Re:Gmail Retires 5 and Graduates 6 Labs Features
by davidw on Thursday February 25, 2010 @06:40AM
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Yes, it's likely I would if it weren't too difficult.
I implemented the "Oops, do you want to send an attachment" feature in mutt years ago, and sent in the patch, which, sadly, was not accepted.
Most people don't hack on stuff - no argument there. But some of us do, and I think that we occasionally make the world a better place.
Re:Gmail Retires 5 and Graduates 6 Labs Features
by sliverstorm on Thursday February 25, 2010 @06:42AM
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The more power to ya then :)
No disagreement here. hackers have made my world a much better place many times.
I understand your point, and I know you aren't arguing against Google, but... supposing you were able to... would you? I'd bet at least 999 out of 1,000 users of any given open client- Thunderbird for example- would not invest the effort, or could not due to lack of skill. And this is with Thunderbird- GMail's penetration into markets with unskilled non hacker types is drastically greater.
Ironically, I guess you could say my argument is that like the features they are phasing out- not enough people would truly use it!
If you really wanted to, there might be that kind of ability in gears. Perhaps low level, or perhaps just through manipulating the UI- a bit of a macro.