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Re:Google turns on "Download Gmail Archive" feature by riquito on Saturday February 08, 2014 @09:04PM (#7203899)
Desktop e-mail clients have more features than the web interface. Also, you get to keep a copy of your e-mails, so if Google removes your account (it may happen) you don't loose anything.
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Re:Google turns on "Download Gmail Archive" feature by vacri on Saturday February 08, 2014 @09:45PM (#7204062)
Also, you get to keep a copy of your e-mails, so if Google removes your account...

Or, more likely, if you're offline for any reason at all. All web tools disappear in a puff of smoke if there's a problem between you and your ISP. Or, more rarely, between your ISP and their peers.

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Re:Google turns on "Download Gmail Archive" feature by tjohns on Sunday February 09, 2014 @12:51AM (#7204554)
It's worth mentioning Gmail Offline. I actually like that interface more than the regular one.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gmail-offline/ejid...

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Re:Google turns on "Download Gmail Archive" feature by cbr on Saturday February 08, 2014 @11:17PM (#7204356)
You can use gmail offline in the browser now. I do this most mornings on the subway. It's read/write and very similar to having a desktop app.
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Re:Google turns on "Download Gmail Archive" feature by thrownaway2424 on Saturday February 08, 2014 @09:22PM (#7203967)
If you think desktop clients have more features than Gmail's web interface, you either haven't explored the features Gmail offers, or the set of features you care about is specialized.
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Re:Google turns on "Download Gmail Archive" feature by barrkel on Saturday February 08, 2014 @10:56PM (#7204301)
That's a Universal Argument: if someone names a feature, you have two outs. Either Gmail has it, or it's "specialized".

Here's one feature my email client has: automatic spell-check, such that emails are disallowed from being sent if they have any spelling errors (with an override, of course). Gmail has a manual-trigger spell-check, while the browser has automatic spell-checking, but neither have a personal (jargon-customized) dictionary built up over decades nor an automatic modal dialog if the message to be sent has a mistake.

I guess automatic spellcheck override dialogs are specialized, eh?

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Re:Google turns on "Download Gmail Archive" feature by drewvolpe on Saturday February 08, 2014 @11:29PM (#7204377)
I prefer Thunderbird's search to Gmail. I also have 4 email accounts I use and having them all in one client (and being able to move mail between them) isn't something I would be willing to give up.
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Re:Google turns on "Download Gmail Archive" feature by riquito on Sunday February 09, 2014 @08:23AM (#7205444)
Privacy, security and lack of ads aren't "specialized features"
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