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Very valid replies, I guess I'm being clumsy with the language a bit. It seems odd to criticise Mailbox for only supporting limited services because where is t
by herghost 12y ago
Very valid replies, I guess I'm being clumsy with the language a bit.
It seems odd to criticise Mailbox for only supporting limited services because where is the line to be drawn? If it extends to include Yahoo, Live, Outlook, does that cause it to lose its Walled Garden Supporter's badge? What about mail.com, hushmail, topmail, safe-mail, etc, etc, etc.
There is no possible way every feature could be delivered on every platform at launch (I already said this in another comment here), so I guess my point was that it seems unreasonable to bash Mailbox as a Walled Garden Supporter just because it started in one place. Everyone has to start somewhere - otherwise if the launch criteria is perfect, ubiquitous software there would be quite literally no software available.
- avz 12y agoYou're missing the point. You don't need to build in support for Yahoo, Live, Outlook etc separately. We've got standards (like IMAP) which have been designed specifically to enable interoperability of software from different vendors.