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Gmail vs Pine

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the objectivity-so-rare dept.

Snarfed has an interesting review on Gmail vs Pine. From the article: "I've used Pine as my email client for, well, pretty much forever. I use it because it's fast, powerful, stable, and very keyboardable. (I hate the mouse.) However, since I work at Google, I'm constantly bombarded with people who ask me why I don't use Gmail. After hearing the nth person brag about how much it increased their productivity, I finally broke down and tried it. I didn't expect much, since I've never liked web-based email clients. However, I made myself use it as my only email client, for a month, to give it a fair shot."

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  1. Oranges vs. apples, from an orange producer by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    So, the guy compares a web-based email client to a text-only standalong email client? That makes no sense, unless of course you suppose that a Google employee *might* be plugging a Google product with a pretense article...

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  2. Whoa whoa...hold the phone here.... by sgant · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This guy works for Google, and he didn't use Googlemail?

    Isn't that like working for GM and you drive a Ford? Or how about you work for Toyota and you drive a 1957 Belair because "I hate fuel injection".

    Dude, it's 2006, get with the program. Well, at least he did try using it for a month, but I don't know the outcome as the website is farked.

    But anyway, people like this call others "Luddites" even though they themselves are stuck in a time-warp. I suppose there are different degrees to Luddiatry (yeah, I make words up).

    But hey, good times right?

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  3. Re:elm! by Milton+Waddams · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I use Pico when I'm SSHed into somewhere. I don't get all the big hype about vi/emacs. I mean, it's only a text editor. I figure that a text editor should be easy enough to use that it doesn't need you to complete a 24 hour tutorial to use it.

    Even now I just use (J|K|G)Edit and edit files directly on the server. I just use Pico for little things like writing emails in mutt or writing posts in slrn (only when I'm logged in via SSH). I think people only use mutt/vi/emacs/whatever other archaic piece of shite software because being seen as a crusty makes them feel empowered or something.