>An example to counter that. Having the UT available as a web service means that you download all of the day's messages (data) in seconds then view it off line thus saving internet connection time. Of course this works only if the app is local and the web service gives you data. If the app is only available while connected, that is another story..

And, of course, what's funny about this is that we've had the ability to grab CompuServe messages and read them offline for at least 15 years. In the last 5 years or so, I've been asked repeatedly why I'd want to do that.

Just another case of what's old is new again.

Tamar