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Columba 1.0 "Holy Moly" Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the now-strongbadia-will-have-to-update-again dept.

Frederik Dietz writes to tell us that after three years of hard developement Columba 1.0, codename "Holy Moly!" is ready for general consumption. Columba is an email client written in Java that boasts a 'user-friendly graphical interface with wizards and internationalization support.' Slashdot covered an interview with the Columba team earlier this year.

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  1. Typo by Saiyine · · Score: 0, Troll


    Typo in the title, seems to be "Columbia" not "Columba".

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  2. What is the point? by Trigulus · · Score: 1, Troll

    There are many good email clients out there. Makeing one with java that looks like the rest and doesnt seem to offer anything unique seems pointless to me. EVERY gui java app I have ever used is a slow unresponsive mess. Perhaps this could be fast but still it just another client that looks and behaves like every other one out there? I am probably wrong.. Please fill me in on the wonderful things this one does that others do not.

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  3. Looks good, some bugs, icky java by coolnicks · · Score: 0, Troll

    Just downloaded and installed, looks good, but hit a bug instantly, even tho its minor its still annoying, such as the new account wizzard dosent stay in focus, such as when you go to another window and back again the main application is disabled and the new account wizzard is not visable, such i would presume they are many minor bugs throught, saying that i dont enjoy using java programs, you can spot them a mile off and they seem icky.

  4. Re:Outlook look-a-like by slavemowgli · · Score: 0, Troll

    A Java application not suffering from bloat? That's a good one. :)

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  5. Re:Why It's Good by fimbulvetr · · Score: 0, Troll

    It looks native enough when I remember the days of applications freezing on me all the time. If I want 10 second pauses inbetween windows refreshing, a funky tab behaviour, wierd copy/paste behaviour, bugs when I have numlock on, instability, and bad memory management, then Azeures and Eclipse and the rest of the Java GUIs make me feel right at home.