it is one possible future. gmail does not use flash nor do a whole bunch of other web based email systems that are powerfull and sweet to use. Johnnie Apple Seed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Baracco" <wq6r@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 10:17 PM Subject: [guispeak] Re: Potential Problems ahead for Earthlink Webmail Users i would suspect that this is the future. Andy At 04:30 PM 3/5/2005, you wrote: >Earthlink Enhanced Webmail > >ARTICLE DATE: 03.03.05 > > BOTTOM LINE: >This Flash-based WebMail client avoids many of the pitfalls of typical >Web-based mail offerings, but we'll have to wait for the final version to >see if it delivers on its promise. > >PROS: >Interface that's virtually indistinguishable from a desktop e-mail client. > >CONS: >You'll need to run Macromedia Flash to use it. > >COMPANY: >EarthLink Inc. > >By <http://www.pcmag.com/author_bio/0,1772,a=184,00.asp>Neil J. Rubenking > >Hard on the heels of AOL's Web mail update announcement, EarthLink has >revealed its plans for EarthLink Enhanced WebMail (EEW). Where AOL's >updated software is based on DHTML, EarthLink's is built entirely using >Flash. The new software will be released to EarthLink members in May. PC >Magazine previewed a functional prerelease version. > >The typical Web mail experience is a bit too much like surfing the Web. >Just about any action requires a full refresh of the page, and it's easy >to accidentally navigate away without completing a message. AOL's new Web >mail system improves on this by using DHTML and dynamic behaviors; >Google's Gmail also uses DHTML. EarthLink took a different direction, >building EEW as a complete Rich Internet Application in Macromedia Flash >using tools from Laszlo Systems. The result is a Web mail application >that's almost indistinguishable from a stand-alone e-mail client. Once the >app is loaded, you never see a page refresh. You can write messages, >resize panels or switch views all without leaving the application. > >EEW pre-fetches new mail in the background, so messages are already >downloaded by the time you click them. When you send a message, even one >with a large attachment, there's no waiting-sending also happens in the >background. The user interface strongly resembles that of a standalone >client. You can drag and drop messages into folders, double-click items to >open them, resize columns, and click on column headings to sort. It takes >advantage of Flash animation, too. An error like omitting the recipient's >address gets a slide-out warning right in the application rather than a >popup error message. When you tab between fields, a quartet of markers >visibly zoom into place to identify the active field. Clicking an Add >Contact button slides open a page in the Address Book, preloaded with the >sender's name and e-mail, and capable of holding full business and >personal details. > >Of course EarthLink subscribers get all the other benefits of an EarthLink >mail account. Spam and virus blocking are supplied, and the EEW client >includes a button to mark any spam that makes it into the in-box. Each >account comes with 100 MB of storage (rising to 1GB in the third quarter). >EEW works under Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris, and can be used in >Internet Explorer, Mozilla, and Opera. EarthLink users have a lot to look >forward to. > > More e-mail clients: > >Copyright (c) 2005 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.0 - Release Date: 3/2/2005 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq