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oblio
on Nov 7, 2017
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Sick of Ruby, dynamic typing, side effects, and ob...
I, for one, like webmail and don't pine for the days before Oddpost/Gmail and AJAX in general.
mratzloff
on Nov 7, 2017
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I mean, there was webmail back then... Besides a prettier interface and hitting refresh to check for new messages, there's no substantive difference.
mercer
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You're excluding exactly what I suspect OP considers a substantive difference.
oblio
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Yes, exactly:
"Besides this major technical difference, there is basically no major technical difference" :)
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