Comments on: The Gmail Turning Point http://barbarism.net/2009/06/the-gmail-turning-point/ Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:08:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dan http://barbarism.net/2009/06/the-gmail-turning-point/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Dan Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:08:36 +0000 http://barbarism.net/?p=817#comment-340 <p>I really should check out the Mailplane demo, but it's almost like an uncanny valley - if that's the right term; software that loads a browser that feels kinda/sorta like a Mac app.</p> <p>I still love and use iCal and Address Book. iCal just CalDAVs to my Google Calendar so I can have that calendar everywhere. Address Book and Google Contacts syncing doesn't work right yet. Lots of duplicates and a few missing details here and there after a sync.</p> <p>I taught my sister how to back up her old iBook last week and she was very interested in keeping her folders in Mail.app. She uses Gmail through Mail.app (from 10.3) but I'm trying to convince her to just give it up and switch to gmail exclusively. I don't think she's there yet. The OLD way of doing email is ingrained behavior in a lot of people, I think.</p> I really should check out the Mailplane demo, but it’s almost like an uncanny valley – if that’s the right term; software that loads a browser that feels kinda/sorta like a Mac app.

I still love and use iCal and Address Book. iCal just CalDAVs to my Google Calendar so I can have that calendar everywhere. Address Book and Google Contacts syncing doesn’t work right yet. Lots of duplicates and a few missing details here and there after a sync.

I taught my sister how to back up her old iBook last week and she was very interested in keeping her folders in Mail.app. She uses Gmail through Mail.app (from 10.3) but I’m trying to convince her to just give it up and switch to gmail exclusively. I don’t think she’s there yet. The OLD way of doing email is ingrained behavior in a lot of people, I think.

]]> By: Joel Corriveau http://barbarism.net/2009/06/the-gmail-turning-point/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Joel Corriveau Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:42:23 +0000 http://barbarism.net/?p=817#comment-339 <p>When I switched to Mac, I <i>really</i> wanted to love Mail.app. But I just couldn't get behind it. Maybe I had already hit the Gmail turning point before buying my first Mac.</p> <p>Similarly, iCal is nice, but I had already gotten so used to gCal that the biggest difference was that I couldn't check my iCal on other computers.</p> <p>I do use and love MailPlane, which is sort of a dedicated Gmail browser. I like being able to cmd+tab to my mailbox.</p> When I switched to Mac, I really wanted to love Mail.app. But I just couldn’t get behind it. Maybe I had already hit the Gmail turning point before buying my first Mac.

Similarly, iCal is nice, but I had already gotten so used to gCal that the biggest difference was that I couldn’t check my iCal on other computers.

I do use and love MailPlane, which is sort of a dedicated Gmail browser. I like being able to cmd+tab to my mailbox.

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