You think email's UI is only "slightly" different than the UI of chats? I disagree very strongly. The two are extremely different. Email is this weird amalgamation of messages and forums depending on how your client displays it and everyone in the email thread is using it. You can have arbitrarily styling in messages. You can send messages to whoever whenever. Chats are much more focused and linear by comparison.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not sure what to say to that. Nobody in my group would consider classic email and IMs equivalent, unless you're layering an extra UI layer on top like what the other commentor mentioned.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Agreed most others wouldn't use email as a replacement for casual chat, but its always seemed like an arbitrary choice. So many people waste so much space in emails because they treat them like letters, so the biggest difference seems to be the culture around them rather than the medium itself. If people formatted all text messages as

"Hello Dear Friend,

Here is stuff to waste space.

Here's what I actually want to say.

More extra stuff.

Sincerely, Walrus"

I doubt we would see that much of a difference between them.

[–] Zeoic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are treated like letters because they arent instant, like letters. Hell, some emails could take full minutes to send.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 1 points 13 hours ago

Only time I have the problem is when people attach large files. While is the same problem with other "IM" methods.