Comments on: Google Gmail Reviewed http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/04/12/google-gmail-reviewed/ Geek News Central is the technical weblog for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a twice weekly tech podcast Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:20:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Pre-Commerce Blog http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/04/12/google-gmail-reviewed/comment-page-1/#comment-1076 The Pre-Commerce Blog Thu, 15 Apr 2004 16:15:42 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/04/12/google-gmail-reviewed/#comment-1076 <strong>Hysteria, Legislation, and Gmail</strong> There used to be a software development joke about printing t-shirts before you even ship the product. The point was about getting priorities out of sequence. (Someone want to post the joke in comments?). Now we have all kinds of hue and cry, (what is ... Hysteria, Legislation, and Gmail

There used to be a software development joke about printing t-shirts before you even ship the product. The point was about getting priorities out of sequence. (Someone want to post the joke in comments?). Now we have all kinds of hue and cry, (what is …

]]> By: Mike http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/04/12/google-gmail-reviewed/comment-page-1/#comment-1075 Mike Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:48:58 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2004/04/12/google-gmail-reviewed/#comment-1075 I've been messing around with Gmail the past few days, and I'm a bit surprised by all the negative reactions to it. I think people are just looking for a reason to beat on Google. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Gmail does things a bit differently, and I'm not sure whether or not users will like the way things are arranged. However, it *is* free - and does offer a ton of storage. While there may be a slight learning curve, I'd bet people sign up for it in droves. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Personally, I think some of the features are fairly innovative in a "well, of course email should work this way" sort of way, and it makes you wonder why no one else has added them to their own email clients. I’ve been messing around with Gmail the past few days, and I’m a bit surprised by all the negative reactions to it. I think people are just looking for a reason to beat on Google.

Gmail does things a bit differently, and I’m not sure whether or not users will like the way things are arranged. However, it *is* free – and does offer a ton of storage. While there may be a slight learning curve, I’d bet people sign up for it in droves.

Personally, I think some of the features are fairly innovative in a “well, of course email should work this way” sort of way, and it makes you wonder why no one else has added them to their own email clients.

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