbird 115

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Post by rickydroll »

shanghaikid wrote: post #15

Just be curious why are people still using email client other than web based one? Gmail or outlook 365 is quite good, and I think most people will have one web browser opened always.

most web based email clients let me dictate and edit messages with dragon. desktop clients are frequently anti-accessible.

Re: Thunderbird 115

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Post by diffeomorphism »

shanghaikid wrote: post #15

Just be curious why are people still using email client other than web based one? Gmail or outlook 365 is quite good, and I think most people will have one web browser opened always.

Because you have more than one email address? Or because you want to work offline (e.g. connectivity on trains is bad)?

I am more curious why people are still using the very limited web based ones and one for each address, when much more capable and universal local clients exist.

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