Switching to Gmail for the simple life
Jim at Journeyman James writes about moving from
Tags: FireFox, GMAIL, mail.app, SafariBottom line, I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve gone from three apps open ?¢‚Ǩ‚ÄùMail,
Safari and sometimesFireFox ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù to two ?¢‚Ǩ‚ÄùFireFox and NetNewsWire Lite. I guess that?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s good. At least, it?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s more simple. Safari seems to me to perform much better than FireFox, but FireFox isn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t too bad.Mail offers many features that one cannot get from an online, hosted service like Gmail, but I never used them much anyway and frankly, syncing Mail between computers ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äùand not all on my company provided WinTel craptop?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù is a hassle. So I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m pleased.
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December 23rd, 2005 at 5:29 pm
I can’t agree that running Webmail makes anything ?¢‚Ǩ?ìsimpler.?¢‚Ǩ¬ù Simplicity doesn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t seem to me to have anything to do with the number of applications you have open.
Of course, I have an IMAP server, so synchronizing mail messages isn’t an issue for me. Having access to the same mail everywhere definitely makes life simpler. ?¢‚Ǩ?ìNumber of apps open,?¢‚Ǩ¬ù however, seems like a lousy metric of simplicity.
December 23rd, 2005 at 6:30 pm
You’ll get no arguments from me on this score.
But I blogged it because a lot of people do feel that Gmail is a simplifying (and unifying) force in their lives. I have otherwise very sensible friends who are ga-ga about Gmail.
December 24th, 2005 at 2:41 am
I actually use Mail.app to get my gmail — it’s easier to use a single client! And I always have the option of the gmail web interface if I’m travelling.
January 2nd, 2006 at 12:23 am
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