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Desktop or web-based email?
Mark J. Reeves | Dec 9 2007
After getting used to Gmail 3 years ago, I swore I'd stick to web-based email. With IMAP now available, I set it up last week in Apple's Mail client on my desktop to integrate better with offline storage, emailing links, etc, and found myself changing my ways. It wasn't easy: The initial download took forever and I had to work at getting Apple's Junk Filters to cooperate. (I.e., still work on the 2 POP accounts I check in Mail while leaving Gmail's already filtered mail alone). I'm a convert. I used to open a browser window with three tabs: Google homepage, RSS, and Gmail and check it throughout the day. Now I'm in Mail only when I need to be, and ignore RSS and news until it occurs to me to catch up. I did really like the Gmail interface, with conversations, shortcuts, etc, but I've been trying to make Safari my full-time browser and it wasn't playing nice. I've found a surge of productivity by sticking to the desktop. How do others find web-based vs. desktop email to impact their productivity? 55 Comments
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 I like desktop apps but I need gmail so I'm a big Fluid FanSubmitted by dannyb on December 15, 2007 - 4:05pm.
I also use to have Firefox launch with the exact same three tabs open - ig, gmail and reader. Too many tabs... but using the browser for so many other things, I often found myself closing the window (and all the tabs accidentally). Or never getting anything done as I was always flicking back to check my gmail. So tried out Fluid - http://fluidapp.com/ and I'm hooked. It's perfect for letting me treat my Gmail like a stand alone web app. Now I check my mail and RSS when i actually specify time too. It's great having them on their own in the dock as well. Anyway, I highly recomend it for people who want to seperate the web apps they always use (Gmail, Facebook, delicious etc) from their browser. » POSTED IN:
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