To save myself the hassle of having to rebuild the electron app every once in a while? I’d rather not open my browser, go to their website and log in with 2fa every time I want to read an email.
downloading emails and storing them locally for offline reading, categorizing, searching and drafting. “Caching” usually just means if you opened the app with connection, it won’t go bonkers and will probably let you finish your immediate task + some basic functionality if you lose it. Can’t close the app though.
Yep. Installed it, started it, saw it is basically the website in an embedded browser, uninstalled it.
Like, come on, you have a web version. Why should I use an extra application to view a website. This seems like a cheap excuse for a desktop app.
To save myself the hassle of having to rebuild the electron app every once in a while? I’d rather not open my browser, go to their website and log in with 2fa every time I want to read an email.
Does it support offline access?
It does not. Which is the reason I wanted the app…
How to completely fail on a mail client. Holy hell.
Are you sure?
This was in the linked article:
Caching is not the same as actual offline functionality.
What the hell constitutes “actual offline use” for an email client
downloading emails and storing them locally for offline reading, categorizing, searching and drafting. “Caching” usually just means if you opened the app with connection, it won’t go bonkers and will probably let you finish your immediate task + some basic functionality if you lose it. Can’t close the app though.
The only benefit i can see of web app is it is in a controlled browser environment…could be helpful with security?