> I'm not sure why everyone is so gung ho about Sparrow
There just aren't enough good email clients. Having another one is good.
> I thought we'd all moved on from thick-client email apps
Speak for yourself. I hate using webapps for a number of reasons but email is one of the worst cases for them IMO.
> its one of the few technologies that has lasted any length of time and still be on top. nntp, gopher, etc all faded away, but pop, smtp, and then imap have flourished and become the de-facto way the world communicates
Sparrow uses those protocols so I'm not sure what you're getting at, but it's easy to cherry-pick dead/dying protocols. HTTP and DNS are also ancient protocols that still exist but it's not because of any technical superiority, it's because of having critical mass for adoption.
There just aren't enough good email clients. Having another one is good.
> I thought we'd all moved on from thick-client email apps
Speak for yourself. I hate using webapps for a number of reasons but email is one of the worst cases for them IMO.
> its one of the few technologies that has lasted any length of time and still be on top. nntp, gopher, etc all faded away, but pop, smtp, and then imap have flourished and become the de-facto way the world communicates
Sparrow uses those protocols so I'm not sure what you're getting at, but it's easy to cherry-pick dead/dying protocols. HTTP and DNS are also ancient protocols that still exist but it's not because of any technical superiority, it's because of having critical mass for adoption.