computer/multiple-accounts-on-the-death-of-email-apps.rst


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Multiple accounts ... on the death of email apps
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:date: 2012-08-28T15:55:18
:category: computer
:tags: email, webapps

Reading `Charles’s blogpost on software obsolence`_ and I cannot help
myself but to be confused ... on the one hand I hear everywhere, that
web applications are dead, and everybody should write applications for
mobile phones (I don’t think I need a reference for this statement, do
I?), on the other hand apps (e.g., Gnome and Thunderbird) are dead and
everything will be done through web applications. Weird.

Concerning email clients are dead, because webmail, from GMail to
RoundCube offers just about the same features than email clients I am
still confused. For my work and family life I need at least two email
accounts (I have four) and I read tens of newsgroups (sure most of
newsgroups, not all of them, are from gmane.org, so they could be meshed
into email lists with just a small use of functionality). How can I do
this with webmail? Sure I could have more tabs opened for more accounts,
but can any webmail manage more accounts (can RoundCube do it)? Can I
move a message between two accounts? I still haven’t seen anything like
that.

.. _`Charles’s blogpost on software obsolence`:
    http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2012/07/29/on-software-obsolescence/