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Not true - there are reasons not to do it on the client instead. Consider a web email client instead. It's not feasible to login to the site, download a full
by ddlatham 11y ago
Not true - there are reasons not to do it on the client instead. Consider a web email client instead. It's not feasible to login to the site, download a full archive of your email, decrypt it, and index it before being able to do a search.
- xj9 11y agoIndexedDB[1] sort of makes that a non-issue, doesn't it? [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/IndexedDB_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/IndexedDB_A...
- Klathmon 11y agoI don't want GBs of emails on my phone, desktop, laptop, wife's laptop, work PC, and anywhere else that I want to use email. And I don't want to waste power and time syncing all that data between those devices just so i can do the same things i can now but less efficient (and with still more drawbacks)
- ddlatham 11y agoNo, it doesn't. This issue is not technology to store and search data from the client. The point is not wanting to download everything to every client in the first place.
- xj9 11y agoPersonally, I am a fan of p2p applications and doing things locally. Unfortunately, there are a lot of unsolved issues, especially when it comes to data storage, like you mentioned.
- amalcon 11y agoThis is one of the reasons that web email clients (as your primary means of access, rather than a backup) were a bad idea.