To have a copy of your emails on your device, for backup, and offline use.

Kinrany · 2026-06-03T16:47:11 1780505231

A web UI can do that

vachina · 2026-06-04T05:05:33 1780549533

A web UI cannot do that. It is simply not possible.

Kinrany · 2026-06-04T07:41:27 1780558887

Websites can work offline

thisislife2 · 2026-06-03T18:06:31 1780509991

The comment I was replying to was wondering why people installed apps to read email instead of using the browser based clients. So I don't understand your point ...?

Kinrany · 2026-06-04T07:45:25 1780559125

You can have a copy of your emails for offline use in your browser.

Less so as a reliable backup.

thisislife2 · 2026-06-05T11:20:02 1780658402

To be clear, a "Web UI" usually refers to a desktop or mobile application whose user-interface is built with web technology (HTML, CSS, JS etc.) that is rendered using a webview component in the application. You don't refer to a website (even if it is a web-based application like GMail) as "Web UI". It is still called a website. And while you are right that browsers today can store data for offline use, nobody considers it good enough for a backup.