Add Robert Haight as another solver

[cworth.org] / src / sup / a-mail-client-for-geeks.mdwn

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@@ -89,13 +89,20 @@ the learning-based approaches).
 It also does a few things I hadn't specified, such as displaying email
 in a full-thread nested view, (rather than one message at a time),
 with quoted elements and signatures folded out of view until the user
-asks to see them.
+asks to see them. Another nice touch is that the single-line
+presentation of a thread includes the first names of participants in
+the thread, (with bold names to indicate unread messages). This
+provides some of the essential information needed for applying Joey
+Hess's [thread
+patterns](http://joey.kitenet.net/blog/entry/thread_patterns/), but
+without the tree view at this point.
 
 [Note: I have been told that several of the above features are also
 implemented in gmail. I've never tried gmail myself, since it fails to
-provide some even more fundamental features: 1. offline usage,
-2. personal ownership of email storage, 3. free-software
-implementation for customization.
+provide some even more fundamental features: 1. <del>offline
+usage</del>, (thanks to both Mark and Greg for pointing out that gmail
+has offline support in beta via gears) 2. personal ownership of email
+storage, 3. free-software implementation for customization.]
 
 In the few days I've been using sup, it's definitely transformed the
 way I process mail. Keeping my inbox empty is simple now, and I now