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75% of Network Connections Not From Browsers

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the move-over-www dept.

Trailwalker writes "An article at BigBlueBall.com states that 75% of web connections do not use a browser. IM and P2P applications are used instead." While surprising, this is probably more indicative of how instant messaging has been able to complement and/or replace email in recent times.

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  1. Email is on the way out.... by 403Forbidden · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Serously, the second AIM puts ICQ-like away messaging in, email is dead.

    It's much more convenient to just start up a program, punch a few numbers, and see who is on for real-time conversations and get all the messeges they sent while you were away. Further, with the increased use of Webmail based email servers, it is becoming more and more inconvenient to check it... It's become rare to have a non-isp provided email account be POP3 by default.

    Is AIM ready for the spotlight? Not quite... AIM, the popular one with teens, i'd say, still needs to work on privacy, logging, and message ability while someone isn't logged on. ICQ is a more perfected clinet, but the settings and UI are much too complicated for a novice.

    Until recently, I only checked my email every couple weeks.. i'm on AIM almost constantly.