On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Michael Mansour wrote:

>> A hundred emails or a single giant web page ?
>> Not clear that one is much better than the other.
>
> IMHO the long web page is much better.
>
> Going through, say, 200 emails in a Webmail client (usually taking a 5-10
> seconds to click the delete/trash button) typically takes anywhere from 45mins
> to an hour for me. I have to read many of the emails too so it doesn't take
> 5-10 seconds most of the time.

Ah. I read my email with pine/alpine, which allows me to sort by subject
then select successive emails by holding down a key on auto-repeat.

The subtle little differences can make a big difference to the usability 
...

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