> Nobody wants to use a standalone client on a PC What if your standalone client is a website running on your local box with an interface similar to gmail? >

> Nobody wants to use a standalone client on a PC What if your standalone client is a website running on your local box with an interface similar to gmail? > In other words, this will be a long slog where most of the work is product-oriented and feature Xerox'ing, and not whiz-bang cool encryption oriented. Yes, you're right. The crypto itself isn't that complicated.