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by thisislife2 14 days ago
To have a copy of your emails on your device, for backup, and offline use.
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Kinrany 14 days ago
A web UI can do that
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vachina 14 days ago
A web UI cannot do that. It is simply not possible.
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Kinrany 14 days ago
Websites can work offline
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thisislife2 14 days ago
The comment I was replying to was wondering why people installed apps to read email instead of using the browser based clients. So I don't understand your point ...?
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Kinrany 14 days ago
You can have a copy of your emails for offline use in your browser.

Less so as a reliable backup.

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thisislife2 13 days ago
To be clear, a "Web UI" usually refers to a desktop or mobile application whose user-interface is built with web technology (HTML, CSS, JS etc.) that is rendered using a webview component in the application. You don't refer to a website (even if it is a web-based application like GMail) as "Web UI". It is still called a website. And while you are right that browsers today can store data for offline use, nobody considers it good enough for a backup.
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