Is T-Bird suitable for gmail from multiple devices?

[James Freer]

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 14 January 2013 20:25, James Freer <jessejazza3.uk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...
>> I don't quite follow the gist of this post. I used the gmail UI for
>> some years and found it excellent particularly as a school teacher
>> when i would log into different machines to read mail. The gmail UI is
>> the best i've come across... there isn't really much cause for using a
>> mail client.
>>
>> For the last couple of years i have to confess i find the adverts a
>> pain and tried T-bird and Evolution.
>
> Install AddBlock Plus in Firefox (I think Chromium Browser has
> something similar) and the adverts are gone.  In gmail, google
> searches and most other websites.
>
> Colin

Many thanks Colin. I knew Firefox had an ad blocker but i use Chrome
and hadn't checked - on Chrome it's AdBlock Plus (ABP). I haven't
checked on a lot of the stuff that google are doing now... getting
oneself around google is like learning emacs! So i might well stop
using Alpine now.

thanks
james