Forum interface to read your mails?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by calande, Feb 8, 2008.

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Which interface do you prefer to read your mails?

  1. Gmail or regular webmails

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  2. Forum interface

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  3. I don't mind

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  1. #1
    Hello,

    I was thinking how great forum software is, everybody likes forums, and forum interfaces are neat, with organized threads. I was wondering: What if we used the same forum interface to read our mails? :)
    I was browsing a popular forum and I saw that most elements of the forum interface has its equivalent in a webmail:

    [B]Forum[/B]				[B]Webmail[/B]
    List of categories		Labels, common directories (inbox, sent, drafts, trash)
    List of subcategories		Sublabels
    Thread				Thread
    Reply form			Reply form
    Advanced search			Advanced search
    Member list			Address book
    View unread messages		View unread messages
    Code (markup):
    A message could be in several "subforums" at the same time, as it would be flagged (ie: "Business", "Resumes"). Obviously, access would be password-protected.

    So! My question is: Imagine this were the interface of your webmail: http://www.phpbb.com/community - Would you like it better than Gmail's interface? Or do you prefer Gmail's interface? Please only take the interface aspect into account, just assume the speed of the interface would be as fast as Gmail's. To be honest, I like both, and I would have a hard time taking a decision, but I want you to be frank, please take the poll and speak out! :)
     
    calande, Feb 8, 2008 IP