There are probably plenty of many fine reviews out there already of Opera‘s Mail client, though after a day of use and some tweaking I really am quite impressed. Opera on the whole does not use all that much in terms of system resources, even with an absurd number of windows / tabs open. It’s garbage collection also seems very good, whereby not too much information is stored for the address bars, history, and cache. Firefox does allow for certain config, though it likes to aggregate a fair amount of data, currently requiring other software to clear out.
As to Opera’s Mail client, it is rather bare bones in certain respects, though it is very quick and is insanely accessible. Not having to leave the browser window is a big step up, and it doesn’t seem to hinder the browser experience any. With that said, shortcut keys seem to get confused on occasion, and certain parts of the way it caches data isn’t quite perfect. It seems to me there is a bug or two to still be squashed, though even where it is I really enjoy its low profile.
Email has been around for a very long time, and the same relatively simple systems can be interpreted and used in a variety of different ways. It is refreshing to see it used in new ways, and I hope to continue to use Opera Mail as a primary user interface for some time to come. Whether or not that will actually happen, of course, is yet to be seen..
You still use a mail client? I’d have thought you’d do everything through gmail by now. Between that and my Blackberry I don’t even have a mail client installed anymore… Search, ease of access, no need to run any sort of syncing service.
Also, on a boring new-blog note, can you get this baby running with FB connect or google or some shit so I can just keep a cookie and stop typing in my email address?
well apparently it’s got me cookie for now. Also, moderation? Seriously? im spamming the shit out of this tomorrow
GOT ME COOKIE
WHY WAIT
I greatly love the Gmail, though I don’t use it all that much. At work we have our own IMAP server which works really well, and I then have my own personal email address w/ @rlaskey.org.
Gmail is probably the biggest addition to changing the email client paradigm. Internally, too, I’m sure they’re doing some magic for their own systems, departing from MBOX, MAILDIR, etc. I was using the Apple Mail.app for a while, which is rather good in a number of respects.. though I find myself liking this Opera Mail a bit better.
And yes, was going to try at integrating other systems for commenting until I realized the cookie system embedded by default is really rather good. I previously used Google Friend Connect, too, though with that system you can’t really export the data as easily. And please, spam away :)