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Shame all the innovation in email clients seems to be happening predominantly on the Mac. Havent seen any Windows versions of any of these kind of apps. I wond

Shame all the innovation in email clients seems to be happening predominantly on the Mac. Havent seen any Windows versions of any of these kind of apps. I wonder if we'll ever see an iPad version of anything like this, because i'd certainly be interested. On a side note, this further cements the idea that its still worthwhile to disrupt boring or old markets if they havent had disruption for a long time.

Derbasti 15y ago
Maybe this is because Windows is still predominantly a business market (except for games), where feature lists are more important than elegance or simplicity. Hence Outlook and its kin.
- mattmanser 15y ago
  Kin? There's just outlook these days.
  - Derbasti 15y ago
    Isn't there, like, Eudora and some Oracle stuff, and several other corporate content management blobs that do complex email management, too?
    - dragonquest 15y ago
      Pegasus Mail (http://www.pmail.com http://www.pmail.com) is still going strong, slowly trudging towards the 5.0 release. Though there were a few hiccups related to the financial viability a couple of years ago, development is still going on and the product is still free.
  - bonaldi 15y ago
    Lotus Notes. It will never die.
- krmmalik 15y ago
  Perhaps. I dont really know either way, but its still a shame. If Windows 8 delivers on its HTML5/JS native experience promise, then that could change a lot of things in the future, since many developers could develop for the desktop and web platform simultaneously - Although knowing Microsoft maybe thats a little too ambitious.
  - Derbasti 15y ago
    Agreed! I would love to see more great, elegant Windows software. But for whatever reason, I can't find a lot of it. Really, the old saying that you use Windows instead of OSX because there is more software available for it is getting less true every year. At least in the consumer space.
- wushupork 15y ago
  It's because you can't just build this and expect large organizations to just use this even if they wanted. There's tons of things like compliance, certifications, internationalization support, accessibility features. You can't launch a "simple" barebones product. Not to mention many companies for legal reasons have to host their content internally. These concerns alone - not withstanding the long sales cycles of corporate sales turns off many startups.
  - Derbasti 15y ago
    That explains the shape of corporate software. It does not explain the lack of consumer software, though.
gregschlom 15y ago
I'm working on a cross-platform desktop email client with some interesting features as well. It works on Windows, Linux, and Mac. I'm hoping to release a beta in a few weeks :)

Derbasti 15y ago

Maybe this is because Windows is still predominantly a business market (except for games), where feature lists are more important than elegance or simplicity. Hence Outlook and its kin.

mattmanser 15y ago
Kin? There's just outlook these days.
- Derbasti 15y ago
  Isn't there, like, Eudora and some Oracle stuff, and several other corporate content management blobs that do complex email management, too?
  - dragonquest 15y ago
    Pegasus Mail (http://www.pmail.com http://www.pmail.com) is still going strong, slowly trudging towards the 5.0 release. Though there were a few hiccups related to the financial viability a couple of years ago, development is still going on and the product is still free.
- bonaldi 15y ago
  Lotus Notes. It will never die.
krmmalik 15y ago
Perhaps. I dont really know either way, but its still a shame. If Windows 8 delivers on its HTML5/JS native experience promise, then that could change a lot of things in the future, since many developers could develop for the desktop and web platform simultaneously - Although knowing Microsoft maybe thats a little too ambitious.
- Derbasti 15y ago
  Agreed! I would love to see more great, elegant Windows software. But for whatever reason, I can't find a lot of it. Really, the old saying that you use Windows instead of OSX because there is more software available for it is getting less true every year. At least in the consumer space.
wushupork 15y ago
It's because you can't just build this and expect large organizations to just use this even if they wanted. There's tons of things like compliance, certifications, internationalization support, accessibility features. You can't launch a "simple" barebones product. Not to mention many companies for legal reasons have to host their content internally. These concerns alone - not withstanding the long sales cycles of corporate sales turns off many startups.
- Derbasti 15y ago
  That explains the shape of corporate software. It does not explain the lack of consumer software, though.

gregschlom 15y ago

I'm working on a cross-platform desktop email client with some interesting features as well. It works on Windows, Linux, and Mac. I'm hoping to release a beta in a few weeks :)