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kimus / leximail

LexiMail is a Open Source and cross-platform e-mail desktop application.
http://leximail.org/
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Chrome App Version and other feature ideas #13

Open tracker1 opened 10 years ago

tracker1 commented 10 years ago

Looking through, I know there seem to be some binary dependencies... but this is the closest to a web based mail client I've seen. It would be nice if some of the binary components could be replaced with script-based ones, and any network communication and file storage could be abstracted to be able to use browser functionality.

One of the things I really see as a missing feature on ChromeOS is an email client... this could be a great option in this space.

Another option would be the use of say Dropbox' API for credential and mail storage. Started the project and will definitely look into it more.

kimus commented 10 years ago

Hi, thank you for your ideas. Can you detail on each binary dependencies you are talking about? For now the project is mainly based on node and not directly dependent on any webkit api (except for the main window shell).

tracker1 commented 10 years ago

I'm not familiar enough... I thought I saw an issue regarding a binary compile... if that isn't the case, then it should be possible to abstract storage and browserify to create a stand-alone plugin.