"Gmail Makes Developers Shun Email", I can't think of any developer I know that shuns email, and they all pretty much use gmail. I think you've misinterpreted

"Gmail Makes Developers Shun Email", I can't think of any developer I know that shuns email, and they all pretty much use gmail. I think you've misinterpreted the phrase "Gmail Makes Developers Shun Email". TechCrunch writes: Gmail and its plethora of rendering quirks is a big reason why developers avoid working on email. This suggests that developers shun email clients as a development platform (i.e., working on email), not that developers don't use email themselves.