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it has not evolved much. and i believe that's a good thing. this is the reason why emails from 20 years ago look the same even if you open them today. given the
by samdung 2y ago
it has not evolved much. and i believe that's a good thing. this is the reason why emails from 20 years ago look the same even if you open them today. given the short life of everything on the internet, email is a wonderful thing.
- NoboruWataya 2y agoYes, I have no idea why UI practices need to constantly "evolve". As far as I am concerned a lot of UI is getting worse over time so the less evolution the better.
- johannes1234321 2y agoThere is some need to evolve as contexts change. Screen sizes and capabilities, computing speed, available bandwitdth etc. Also humans seem to need fashion as a mechanism to show belonging and distinction. (Differentiate form parents generation, show affiliation to some sub culture, ...) And then there is the hope to make the production more efficient. (Which may not work out)
- userbinator 2y agoThere are periodic items on here from people having trouble with self-hosted email, but nonetheless I think it's also not suffered the same closed-systems/walled-garden effect as much as other protocols like IM.