[LINK] Who uses dedicated and individual software for web/rss/mail?

[Ivan Trundle]

On 08/02/2009, at 9:16 AM, Ash Nallawalla wrote:

>> From: Ivan Trundle
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>> Who uses dedicated (i.e. purpose-built) tools for RSS/Mail/Web on
>> their chosen internet-accessible device?
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> Is "device" something portable, or anything?

Yes, anything.

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> Outlook 2007 for important RSS feeds; Google Reader for the rest.
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> Outlook 2003 + 2007 for email
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> Firefox for Web.
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> The question puzzles me -- doesn't everyone use "dedicated (i.e.
> purpose-built) tools" for Internet applications?  Or was it meant to
> identify those who use a web browser for email and RSS?

Perhaps I wasn't eloquent enough. When I meant 'dedicated', I was  
trying to determine who used a dedicated RSS app, a dedicated mail  
app, and for web browsing, a browser app. My intent was to discover  
who uses the 'swiss-army-knife' model of applications, whereby one app  
does it all (or tries to).

Granted, a number of dedicated/specialised/customised apps cross over  
into different areas of functionality, but I see two alternative views  
of the universe: those who use a shovel to dig a hole, and hammer to  
strike a nail, but also another group who use a multi-purpose thingamy  
to dig holes and strike nails.

(and I'm not suggesting that one approach is necessarily better than  
the other - it's more a case of work habits and often habitual  
patterns of behaviour.)

iT