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> All of their customers (myself included) invested in the product because it was good, because it worked extremely well, and because it solved problems. I didn
by lloeki 14y ago
> All of their customers (myself included) invested in the product because it was good, because it worked extremely well, and because it solved problems. I didn't invest in their work at Google
Even worse, I invested in Sparrow because I vastly prefer desktop apps like Sparrow to web apps like GMail. That's sad.
- grisha 14y agoWill you still prefer desktop app if you get all its benefits with web app?
- toddmorey 14y agoBecause you really don't get all the benefits of a native app with a web app. It's getting better, the gap is closing, but it will be a while before web apps are an enjoyable an experience as a native app. I think Sparrow was actually a good proof point of that.
- potatolicious 14y agoMore than that - apps like Sparrow move the goalposts actually. It was such a superior to experience to even the best native clients of the day that it widened the gap between web and native once again.
- untog 14y agoWhat was so much better about it? I tried it and was unimpressed. Search was slower and worse than web, for one. That surprised me.
- knewter 14y agosometimes I'm surprised by this sort of thing, but then I remember that Google is INSANELY GOOD AT SEARCH and I stop being surprised when that plays out.
- jsz0 14y agoThat's exactly why they had to kill it. If you don't use the web app you don't see GMail ads.