Re: Applemail vs. web-based GMail

2011-07-30 Thread Joseph Norton
Hi: I haven't used the Web interface much, except to search for messages, for the most part. However, I just set up filters in GMail and assigned labels to the messages that are filtered out. Apple mail does a good job of treating these "labels" like mailboxes, so, when I open Apple mail, I c

Re: Applemail vs. web-based GMail

2011-07-30 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Eric, As for myself, I honestly haven't used Twitter much, so I can't speak to its advantages. Apple Mail does have an RSS function that is set up with a folder in the mailbox list and RSS feeds associated with it. I truly like this setup a whole lot. I get American Public Broadcasting Serv

Re: Applemail vs. web-based GMail

2011-07-30 Thread Eric Brinkman
Thanks. Do you prefer RSS feeds or twitter feeds? I know they don't really serve the same purpose, but for following news I feel sorta torn. Twitter has interaction, but I find keeping up with everyone's feeds to just take far too much time and there are a lot of tweets that I just don't care ab

Re: Applemail vs. web-based GMail

2011-07-30 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Eric, I generally find mail clients much more navigable, especially when it comes to large amounts of messages. Apple Mail is set up to display conversations if you wish it to, and you can even use the delete key just once to wipe out an entire conversation. IMO, web interfaces are just pla

Re: Applemail vs. web-based GMail

2011-07-30 Thread Ricardo Walker
Oh definitely. I find using gmail in a browser something a kin to torture. lol Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jul 30, 2011, at 2:10 PM, Eric Brinkman wrote: So I've been using GMail in my web browser for the last six years, but the large

Applemail vs. web-based GMail

2011-07-30 Thread Eric Brinkman
So I've been using GMail in my web browser for the last six years, but the large amount of discussion of apple mail as well as its ability to read RSS feeds has made me consider using it with my GMail account. Do you think it would give me a significant advantage over just using GMail in safari? T