Yes we can do this ourselves and will probably continue to do so after this is launched.
But this product is for the people who can't and don't organise their email inboxes and just keep 1000 unread messages all the time.
Watch the video on the blog post. We are not Google's target demographic with this change.
I had painstakingly created labels and filters such as "social junk" that marked mail read upon arrival and were easy to delete.
I like this it's a good idea the inbox can fill with crud shockingly quickly.
This sort of incremental innovation shows that even email can still be improved and that people are looking at ways of doing improving it.
Hi, WiFi is fairly ubiquitous across Europe, as are reasonably priced 3g data plans. Data and Laptop security would be my two concerns for you. Encrypt everything and backup all important project files as frequently as bandwidth allows. Use SSH or RDP and work on a remote server altogether if that's viable. Laptops will fall and go missing, it's a fact of life, plan for it in advance. Somebody mentioned a guest account for other users/beggars which is probably a good idea. Libraries are your best for peace and will probably have some internet access available. Don't expect everybody to think you're great because you're American, expect the opposite from some quarters. Expect to need to be able to cobble together some local languages, it's a courtesy if nothing else. Record everything you do and release it with a time delay to a blog or wait until end and write the how and why in to a book. Have a great trip I am rightly jealous.
It's fairly obvious what they are hoping to do. Same bloody thing they did to the web.
Try this tagline for size:
"Hi we are Mozilla and we aim to knock down walled gardens and remove the need to whore every last bit of your privacy just so you can call your mother every now and then"
HELP!!!! I'm being held prisoner in /usr/games/lib!
