Comments on: Mozilla Announces Mozilla Messaging with Firefox 3 Features http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/02/19/mozilla-announces-mozilla-messaging-firefox-3-features-and-we-delight/ Rebooting the workforce Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:12:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Web Worker Daily » Archive When Multiple E-Mail Accounts Make Sense « http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/02/19/mozilla-announces-mozilla-messaging-firefox-3-features-and-we-delight/#comment-288295 Web Worker Daily » Archive When Multiple E-Mail Accounts Make Sense « Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:01:02 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1772#comment-288295 [...] 20th, 2008 (4:00pm) Samuel Dean No Comments This week, Mozilla’s cross-platform e-mail client Thunderbird has been getting a lot of attention because Mozilla has announced a new subsidiary focused on it. [...] [...] 20th, 2008 (4:00pm) Samuel Dean No Comments This week, Mozilla’s cross-platform e-mail client Thunderbird has been getting a lot of attention because Mozilla has announced a new subsidiary focused on it. [...]

]]> By: Aaron B. Hockley http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/02/19/mozilla-announces-mozilla-messaging-firefox-3-features-and-we-delight/#comment-288262 Aaron B. Hockley Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:29:35 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1772#comment-288262 The world doesn't need another email client with some trivial evolutionary updates. If they really want it to do messaging circa 2008, as you noted they'll need integration with other services such as IM and Twitter. The world doesn’t need another email client with some trivial evolutionary updates. If they really want it to do messaging circa 2008, as you noted they’ll need integration with other services such as IM and Twitter.

]]> By: Brian Ogilvie http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/02/19/mozilla-announces-mozilla-messaging-firefox-3-features-and-we-delight/#comment-288260 Brian Ogilvie Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:53:29 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1772#comment-288260 I'm not at all convinced that email has been broken for a decade, or that "one cannot communicate expressively" in email. Sure, there are other means of communication, but just as the telephone did not spell the end of letters, IM and its ilk will not spell the end of email. There's a real benefit in lengthy, asynchronous communication, and email offers the advantages of the letter and of practically instantaneous, reliable transmission. And as for communicating expressively--take time to craft your emails, folks. Get to the point, eliminate filler, write boldly, and your emails will be as expressive as you want. Have you ever had the experience of reading a gossipy email that was erroneously sent to a mailing list instead of the intended recipient? Tell me, after reading one of those, that email can't be expressive! I’m not at all convinced that email has been broken for a decade, or that “one cannot communicate expressively” in email. Sure, there are other means of communication, but just as the telephone did not spell the end of letters, IM and its ilk will not spell the end of email. There’s a real benefit in lengthy, asynchronous communication, and email offers the advantages of the letter and of practically instantaneous, reliable transmission. And as for communicating expressively–take time to craft your emails, folks. Get to the point, eliminate filler, write boldly, and your emails will be as expressive as you want. Have you ever had the experience of reading a gossipy email that was erroneously sent to a mailing list instead of the intended recipient? Tell me, after reading one of those, that email can’t be expressive!

]]> By: austinandrew http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/02/19/mozilla-announces-mozilla-messaging-firefox-3-features-and-we-delight/#comment-288258 austinandrew Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:14:41 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1772#comment-288258 As long as they keep it simple. The thing I love about Thunderbird is it's simple to use and loads quickly (Outlook takes forever to load). A calendar is needed to get business users, but hopefully it will be an option or plugin that can be turned off. As long as they keep it simple. The thing I love about Thunderbird is it’s simple to use and loads quickly (Outlook takes forever to load).

A calendar is needed to get business users, but hopefully it will be an option or plugin that can be turned off.

]]> By: linkerjpatrick http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/02/19/mozilla-announces-mozilla-messaging-firefox-3-features-and-we-delight/#comment-288250 linkerjpatrick Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:01:07 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1772#comment-288250 I am so glad to see someone say the e-mail is broken and has been for over 10 years. We hear all the time about how the "web" has evolved but for all practical purposes e-mail has been stagnant. Integration with calendering is nothing new. We have at that with Outlook and similar programs for some time but to mature we do need to address more things like secure storage, secure messaging (hardly anyone I know of uses secure e-mail) and while services like Yousendit.com are nice they are a complicated work around to what e-mail should be. I am so glad to see someone say the e-mail is broken and has been for over 10 years. We hear all the time about how the “web” has evolved but for all practical purposes e-mail has been stagnant. Integration with calendering is nothing new. We have at that with Outlook and similar programs for some time but to mature we do need to address more things like secure storage, secure messaging (hardly anyone I know of uses secure e-mail) and while services like Yousendit.com are nice they are a complicated work around to what e-mail should be.

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