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December 16, 2005
Webmail 2.0
I use a desktop client (Thunderbird, for those playing along at home) to keep track of most of my Email. I also have a web-based Email account Gmail. Gmail was a revolution. For those of us who have used it, the interface completely redefined the way we think Email ought to be handled. This is no mere hyperbole; the ability to add tags Email, the "conversation view" (Gmail automatically clusters email between the same people with the same subject lines) were simply outstanding...
Which is why I don’t understand why Yahoo! and Microsoftaren’t busily ripping off the interface. There are some good and useful features being introduced; both companies are managing to stick a clone of Outlook Express onto a web server. The integrated RSS feeds and calendars that both companies are bringing in will be nice...
These features, however, are evolutionary. They take established desktop applications and stick them on the web. Perhaps Yahoo! will be able to integrate Flickr or Delicious into their systems. But that’s an entry for another day...
Posted by Andrew at December 16, 2005 10:34 AM
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