If you're the type of person who can actually get through the install process,[0] you're the type of person who doesn't care about having to access it via local

If you're the type of person who can actually get through the install process,[0] you're the type of person who doesn't care about having to access it via localhost. There's nothing wrong with making a web mail client this way. Many people already access mail via their browser, so this is not drastically different. It also means they don't have to develop and test three different codebases. I imagine they will get to the point of having the client wrapped for the platform so the user doesn't have to fudge around with it and can just click the icon and have it open in their browser (or the client's browser.) [0]: https://github.com/pagekite/Mailpile#setting-up-the-basic-config https://github.com/pagekite/Mailpile#setting-up-the-basic-co...