Re:Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
by thisislife2 on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @02:06PM
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The comment I was replying to was wondering why people installed apps to read email instead of using the browser based clients. So I don't understand your point ...?
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You can have a copy of your emails for offline use in your browser.
Less so as a reliable backup.
Re:Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
by thisislife2 on Friday June 05, 2026 @07:20AM
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To be clear, a "Web UI" usually refers to a desktop or mobile application whose user-interface is built with web technology (HTML, CSS, JS etc.) that is rendered using a webview component in the application. You don't refer to a website (even if it is a web-based application like GMail) as "Web UI". It is still called a website. And while you are right that browsers today can store data for offline use, nobody considers it good enough for a backup.