I don't understand how anyone of you can say "it's never going to take over email 1.0". Success is a lot about realisation. We have to start somewhere and this

I don't understand how anyone of you can say "it's never going to take over email 1.0". Success is a lot about realisation. We have to start somewhere and this is a good start as any. Having a standard is certainly a necessity. I definitely see secure email starting as a niche and if the user experience is at least as good as gmail I don't see any reason why a new email system would not take over. It's not going to happen overnight but there definitely is a need for it. Lavabit and Silent Circle are proofs that this need is real. There are major issues with replacing the current email: 1) there is no good open source email interface (if I'm wrong, please point me to this gem). Roundcube is good but not good enough when you come from gmail. I don't know of anything better than roundcube. 2) the threshold for a company to implement secure email is too high. Having a secure standard with secure libraries certainly lower that threshold 3) the current open source mails are GPL like licenses. This sucks for companies and individuals. Give them the ability to do what they want, including money. Replacing email is not going to happen without investment. Technology investments are mainly done by companies, only exceptionally by individuals. Anyway, if anyone wants to take a shot as implementing an easy to use & opinionated (ie standardisation vs customization) webmail, chime in: https://github.com/nherment/dolphyn https://github.com/nherment/dolphyn (edit: form & typos)