[Ilugc] SFD Photos NEW!!
- From: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx (steve)
- Date: Thu Sep 24 19:49:42 2009
On 09/24/2009 05:36 PM, pavithran wrote:
2009/9/24 Kenneth Gonsalves<lawgon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Then, what about gmail? ' pavithran.s@xxxxxxxxx'
that too should be avoided
+1 You guys wont believe I also prefer using my own id "pavi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
Its just a matter of mail client which is stopping me from using it .
I prefer a web based mail client and I dont like squirrel mail ,horde or
bluemail . I also want a mail client which could support me to chat with
jabber protocol .
Please suggest me if such a web based mail client exists . Yes I could
settle for plain mail client but I believe in thin clients hence don't want a
single mail to come to the client machine.
I might just get flamed for suggesting this, but I'll suggest this anyways,
since it is practical and useful, if not /free/ -- You can consider hosting your
domain's mail using Google:
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html
http://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new
It is a good service that google provides and we use it at the company I
currently work for.
Although, that said, let me add that I don't use it for my personal domain (I
prefer using IMAP when I'm on my laptop (>95% of the time) and horde when I am
away from my laptop).
Speaking about closed-source web-services, I remember reading an extremely
interesting essay about this by Doc Searls:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000137
Those who think that Pavithran's question was nit-picking, might feel otherwise
after reading it. A quote ...
The extreme user (not use) case is my cousin. He loves to take photographs and
share them with people. He does this mostly by email. Last summer I asked him
why he doesn't use Flickr or some other photo site. "I don't use any site that
requires a password", he said. Why? "They're a pain in the ass", he said,
adding
"I don't need a password when I walk into a store, or drive from one place to
another. Why do I need one online?"
Open source web platforms aren't really gaining ground because most people are
blind to the benefits that such a thing would offer -- Imagine being able to
move your albums/emails/social-network between different service providers if
you are unhappy with the service or your requirements have changed !! Imagine,
being able to link your facebook with your iTunes or your iTunes with gmail or
your gmail with mapquest or yahoo video chat ....
All this should be possible with web services (and would be if the services
were
opensource). Unfortunately it is not so today. Integration is only built if it
in some way benefits the service provider (and *not* if doing so would solve
some problem you face) and you might as well forget about interoperability.
Red Hat tried to do it with Mugshot:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mugshot_%28website%29
...but it didn't become popular.
I think there /is/ a definite advantage to pose questions like Pavithran. When
you think about it, instead of brushing it off, you realize that today's web
services are 'centralized cathedrals' rather than 'bazaars' ...it need not be
so.
cheers,
- steve
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