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Desktop e-mail clients have more features than the web interface. Also, you get to keep a copy of your e-mails, so if Google removes your account (it may happen

by riquito 13y ago

Desktop e-mail clients have more features than the web interface. Also, you get to keep a copy of your e-mails, so if Google removes your account (it may happen) you don't loose anything.

thrownaway2424 13y ago
If you think desktop clients have more features than Gmail's web interface, you either haven't explored the features Gmail offers, or the set of features you care about is specialized.
- barrkel 13y ago
  That's a Universal Argument: if someone names a feature, you have two outs. Either Gmail has it, or it's "specialized". Here's one feature my email client has: automatic spell-check, such that emails are disallowed from being sent if they have any spelling errors (with an override, of course). Gmail has a manual-trigger spell-check, while the browser has automatic spell-checking, but neither have a personal (jargon-customized) dictionary built up over decades nor an automatic modal dialog if the message to be sent has a mistake. I guess automatic spellcheck override dialogs are specialized, eh?
- drewvolpe 13y ago
  I prefer Thunderbird's search to Gmail. I also have 4 email accounts I use and having them all in one client (and being able to move mail between them) isn't something I would be willing to give up.
- riquito 13y ago
  Privacy, security and lack of ads aren't "specialized features"
vacri 13y ago
Also, you get to keep a copy of your e-mails, so if Google removes your account... Or, more likely, if you're offline for any reason at all. All web tools disappear in a puff of smoke if there's a problem between you and your ISP. Or, more rarely, between your ISP and their peers.
- cbr 13y ago
  You can use gmail offline in the browser now. I do this most mornings on the subway. It's read/write and very similar to having a desktop app.
- tjohns 13y ago
  It's worth mentioning Gmail Offline. I actually like that interface more than the regular one. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gmail-offline/ejidjjhkpiempkbhmpbfngldlkglhimk?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gmail-offline/ejid...

by riquito 13y ago

Desktop e-mail clients have more features than the web interface. Also, you get to keep a copy of your e-mails, so if Google removes your account (it may happen) you don't loose anything.

thrownaway2424 13y ago

If you think desktop clients have more features than Gmail's web interface, you either haven't explored the features Gmail offers, or the set of features you care about is specialized.

barrkel 13y ago
That's a Universal Argument: if someone names a feature, you have two outs. Either Gmail has it, or it's "specialized". Here's one feature my email client has: automatic spell-check, such that emails are disallowed from being sent if they have any spelling errors (with an override, of course). Gmail has a manual-trigger spell-check, while the browser has automatic spell-checking, but neither have a personal (jargon-customized) dictionary built up over decades nor an automatic modal dialog if the message to be sent has a mistake. I guess automatic spellcheck override dialogs are specialized, eh?
drewvolpe 13y ago
I prefer Thunderbird's search to Gmail. I also have 4 email accounts I use and having them all in one client (and being able to move mail between them) isn't something I would be willing to give up.
riquito 13y ago
Privacy, security and lack of ads aren't "specialized features"

vacri 13y ago

Also, you get to keep a copy of your e-mails, so if Google removes your account... Or, more likely, if you're offline for any reason at all. All web tools disappear in a puff of smoke if there's a problem between you and your ISP. Or, more rarely, between your ISP and their peers.

cbr 13y ago
You can use gmail offline in the browser now. I do this most mornings on the subway. It's read/write and very similar to having a desktop app.
tjohns 13y ago
It's worth mentioning Gmail Offline. I actually like that interface more than the regular one. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gmail-offline/ejidjjhkpiempkbhmpbfngldlkglhimk?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gmail-offline/ejid...