Comment Re:"Beta" for Gmail is still valid... (Score 1) 194
The philosophy governing Gmail and the philosophy governing mutt is quite different. This isn't a question of either program being better than the other, but a question of using the right tool for the job.
Gmail isn't sluggish, but of course it does take a while for a new web page to load. If this is a problem to you, then another email client may suit your needs better, I would guess Gmail supports using POP and IMAP for excactly this reason.