Sep 10
Gmail + Thunberbird = WOW
I’ve been using Gmail as my main email client for about the past 4 years or so. I currently have Thunderbird set up with SMTP to use for certain situations - mainly when I want to copy and past images in - like showing screenshots to people. (I still prefer the speed of the web app - and being able to make it look like an app with Google Chrome/Google Gears is just that much sweeter)
Today I noticed something really cool. I got an email request from a client for updates to his website. I was composing a reply in Thunderbird with screenshots and all. In the process, I had a Gmail client open (in Google Chrome) and I was reading his initial email again to make sure there wasn’t something I missed.
At the bottom of the screen it said there was a new message with a link to update the conversation. I’ve seen this before on rare occassions. I figured he had sent me a follow up email. When I clicked the update link I saw the draft of the message I was composing in Thunderbird - screenshots and all. How cool is that?
Ok, maybe I’m over dramatic. But I thought it was neato!
Technorati Tags: gmail, thunderbird
September 14th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Those guys at gmail never cease to amaze me. I love gmail. Personally I have no idea why anyone would use anything else except they didn’t want to make the change but that is just an excuse in my book. I mean just put in a vacation message in the email service you are using and move on… unless of course your email service doesn’t offer that sort of thing like gmail does.
September 17th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Cant wait to see where gmail is at in a couple years. I havent seen what you saw in gmail - but I will be on the lookout. Thanks for the info!
November 15th, 2008 at 2:22 am
OK