The Desktop is Now Officially Dead

This week, we asked you to make a choice about the web’s oldest form of communication: email. We pitted Microsoft’s Outlook, standard-bearer of desktop email software and businesses worldwide, against Google’s Gmail, the webmail software that continues to innovate how we use and manage our inboxes.

After over 5000 votes, you’ve spoken loud and clear. The winner ….

… is Gmail () by a landslide. With 3684 votes (a full 70% of the vote), Gmail has trounced Microsoft Outlook (), which garnered only 980 ballots (19%). The remaining 11% of you called the battle a tie.

Clearly desktop email is going the way of the dinosaur for the universal accessibility of webmail. This is definitely what Google () is hoping for as it continues with its plan to destroy the desktop. For now, let us know what you think of the dichotomy of email on the desktop and the web in the comments.