Gmail Woes
Having been one of the first starters on Gmail and inviting over 100 friends who are all using Gmail, I am beginning to have my first set of doubts about the perfect online email.
There are some íssues which I totally don't understand why they exist!
For starters, I dislike a new blank window which opens with every attachment you want to save on your computer.
For it's organising feature about conversations: I see my sent mail in the Inbox once it gets a reply as part of the conversation. But eventually it confuses me when I think of the conversation concept in parallel with the inbox/outbox concept.
Also, when searching emails, sent mails cannot be searched? Unless they have become part of the converstaions?
Sadly, I start this article by all the negatives. In fact, Gmail still is the best online email I have seen, and that's not only for the space it provides but the entire interface. My first email account (9 years ago) was in hotmail. I never thought I will be able to switch given the huge amount of emails I had there (huge being 200+!!). The inetrface was so convenient that switching to another email was like switching from a Nokia phone to a Motorola!
Gmail came with a blast and has been very successful. I am not sure what percentage of the global market share does Gmail have since two years of it's launch, but it got to be big if it can shake the guys behind Yahoo mail and Hotmail.
For those who are Google supporters, you must check out the Google Calendar. It's been a while it's there but after seeing how that works, I don't mind re-entering my Outlook schedules and meetings into Google!
I am still looking for Google to come up with better financial tools. Also, something against the rival http://finance.yahoo.com Any news about that?
I'm just experimenting around with all these things, almost like an end-user of technology!
-Naveen Kumar
http://uglymoth.blogspot.com
There are some íssues which I totally don't understand why they exist!
For starters, I dislike a new blank window which opens with every attachment you want to save on your computer.
For it's organising feature about conversations: I see my sent mail in the Inbox once it gets a reply as part of the conversation. But eventually it confuses me when I think of the conversation concept in parallel with the inbox/outbox concept.
Also, when searching emails, sent mails cannot be searched? Unless they have become part of the converstaions?
Sadly, I start this article by all the negatives. In fact, Gmail still is the best online email I have seen, and that's not only for the space it provides but the entire interface. My first email account (9 years ago) was in hotmail. I never thought I will be able to switch given the huge amount of emails I had there (huge being 200+!!). The inetrface was so convenient that switching to another email was like switching from a Nokia phone to a Motorola!
Gmail came with a blast and has been very successful. I am not sure what percentage of the global market share does Gmail have since two years of it's launch, but it got to be big if it can shake the guys behind Yahoo mail and Hotmail.
For those who are Google supporters, you must check out the Google Calendar. It's been a while it's there but after seeing how that works, I don't mind re-entering my Outlook schedules and meetings into Google!
I am still looking for Google to come up with better financial tools. Also, something against the rival http://finance.yahoo.com Any news about that?
I'm just experimenting around with all these things, almost like an end-user of technology!
-Naveen Kumar
http://uglymoth.blogspot.com
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