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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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 Not a fan of the IMAPSubmitted by mattmcknight on December 10, 2007 - 1:34pm.
The semantics of Gmail - archive, starred, labels, etc. don't match well with traditional email protocols. I thought I would love getting my Gmail via IMAP, but it's been a serious let down in the various clients I have experimented with, due to performance and the conceptual mish mash. I am waiting for a client mail application that uses the structure of the Gmail web application- inline preview of content, conversations, archive folders, etc. I'm not sure what Google is waiting for, I know they could bang it out easily as part of Google Desktop. » POSTED IN:
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