klui
join:2001-11-08
San Jose, CA
| reply to rgoulet
Re: Well
I hope Yahoo will make it work on more than just IE. GMail works great, has cross-browser capability, has a lot of app-based feel (unlike most other webmail apps), and has SSL encryption for the entire session.
By sticking to just IE, Oddpost's developers can just use IE-specific extensions to provide their required functionality (I never used it, so cannot comment if it uses a .dll, ActiveX, or Java; though if they are using Java, why limit to just IE?). |
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rgoulet
join:2000-10-27
Pittsburgh, PA
| reply to LordMalak
For those who have never tried it, oddpost has about the best UI of any email client I have ever used (web-based or stand alone application). Clean, powerful and elegant. It had a superb junk mail filter, a great drag-and-drop based interface model, and absolutely no garish branding or ads of any kind. Oddpost was so good, in fact, that I ditched my mail clients and let it handle all my email accounts.
I also have a Gmail account and can't fathom how a giant like Google, with armies of developers and millions of dollars can't even come close the quality features and user experience 2 guys working out of coffee shops were able to produce.
Its very disheartening how frequently marketing trumps quality. We'll miss you Oddpost. |
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Joshua
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join:2004-01-04
Phoenix, AZ | reply to gephc
IF you want full blwon client Webmail style try atmail. Serach for it in google, I guess its @Mail, I forgot.
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gephc
Premium
join:2003-05-31
Minooka, IL
| reply to LordMalak
Oddpost is different from the rest. It uses a web application that works very much like a separate email client. A pretty neat trick really. I liked it a lot when I had a 30 day trial account, but not enough to pay to keep it. And it only works with Internet Explorer.
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LordMalak
join:2003-07-02
Brazil
| reply to tigers
said by tigers  :
Having an oddpost subscription, I must say that I'm not very happy to hear about this, but I'll withold judgement until the final integration occurs.
Is it better than Y! Mail?? Worse?? How does it differ??
I was forced to use webmail when I switched to a free DSL ISP (no bragging here, still need to pay for DSL connectivity) that does not provide POP email.
So I went shopping for webmail. Much to my surprise, all webmail providers, IMHO, are either worse than Y! mail or rip it off left and right. The POP access feature was just icing on the cake.
Never checked Outpost, so I wonder... |
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