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Amazon WorkMail

Abby Wentzel posted 2015-01-29 11:14:00

So Amazon is making a foray into the email client market. It appears they're tacking it on to their web services package (similar to Google Docs). Now, I believe they're trying to target corporations rather than individual/private use. Any thoughts on how this will pan out over time? Any bets on CSS support?

Edit: This review from VentureBeat has some screenshots of the client.

Mark Robbins replied 2015-01-29 10:06:30

They will have to try hard to build something with worse CSS support than OWA or Google Apps.
But who knows.

This looks promising...

Feature-rich web client
Amazon WorkMail provides a feature-rich web client so that users can access their email and calendars, view shared calendars, quickly schedule meetings with co-workers, or search the company address book using their browser. Users can also access public folders, manage their out-of-office replies, and book resources, such as conference rooms. The Amazon WorkMail web client is also integrated with Amazon WorkDocs. This provides users with the ability to attach files stored in WorkDocs to an email and replace an existing email attachment with a WorkDocs link. Users can also securely save attachments to WorkDocs with a single click.
The Amazon WorkMail web client supports most popular browsers, including Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Internet Explorer 9+.

But I can't say it looks too exciting from this screen shot
Amazon Workmail

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Jaina Mistry replied 2015-01-29 11:14:00

Because of course, if something's aimed at the professional/work market, it has to look as uninteresting and bland as hell.

Jaina Mistry replied 2015-01-29 10:03:49

Be interesting to see the uptake on this. A lot of businesses/individual professionals are already big users of Google Apps. Making switches are often a bit of a headache. Maybe they'll incentivise businesses to take them up?

Couldn't even take a guess as to what the CSS support would be like. Though, not too concerned about it right now.

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