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Mozilla Messaging

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Re: Mozilla Messaging

#4

this sounds like Mozilla saying "What's a web app?" to me.. update: my thoughts in rant form http://paulstamatiou.com/2008/02/19/mozilla-messaging-ignore...

I don't know about that. I think there are a lot of people that would, all other factors being equal, prefer a desktop application to a web application.

I'm one of them. Maybe I just haven't drunk enough of the Web 2.0 Kool-Aid, but I think people (especially around here) are too eager to announce the death of desktop applications.

Re: Mozilla Messaging

#5

this sounds like Mozilla saying "What's a web app?" to me.. update: my thoughts in rant form http://paulstamatiou.com/2008/02/19/mozilla-messaging-ignore...

What choice do they have? Mozilla's strength is in desktop GUIs, so it would be risky to start working on server-side Web 2.0 mail. If Web mail is indeed the only future of mail, then I guess Mozilla should just shut down their mail efforts.