classic interface: death by a thousand cuts

[dsemf]

Originally Posted by janusz

On a larger scale: Windows 2000 ended its lifecycle in 2010 (after 10 years), but Microsoft did not remove any features from existing copies, simply stopped adding new ones.

There is a small problem with this analogy: Win2K has no backend dependencies at Microsoft while a web based email client is absolutely dependent on the backend mail architecture.

The challenge for Fastmail is how many resources need to be committed to the Classic interface in order for it to continue working with the backend changes necessary for new functionality. From a business perspective it depends on the ratio of classic vs. new interface users.

DS

[g4mby]

Originally Posted by janusz

May be there are no plans to totally remove classic, but steps are being taken towards dismantling it by gradually removing functionality.

But they must ensure that all functionality is present in the new or current interface. I still have to revert to "classic" to forward multiple mails as attachments.

[gardenweed]

Originally Posted by g4mby

... I still have to revert to "classic" to forward multiple mails as attachments.

Yes, this is a feature I miss from Classic.
There are workarounds, but they are clumsy.