I'm a bit afraid of the way some other email providers have shoved messaging and such in the face of users who don't want it in the past. Trying to turn it off was nearly impossible with one provider a few years ago who just implemented it and logged you automatically to their IM type service every time you checked your mail, without every asking you if you wanted to even sign up for their messenger service. You were just on it and anyone else who used the same mail provider could see that and IM you. It's the sort of thing a lot of users are likely here to avoid.
If it's added, I'd at least like it be something you have to enable under options which otherwise is not visible *at all* on the mail page or apps so people who don't want it can comfortable pretend it doesn't exist. :)
I'm a bit afraid of the way some other email providers have shoved messaging and such in the face of users who don't want it in the past. Trying to turn it off was nearly impossible with one provider a few years ago who just implemented it and logged you automatically to their IM type service every time you checked your mail, without every asking you if you wanted to even sign up for their messenger service. You were just on it and anyone else who used the same mail provider could see that and IM you. It's the sort of thing a lot of users are likely here to avoid.
If it's added, I'd at least like it be something you have to enable under options which otherwise is not visible *at all* on the mail page or apps so people who don't want it can comfortable pretend it doesn't exist. :)