Re:Good for them, but... (Score 1)

I use a combination of gmail and Thunderbird/IMAP. I have all of my work emails forwarded to a gmail account, then my gmail account forwards them to my IMAP server from a shared hosting provider. I use Thunderbird for the majority of my email work due to the increased ease of handling attachments, printing, and other things that just take too long with gmail. I use gmail to check my email with the gmail mobile app on my phone, to search for messages, or to check my email from a public terminal. Gmail is wonderful, but for everyday business work sometimes it's just inadequate. There are Greasemonkey scripts and such that extend its functionality some, but it's too much of a pain for me, and it's still sluggish compared to Thunderbird.