Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Michael Mansour wrote:
A hundred emails or a single giant web page ?
Not clear that one is much better than the other.
IMHO the long web page is much better.
Going through, say, 200 emails in a Webmail client (usually taking a 5-10
seconds to click the delete/trash button) typically takes anywhere
from 45mins
to an hour for me. I have to read many of the emails too so it doesn't
take
5-10 seconds most of the time.
Ah. I read my email with pine/alpine, which allows me to sort by subject
then select successive emails by holding down a key on auto-repeat.
Ditto, and I do it on a virtual console on framebuffer (160x64). If I
want do delete lots of mail, I type xydddddd on another screen (ten or
so Ds) then double-click so I can the return to PINE, alternatively
licenced or not, and paste it and the have the screen scroll so I can
see a few more.
The subtle little differences can make a big difference to the usability
I ndeed. The idea of webmail doesn't appeal to me at all.
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John
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