Ok, fine I admit for those of you who wonder where I'm coming from, that I haven't done any research on this question. But that's why I put this question in this forum. I also would rather just chat with you about this right now rather than make some sort of serious study of the subject. So, please don't take this question too seriously, OK? I also admit I have never tried the Modest email client, so I have nothing to compare to. For all I know it works fine and is worthy of being picked over Claws to be the default email client. So, really, dispite what I said above, this is not a retorical question but a serious question. Why pick Modest over Claws? I do have some daily experience using Claws. True, if the default becomes "Modest" I can just continue using Claws I'm sure ,so no huge deal here. Anyway, I have had virtually 0 problems with Claws. I use it exclusively on my NIT. I haven't used it's more advanced features though, so I couldn't say I have thoroughly tested it. But it has been pretty flawless as a daily imap email client. So, I'll be interested in what you all have to say.

Thanks
Neil

I don't use either but I think Modest is meant to be more popular and more lighter. I think the GUI at least (if not all of the program) was [re]written for Maemo

why ? for GUI ! You can use it without stylus and without glasses.

Modest respect better than claw the gui guidelines

I found claws a bit of a mess that was hard to use. It seemed to work though.

I also find Claws to be adequate, but a bit "messy". However, when considering Modest, I seemed to run into reports of it still being very beta. Claws works well with the IMAP server that I keep my email on, but I am certainly open to something shinier.

Is Modest considered fully usable at this point?

Aloha,

-Jeff Mings

Modest is being built from the ground up specifically for use in maemo (finger friendly, lightweight). Its underpinnings are very light and agile.

I prefer Modest because it's a much less clunky UI to use on the tablets (for me, anyway), but that's the beauty of choice—to each his own.

I prefer modest largely because it has built in alarms on new messages and can run in the background unlike claws. Also claws feels slightly messy, doesn't integrate with the built in address book and offers many features I just don't need.

Claws is a nice product though.

I admit that I haven't done any research or used either programs, but judging by the name I think modest is the better program.

I had a better experience using Modest with an IMAP Gmail account with over 20,000 e-mails. It opened faster than Claws.

I find that claws-mail is a solid, good mail program. The problem for me however is that I have big problems with the UI, it doesn't fit with how my brain works. I can never figure out right away how to do things. Particularly on the N800 (I fare a bit better if I use it on the desktop).