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I can offer the perspective of the customer. I am a bit fed up with web apps these days, and would find a good desktop solution refreshing. You should include c

I can offer the perspective of the customer. I am a bit fed up with web apps these days, and would find a good desktop solution refreshing. You should include cloud backups and sync, however, that is key. But, web apps are getting slower and slower -- even the 1 or 2 seconds it takes to open a new link stresses me out when I'm in the zone and trying to work fast. I am even trying to move away from Gmail to Outlook now.

tdkl 10y ago
Check out eMClient desktop email application, it's definitely faster then Outlook and supports Exchange.
- cylinder 10y ago
  Interesting. Thank you.
lj3 10y ago
Would you still choose a desktop app over a web app if the web app's response time was within the 100ms window[0]? In other words, is speed your only complaint with web apps these days? [0]: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/response-times-3-important-limits/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/response-times-3-important-...
- cylinder 10y ago
  I think so, assuming the web app has full keyboard shortcuts. But if I notice response time, we're in bad shape - I'm admittedly ADD and will likely switch to another tab while waiting for the page to load.
  - brokenmachine 10y ago
    I am the same, I have buttons mapped on my mouse for switching to the last-used tab (Ctrl-Tab), closing the current tab (Ctrl-W), etc. Usually I will middle-click any link to open it in a new tab, then immediately switch back to the original tab while that one is loading. Only when I see that it is loaded (text on the tab turns red) will I switch to it. All too often I see web-apps as a regression. We have super-fast machines now, but we're choosing to make ourselves dependent on the slowest link in the chain, the network. Might as well go to Pluto. https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-infinite-space-between-words/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-infinite-space-between-wor...

tdkl 10y ago

Check out eMClient desktop email application, it's definitely faster then Outlook and supports Exchange.

cylinder 10y ago
Interesting. Thank you.

lj3 10y ago

Would you still choose a desktop app over a web app if the web app's response time was within the 100ms window[0]? In other words, is speed your only complaint with web apps these days? [0]: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/response-times-3-important-limits/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/response-times-3-important-...

cylinder 10y ago
I think so, assuming the web app has full keyboard shortcuts. But if I notice response time, we're in bad shape - I'm admittedly ADD and will likely switch to another tab while waiting for the page to load.
- brokenmachine 10y ago
  I am the same, I have buttons mapped on my mouse for switching to the last-used tab (Ctrl-Tab), closing the current tab (Ctrl-W), etc. Usually I will middle-click any link to open it in a new tab, then immediately switch back to the original tab while that one is loading. Only when I see that it is loaded (text on the tab turns red) will I switch to it. All too often I see web-apps as a regression. We have super-fast machines now, but we're choosing to make ourselves dependent on the slowest link in the chain, the network. Might as well go to Pluto. https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-infinite-space-between-words/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-infinite-space-between-wor...