| Commercial Web Mail providers | |
|---|---|
| HotMail | No |
| Yahoo Mail | No |
| Gmail | Yes |
| Open Source Web Mail packages | |
| IMP/Horde | No |
| RoundCube | Yes |
| SquirrelMail | Yes |
| Hula | Yes |
Here’s a quick test to see if you web-mail system is any good:
When you first log in, does it show you your mail (your Inbox), or something else? If it shows you something other than your mail, what do they think you were logging in for?
The table to the right shows how the leading commercial and open-source web-mail systems stack up.
Is it just me?
I always thought she looked eerily familiar and vaguely galactic.
I have a quick Thunderbird extension request for the throngs of aimless developers waiting to build software at my whim. When reviewing changes to a source code repository, such as Subversion or CVS, most tools offer nice syntax highlighting for the “diff” view.
Even on the command line, output of SVN and CVS commands can be “piped” into the command-line utility, colordiff, for a similar beautification.
Several projects I work on (or hang around pretending to work) have mailing lists of changes to CVS and SVN repositories. I’d love to see a Thunderbird extension that provided syntax highlighting for the diff format automatically in these emails.
Fun review of presentation about Firefox to elementary-school kids
In the past few weeks I’ve found myself typing “gaim” when I mean to type “game” and adding an extra “g” when I type “dig(g)”. I’ve also typed “exit” into a few chat windows when I mean to leave.
Even my muscle-memory is turning nerdy.
Next version of Flash will use the system-native ‘hand’ cursor – I’m not a big fan of Flash, but I love little fixes like this.
It’s been a few months since my last session of Acts of Volition Radio was recorded. I’m back with six fantastic songs.
Session Twenty Four Playlist:
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Style-able text fields are coming to Safari
Today at our office, perhaps inspired by the faculty at our local university, there was a rift between management and staff. Early in the afternoon, as the time of day we like to call “snack-o-clock” began to approach, there were rumblings of a potential work-stoppage if our (sweet, sweet) demands were not met.
Management was quick to respond and an agreement was reached in time for snack-o-clock. Things are still a little tense, but we’re all being mature about it.
You can take a look at a leaked copy of the agreement that was smuggled out of the high-level negotiations.
The East Coast Music Awards were in Charlottetown this past weekend and I enjoyed some great live music by Matt Mays & El Torpedo, Joel Plaskett, Wintersleep, Mir, and lots of traditional East Coast artists.
The true highlight of the weekend, though, was Cape Breton songwriter JP Cormier’s banjo jokes. As he brought out his banjo, he shared a joke that divided the crowd sharply into two contingents: people laughing (which was only myself), and everyone else.
Q. Why are there no banjos in Star Trek?
A. Because it’s in the future.
