Comments on: MailCo for MoFo http://www.openbuddha.com/2007/09/17/mailco-for-mofo/ Open Source Buddhism Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:18:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Al http://www.openbuddha.com/2007/09/17/mailco-for-mofo/comment-page-1/#comment-84829 Al Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:37:07 +0000 http://www.arcanology.com/2007/09/17/mailco-for-mofo/#comment-84829 Hi Tim, The e-mail all has to live somewhere, whether it is Gmail or your local ISP or something, so even on phones and the like, some of this is always relevant. I do agree about going beyond. From what I've seen said, David Ascher wants the new Mailco to do a major rev of Thunderbird (like Thunderbird 3) but to also explorer next generation messaging, not necessarily as part of Thunderbird but maybe as a new program. Hi Tim,

The e-mail all has to live somewhere, whether it is Gmail or your local ISP or something, so even on phones and the like, some of this is always relevant.

I do agree about going beyond. From what I’ve seen said, David Ascher wants the new Mailco to do a major rev of Thunderbird (like Thunderbird 3) but to also explorer next generation messaging, not necessarily as part of Thunderbird but maybe as a new program.

]]> By: timfry http://www.openbuddha.com/2007/09/17/mailco-for-mofo/comment-page-1/#comment-84726 timfry Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:59:45 +0000 http://www.arcanology.com/2007/09/17/mailco-for-mofo/#comment-84726 The question remains as to whether in this day and age of solid webmail applications, phones that do email, and work email accounts to whether or not an OE or Thunderbird is necessary. I wish the new MailCo well - I want it to succeed and am actually more excited about its possibilities than Firefox (which is probably attributable to how well it has succeeded already). But the company needs to go in an entirely different way in my opinion than simply rehashing (and improving) the tired old mail program. The question remains as to whether in this day and age of solid webmail applications, phones that do email, and work email accounts to whether or not an OE or Thunderbird is necessary. I wish the new MailCo well – I want it to succeed and am actually more excited about its possibilities than Firefox (which is probably attributable to how well it has succeeded already). But the company needs to go in an entirely different way in my opinion than simply rehashing (and improving) the tired old mail program.

]]> By: tysgodhi http://www.openbuddha.com/2007/09/17/mailco-for-mofo/comment-page-1/#comment-49132 tysgodhi Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:16:25 +0000 http://www.arcanology.com/2007/09/17/mailco-for-mofo/#comment-49132 Hey Al, I hope any "dovetail" with Outlook doesn't end up making Thunderbird slow, overly complex, or prone to hanging up waiting for something to time out. One of TB's best aspects has been its independence from windows, so it works cleanly and quickly. The only situation I've ever seen Outlook work well in is a corporate setup where everyone's machine is the same, and Microsoft stuff is used for everything. W.B. Hey Al,

I hope any “dovetail” with Outlook doesn’t end up making Thunderbird slow, overly complex, or prone to hanging up waiting for something to time out. One of TB’s best aspects has been its independence from windows, so it works cleanly and quickly. The only situation I’ve ever seen Outlook work well in is a corporate setup where everyone’s machine is the same, and Microsoft stuff is used for everything.

W.B.

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