GMail vs. Thunderbird: GMail wins!

I don't really remember why I decided to do this, but roughly a month and a half ago I began automatically forwarding copies of all my email to my GMail account. I wanted to see what it'd be like to use GMail on a daily basis--not using it exclusively but as a supplement to Thunderbird on my desktop. Flickr, it's on a very short list of Internet applications that are at least as good as their desktop counterparts. In the case of GMail, it's faster and easier to use than any desktop mail application I've tried. Let me say that again, to reinforce my point. GMail is really damn fast. Fater than desktop email. And the interface feels no more complicated than it needs to. Like many habit changing attempts, it took a few weeks of forcing myself to use the service before I really started to see the light. This explains why Winning the Inbox Battle in Thunderbird. It just so happens that my new style email habits work exceptionally well in GMail too. The more I use GMail, the more I find myself re-thinking about the question: Reader Comments... Jeremy Zawodny is the author of the popular Yahoo! Search blog as well.