http://hummingbird604.com/2009/09/24/gmail-is-down-again-on-the-dependency-on-tech-tools/ The personal blog of a Vancouver-based educator in environmental issues Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:20:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://hummingbird604.com/2009/09/24/gmail-is-down-again-on-the-dependency-on-tech-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-6161 Raul Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:02:55 +0000 http://hummingbird604.com/?p=4765#comment-6161 I am also appalled at why more people DO NOT use the IMAP functionality. Agreed, it allows us to avoid these downtimes! I am also appalled at why more people DO NOT use the IMAP functionality. Agreed, it allows us to avoid these downtimes!

]]> http://hummingbird604.com/2009/09/24/gmail-is-down-again-on-the-dependency-on-tech-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-6149 Christopher Parsons Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:36:56 +0000 http://hummingbird604.com/?p=4765#comment-6149 I find 'outages' like this terribly amusing. While I don't use gmail myself for much of anything other than a junk account, ALL of the people I presently support are on gmail. None have EVER experienced downtime on days like today. Why? Because they all use IMAP. I can't imagine being stuck in the absolutely terrible AJAX interface of any of the major vendors save for when you absolutely have to. Given that more and more people are carrying their computers with them (either through their phones, laptops, netbooks, etc) why aren't they choosing to use the IMAP functionality in mail clients?! It's the best way of avoiding these frontend downtimes with major hosting services! I find ‘outages’ like this terribly amusing. While I don’t use gmail myself for much of anything other than a junk account, ALL of the people I presently support are on gmail. None have EVER experienced downtime on days like today. Why? Because they all use IMAP. I can’t imagine being stuck in the absolutely terrible AJAX interface of any of the major vendors save for when you absolutely have to. Given that more and more people are carrying their computers with them (either through their phones, laptops, netbooks, etc) why aren’t they choosing to use the IMAP functionality in mail clients?! It’s the best way of avoiding these frontend downtimes with major hosting services!

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