Email - the Next Generation

A really interesting (and ever-so-slightly nerdy) article on the IBM Watson Research Centre site about their work on a next-generation email client. This got my attention for two reasons - one because Outlook is probably the only reason why I’m still sat in front of Windows if I’m completely honest (OK, maybe lack of Apple hardware budget is the other reason); and secondly because IBM is responsible for what is undoubtedly the worst interface ever to be developed. I could rant for a very long time on just how foul Notes is, but then there’s no real need because the Interface Hall of Shame got there first.

Much as I’d love to be able to dump Outlook and move to something open-source like Chandler, it’s the application I spend half my life in, more so now I’m running Newsgator. Which is the original definition of killer application as far as I’m concerned - it’s responsible for the first significant change in the way I use the net since I first opened a browser.

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