Why is IMing quicker than Email?

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techmaster98

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What makes IMing faster than Email? (transfer speed) Other than it being a few less clicks and not typing an address?

If they are the same speed, why not integrate both?
Having an email client that shows when your contacts are online, and stores IMs and Emails in the same format, would be wonderful!
 
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Our Exchange server at work is as fast as instant messaging..
 
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Rip the Jacker

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Idiot.

and AJAX is the answer to that, but WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO REPLACE EMAIL WITH IM?? THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF IM.. FVCKING IDIOT.

IT'S MAIL. IT'S NOT INSTANT MESSAGING. MAIL IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE TIME.

YOU ARE FSCKING STUPID. GODAMN. WTF. WTF. WTF.
 
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The fact that you use really crappy e-mail service?

The only time e-mails I send using GMail take more than 1 second to reach their destination is if I'm sending an attachment. That usually adds an extra second, maybe two.
 
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Originally posted by: Rip the Jacker
Idiot.

and AJAX is the answer to that, but WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO REPLACE EMAIL WITH IM?? THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF IM.. FVCKING IDIOT.

IT'S MAIL. IT'S NOT INSTANT MESSAGING. MAIL IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE TIME.

YOU ARE FSCKING STUPID. GODAMN. WTF. WTF. WTF.
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please tell us how you really feel :confused:
 
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Originally posted by: Syringer
IM transmissions require less bandwidth, unless you're sending over a network.
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With a highspeed line, can you tell the difference between a 6KB transfer and a .5Kb transfer? :p
 
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Originally posted by: Rip the Jacker
Idiot.

and AJAX is the answer to that, but WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO REPLACE EMAIL WITH IM?? THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF IM.. FVCKING IDIOT.

IT'S MAIL. IT'S NOT INSTANT MESSAGING. MAIL IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE TIME.

YOU ARE FSCKING STUPID. GODAMN. WTF. WTF. WTF.
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whoah...you must be drinking the same ****** I have been tonight
 
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Originally posted by: Rip the Jacker
Idiot.

and AJAX is the answer to that, but WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO REPLACE EMAIL WITH IM?? THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF IM.. FVCKING IDIOT.

IT'S MAIL. IT'S NOT INSTANT MESSAGING. MAIL IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE TIME.

YOU ARE FSCKING STUPID. GODAMN. WTF. WTF. WTF.
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wow someone here needs to take a good hit on some really good shiet.
 
mrSHEiK124

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Originally posted by: techmaster98
What makes IMing faster than Email? (transfer speed) Other than it being a few less clicks and not typing an address?

If they are the same speed, why not integrate both?
Having an email client that shows when your contacts are online, and stores IMs and Emails in the same format, would be wonderful!
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To adress your new scenario that you cleverly edited into your original post, GMail already does that...
 
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techmaster98

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Originally posted by: Rip the Jacker
Originally posted by: techmaster98
Originally posted by: Mo0o
As in like... transfer speed?
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exactly
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Because E-Mail'ing requires you to refresh the page and IM'ing doesnt?

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ok, so it seems like its more of a client issue, when talking about the convenience of email.
if your email client refreshed automatically,this wouldnt be an issue.
 
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techmaster98

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Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124


To adress your new scenario that you cleverly edited into your original post, GMail already does that...
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:) I guess I should start using gmail then.
But does gmail store IM messages and Mail messages in the same inbox? That is what I am talking about. TOTAL integration. Like if they were treated as the exact same thing.


I figured since my first question got answered so fast, itd be good to throw something else in there :)
 
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Rip the Jacker

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Originally posted by: techmaster98
Originally posted by: Rip the Jacker
Originally posted by: techmaster98
Originally posted by: Mo0o
As in like... transfer speed?
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exactly
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Because E-Mail'ing requires you to refresh the page and IM'ing doesnt?

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ok, so it seems like its more of a client issue, when talking about the convenience of email.
if your email client refreshed automatically,this wouldnt be an issue.
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Gmail refreshes frequently I believe.
Other e-mail clients don't.

But why would you want your e-mail to act like an IM program ? Just use an IM program.

Baka.
 
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ICQ does that or from what i remember when i use ot use it. AIM does'nt want to because it would require a ALOT more server space to store all the messages that needs to get passed along. As far as speed goes, I'm pretty sure ify ou're sending email within a network service, its just as fast if you take into consideration that e-mails are larger in size since they contain headers and such.
 
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techmaster98

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Originally posted by: Rip the Jacker


Gmail refreshes frequently I believe.
Other e-mail clients don't.

But why would you want your e-mail to act like an IM program ? Just use an IM program.

Baka.
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Because its easier to just have one! I'd love to be able to look into one inbox to see my IM messages and my email messages. I suppose for some people though, if they chat hundreds of lines worth on IM, that would make sorting through their emails quite the mess!
 
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techmaster98

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Originally posted by: Mo0o
ICQ does that or from what i remember when i use ot use it. AIM does'nt want to because it would require a ALOT more server space to store all the messages that needs to get passed along. As far as speed goes, I'm pretty sure ify ou're sending email within a network service, its just as fast if you take into consideration that e-mails are larger in size since they contain headers and such.
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See, ICQ is actually pretty smart that way. So it doesnt really differ that much from email. except that they are still 2 totally seperate things.

If they were combined, this would be better though. Especially if there were a good way to sort through all the messages.
 
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Originally posted by: Rip the Jacker
Idiot.

and AJAX is the answer to that, but WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO REPLACE EMAIL WITH IM?? THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF IM.. FVCKING IDIOT.

IT'S MAIL. IT'S NOT INSTANT MESSAGING. MAIL IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE TIME.

YOU ARE FSCKING STUPID. GODAMN. WTF. WTF. WTF.
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Seems kind of out of line don't you think?

 
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