[9fans] mail client; general question web vs command

[Rudolf Sykora <rudolf.sykora@gmail.com>]

Hello everybody!

I've been using a gmail account with the usual access via a web
browser for quite a while.
Sometimes I get little angry when using it, for various reasons, often
due to the firefox's slowness to render the page (scrolling a longer
thread is often pain for me).
I'd like to ask you. Do you use some client like e.g. mutt / heirloom
mailx / some plan9 client, and find its utility superior to a
web-based way? Do you e.g. use imap to connect to gmail and read mail?
I wonder if one can use such thin clients and not loose to much of
comfort / lucity / clarity / ease of use.

What do you generally consider the 'sucklest' way of reading mail?
(except for not reading it...)

Thank you!
Ruda

(I at least want to e.g. know, that using a web-client, although it is
a pain, is probably the way to go, and that I should perhaps have a
look for a quicker / simpler browser...)