Comments on: Why is email stuck in the 80’s? http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/23/why-is-email-stuck-in-the-80s/ aka Steve Hodson - a cranky old fart wandering the internet causing mayhem as he goes Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: The Official SocialShake Blog http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/23/why-is-email-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-69349 The Official SocialShake Blog Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:26:11 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/23/why-is-email-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-69349 <strong>Perfecting the next email...</strong> Today we are faced with many problems associated with using email. Tons of users’ mailboxes are constantly overflowing with mail. Email needs to be addressed to solve many issues that we are faced. SocialShake.com has been working on many issues in... Perfecting the next email…

Today we are faced with many problems associated with using email. Tons of users’ mailboxes are constantly overflowing with mail. Email needs to be addressed to solve many issues that we are faced. SocialShake.com has been working on many issues in…

]]> By: Merging your social networks with your inbox | WinExtra http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/23/why-is-email-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-56854 Merging your social networks with your inbox | WinExtra Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:39:01 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/23/why-is-email-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-56854 [...] got a hold of me to let me know about Xoopit primarily because of what I have written in the past about how I felt that our email inbox was the original social network which I thought was [...] [...] got a hold of me to let me know about Xoopit primarily because of what I have written in the past about how I felt that our email inbox was the original social network which I thought was [...]

]]> By: StevenHodson http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/23/why-is-email-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-72765 StevenHodson Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:26:39 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/23/why-is-email-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-72765 I agree with you that the mechanisms by which we access things like our email is broken but as I said to Deva above given the size of the email marketplace a simple solution of a plugin to fix the problem isn't going to work.<br><br>Even as a non Outlook user though I do keep my eye on what both companies are doing if only from a general interest POV. I agree with you that the mechanisms by which we access things like our email is broken but as I said to Deva above given the size of the email marketplace a simple solution of a plugin to fix the problem isn't going to work.

Even as a non Outlook user though I do keep my eye on what both companies are doing if only from a general interest POV.

]]> By: StevenHodson http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/23/why-is-email-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-72766 StevenHodson Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:22:50 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/23/why-is-email-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-72766 The additional problem is that not everyone uses Windows, Outlook or Apple, Apple Mail or even Gmail.<br><br>Take myself I stopped using Outlook because it made absolutely no sense since I would use only a portion of what it offers - the rest would be nothing more than bloat. That doesn't mean though that I switched to a web based solution like Gmail - that won't happen - instead I use an excellent email client called InScribe. so any solution that ClearContext or any of the other entrants in the field would be of no use to me.<br><br>I don't pretend to know the solution to this problem but I think it is something that is beyond anything that a plugin will be able to fix - the marketplace for email clients is just too big to be able to cover all the bases. The additional problem is that not everyone uses Windows, Outlook or Apple, Apple Mail or even Gmail.

Take myself I stopped using Outlook because it made absolutely no sense since I would use only a portion of what it offers - the rest would be nothing more than bloat. That doesn't mean though that I switched to a web based solution like Gmail - that won't happen - instead I use an excellent email client called InScribe. so any solution that ClearContext or any of the other entrants in the field would be of no use to me.

I don't pretend to know the solution to this problem but I think it is something that is beyond anything that a plugin will be able to fix - the marketplace for email clients is just too big to be able to cover all the bases.

]]> By: StevenHodson http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/23/why-is-email-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-72355 StevenHodson Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:12:17 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/23/why-is-email-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-72355 ROFL ... ROFL …

]]> By: StevenHodson http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/23/why-is-email-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-72357 StevenHodson Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:33:29 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/23/why-is-email-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-72357 Consider it done and thanks for pointing this out to me. Consider it done and thanks for pointing this out to me.

]]> By: Computer Guru http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/23/why-is-email-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-72356 Computer Guru Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:24:00 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/23/why-is-email-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-72356 Off Topic: Your blog is hard to read. Gray on white == illegible. Please add some contrast! Off Topic: Your blog is hard to read. Gray on white == illegible. Please add some contrast!

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