Re:How is this different?
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I agree, I just don't get the fuss. Social Networking? Forums? Buddy Lists? We can say "hi" in REAL TIME:O That's just . . . AMAZING!
The only difference I really see is that it's now by invite only. So instead of just signing up for ICQ and meeting people, you have to meet people and THEN sign up. WTF is up with that? I agree with that for adding someone to your buddy list, but just to get a stupid account?!?!
I love Thunderbird. It's finally the e-mail App I've always wanted. I liked the Netscape e-mail from back in the 4x days, and then tried Mozilla too, but hated that I had to install all of Netscape/Mozilla to use it. Same for the browser. I don't need an editor, WYSIWYG editor, browser, messenger, audio player, etc all in one. I mix and match my tools for *MY* needs and tastes. I like it now that they've started breaking it up.
One more thing. . . put server receipt requests back into the e-mail clients. I don't care about read receipts, if the person got it I know they read it. It's the unreliability of servers I'm worried about, especially our NT based mail servers on campus that are always going down.
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I agree, I just don't get the fuss. Social Networking? Forums? Buddy Lists? We can say "hi" in REAL TIME :O That's just . . . AMAZING!
The only difference I really see is that it's now by invite only. So instead of just signing up for ICQ and meeting people, you have to meet people and THEN sign up. WTF is up with that? I agree with that for adding someone to your buddy list, but just to get a stupid account?!?!
I love Thunderbird. It's finally the e-mail App I've always wanted. I liked the Netscape e-mail from back in the 4x days, and then tried Mozilla too, but hated that I had to install all of Netscape/Mozilla to use it. Same for the browser. I don't need an editor, WYSIWYG editor, browser, messenger, audio player, etc all in one. I mix and match my tools for *MY* needs and tastes. I like it now that they've started breaking it up.
One more thing. . . put server receipt requests back into the e-mail clients. I don't care about read receipts, if the person got it I know they read it. It's the unreliability of servers I'm worried about, especially our NT based mail servers on campus that are always going down.