Yet another RIA mail client
Sep. 26th, 2005 | 06:58 pm
Seems like Yahoo has finally rolled out its Oddpost-based mail client as a closed beta. Anyone got a spare invite?
Other RIA mail clients:
- Google Mail (DHTML/JavaScript, revolutionary UI)
- Goowy (Flash, very “desktop-like”)
- Laszlo Mail (Flash/Laszlo, a product deployed by Earthlink)
I started using email with Pine on a UNIX machine (VSNL shell account). In many ways it was like today’s Gmail: remote and slow but rich and complete. What’s different from the early days though is that RIA mail clients like Gmail require no additional setup, work almost like local GUI apps, and come with massive amounts of reliable storage.