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Re: [LUG] Email clients for newbies

 

On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 19:34:17 +0000
Brad Rogers wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 19:17:20 +0000
> Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hello Grant,
> 
> > Top-posting & over quoting are not the fault of the mail provider,
> > be that standalone application or "webmail".  It is the fault of
> > the user.
> 
> Agreed.  However, I did say encourages.
> 
> In any event, I tend to prefer a "right tool for the job" approach.
> So, a browser to browse the web, and MUA to send/receive email, a word
> processor to write letters, etc.  Using a browser to email is "odd" to
> me, to say the least.
> 
> And old-school approach maybe...

Old school, maybe... but not necessarily an inappropriate approach.

Having said that, considering a significant portion of the GNOME Shell
is written in JavaScript, which is arguably a predominantly
web-orientated programming language... maybe the lines between "the
web" and unique, separate applications is diminishing.

I have found that I am increasingly using browser-based tools for many
things, principally because I can have access to them at pretty much
everywhere.

Grant.

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