What does it do? It just sticks my text on a US flag. With mentions of scrolling in the comments, I am certainly missing something. Will leave open for 8 hours and see if situation improves.
He himself says he uses a small email host at $40/year, but paying for Google Apps is essentially the exact same thing as what he is doing.
He point of "its just IMAP" is mute. Gmail supports IMAP. Regardless of how reliable it is on and ongoing basis, if you look at it for the ability to export your data, its the same as what he has.
It sounds like his point is to use a smaller service. A smaller service would be less complex, but services that are bigger are likely popular for a reason.
A car that is a best seller is worth considering buying. You don't want to avoid a best seller just because its a best seller.
No, I certainly read the whole thing. With Google Apps you get all the support (SLA, uptime, phone contact) along with data ownership (by using an offline mail client for example).
"As an example we created the Twitter peak ">" gesture cause is fast and symbolic."
That is a problem though. It is neither fast or symbolic if you do not know it already or you have forgotten it.
What if this app had been out a long time ago and f was the gesture for Friendster?
What about a single gesture that brings up a list of actions, a further click then allows the user to post to facebook, tweet, email, or, Google it, etc.
Surely this is a tech investment that can either succeed in its own right or be bought by a major player. How long is it till Facebook will need to start propping its platform with startups to keep improving their tech.
I think that is where the real money lay for Color. The technology behind it doesn't seem like something to stand on its own, rather something that plenty of other companies would really like to get their hands on.
