On 7/14/06, Mikeal Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I think our long term goals should be as ambitious as possible and >> I hope that one of our long term goals is a full email client >> replacement. I assumed Sheila's email was more about short term >> email in Chandler, and on that I agree that we should be trying to >> integrate with existing clients rather than trying to replace them >> while I do believe it is important that we have enough of our own >> email functionality in Chandler that we can show off the other >> integrated features that tie in to email as an input and >> communication medium. Email is just too integrated a part of >> peoples lives that we can expect them to move completely to >> Chandler for email unless we have everything they already use, but >> we'd loose out on a lot of valuable users if we waited to try and >> attract them until we were totally finished with email in Chandler. >> >> -Mikeal
When thinking about driving adoption one should think about both attractors and barriers to adoption. Easy transition from existing tools lowers that barrier. Being able to test a new tool in parallel with your existing tools gives a feeling of comfort and security that, if you don't like it you can just continue with the old tool. It also provides a clear comparison of the benefits of the new tool. When I started using Gmail I just forwarded a copy all my mail from my various mail servers and used Gmail in parallel with my email client (at that time Thunderbird) for probably 2-3 months. By that time I was sufficiently happy with Gmail that I just stopped using my other email client. In my case, I don't need a lot of fancy email features, but am looking forward with eager anticipation to having the dashboard/triage functionality. That benefit will outweigh MANY shortcomings in the near-term (like not being able to sync my calendar to my Treo!). Since with Gmail I'm not storing email locally anyway, using Chandler and Gmail both together is a solution I think I can live with for a while. Pieter _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Open Source Applications Foundation "Design" mailing list http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/design
