David A. wrote: > It's funny, but I actually have come to abhor offline e-mail clients, > because I have (or use) so many computers that it's a pain to try to > maintain local e-mail on just oen of them (never mind scattered across > several of them). I use an offline reader (Thunderbird with POP3) on my home machine, but have it leave a couple days of inbox on the server so I can use IMAP readers from elsewhere. > It's the same reason I don't bother with offline HTML editors anymore, > now that I have online editors on all my sites, be they wikis, CMSs, > or forums--or just a quick FTP down, edit in Notepad, and FTP back up > of simple pages. FTP down? Notepad? I SSH to the host and fire up emacs. > Web 2.0, baby! Catch it! Like herpes! > Ultimately, it's a matter of taste. But I recommend that folks not get > too attached to any local apps, because the future is thin-client, > apps-on-demand, web-based storage, and server-side execution. I wouldn't bet on it. They've been promising this for years, but frankly, most people don't want it. -- Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans eeyore@xxxxxxxx