Re: Request for comments: project proposal

>>>>> "Ng" == Ng Pheng Siong <[email protected]> writes:

    Ng> On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 06:13:09PM +0200, Robert STRANDH wrote:
    >> The purpose of the project (let's call it "Mel") is to write an
    >> end-user email client using Common Lisp + CLIM (McCLIM).  
    >> [...] 
    >> * It is VERY USEFUL and could become a "killer app" for Common Lisp
    >> and McCLIM. 

    Ng> IMHO, a mail client will not match the expectation/standard for a "killer
    Ng> app" these days.

    Ng> People are building such things:

    Ng>   http://www.divmod.org/Home/Projects/Quotient/

    Ng>   http://www.osafoundation.org/OSAF_Our_Vision.htm

I wouldn't be in a hurry to agree with that.  Looking at the OSAF
thing, anyway, it seems almost certain that it is going to share
misfeatures with Mozilla from Robert's (and my) POV:

"Alternatives such as Mozilla are, of course, even worse (no spell
checker, no usual Emacs commands, ...)"

I dunno about no spell checker, but the lack of integration with my
editor environment makes all these things (Mozilla, evolution, kmail)
non-starters in my book.  

    Ng> The keyword is 'platform', the construction of which,
    Ng> (perceived) lack of libraries notwithstanding, CL is very good
    Ng> at.

Where did that keyword come from?

R