Columba 1.0 "Holy Moly" Released

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.

Comments

What is the point?

[Trigulus]

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.