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I am honestly baffled by text-based mail clients in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two.

• cylinder714 4y ago
  Speed. Particularly if you're a touch typist, keyboard commands like those in Pine/Alpine allow one to blaze through messages virtually at the speed of thought.
  • ubermonkey 4y ago
    I hear people say this, but shortcut keys for filing and whatnot exist in modern email clients, too. I can move through my mail without taking my hands off the keyboard in Outlook or in the naive Mac mail app just fine, and without having to use some other tool to see formatted mails or mails that contain images.
    • cylinder714 4y ago
      You're right, and I should have specified native clients versus web-based ones. But text-based UIs are especially fast ;-)
      • ubermonkey 4y ago
        Yeah, I cannot imagine dealing with mail in a browser full time. The UX and speed are HORRIBLE vs. a native client.