On Sun, Apr 13, 2008, Joe Greco wrote:
browsers such as Firefox and Thunderbird. But it is a LARGE paradigm shift, and it doesn't even solve every problem with the e-mail system.
I am unconvinced that there aren't smaller potential paradigm shifts that could be made. However...
There already has been a paradigm shift. University students ("college" for you 'merkins) use facebook, myspace (less now, thankfully!) and IMs as their primary online communication method. A number of students at my university use email purely because the university uses it for internal systems and communication, and use the above for everything else. I think you'll find that "we" are the paradigm shift that needs to happen. The younger people have already moved on. :) Adrian