Thunderbird+IMAP is faster to use than Gmail to me. Last time I checked, Gmail was less responsive and seriously lacked keyboard shortcuts -- very mouse-driven.
IMAP offers nearly the same degree of portability as Gmail, the downside being you have to install/configure an IMAP client on all machines. However, I mainly use three machines, and my IMAP provider also provides a webmail interface in case I'm on the go. With Thunderbird I also download my messages for offline, which has been useful on several occasions.
You could use Thunderbird to access Gmail and potentially get the best of both worlds, however I haven't had any good reason to try this -- seems like unnecessary complexity.
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Ok, does anyone know how to turn off the tabs bar, or at least hide it when there is only one tab, like firefox does?
In about:config, change mail.tabs.autoHide to true.
(Tools->Options...->Advanced->Config Editor...)
I personally wish you could disable tabs completely.
iger?
Or five years of Gmail user smugness.
"Beta" is just being used as a buzz word to make Gmail perpetually seem like the hip new computer thing.
Thunderbird+IMAP is faster to use than Gmail to me. Last time I checked, Gmail was less responsive and seriously lacked keyboard shortcuts -- very mouse-driven.
IMAP offers nearly the same degree of portability as Gmail, the downside being you have to install/configure an IMAP client on all machines. However, I mainly use three machines, and my IMAP provider also provides a webmail interface in case I'm on the go. With Thunderbird I also download my messages for offline, which has been useful on several occasions.
You could use Thunderbird to access Gmail and potentially get the best of both worlds, however I haven't had any good reason to try this -- seems like unnecessary complexity.