ExtremeTech Reviews Google's Gmail Beta

JimLynch writes "Gmail, Gmail, Gmail--how do we love thee? Let us count the ways! We finally had a chance to try Google's new e-mail service and we're happy to say that, for the most part, we love it! In this article, we'll give you an overview of what you can expect from Gmail, as well as what we liked and didn't like about it. We'll also tell you what we think needs to be added to make it even better."

Disappointing benchmarks..

[Anonymous Coward]

GMail doesn't get the framerates I've come to expect from Yahoo!Mail.

Gmail...

[demonbug]

Does that sound to anyone else like something you would see on a pimp's business card? You know, [e-mail] or something (assuming they had business cards, or used email - I'm not exactly a gold mine of info on the pimping business - it just sounds sort of trashy).

G mail...

[i love pineapples]

Am I the only one who thought e-mail for homies and not google mail upon first hearing the name "gmail"?

Re:G mail...

[XMyth]

Yes, yes you are the only one.

Google rocks better than Dell

[Anonymous Coward]

Google > Dell [geocities.com]

Re:Reading through this

[XMyth]

Unfortunately neither does the other .03% of email users out there. One day we hope to be able to reach this vast market with apps like Thunderbird or Outlook, but that day may never come.

Really

[labratuk]

How "extreme" can webmail be?

Expansion is a slippery slope

[Anonymous Coward]

Searches and webmail are a great start, but my sources tell me that Google is currently in the development stages of a system that will do my taxes , make breakfast, and find me a girlfriend (and God knows, I hope it works).

Re:G mail...

[mblase]

Myself, I thought of Strong Bad [homestarrunner.com]....

Re:We just want it...

[geekoid]

I'm going to get [e-mail].

hmmm, On second thought, that seems a lot like owning 867-5309.

I've lost track

[crem_d_genes]

...of all the e-mail accounts I have.
Maybe google can finally find them.

Re:Gmail...

[freetolio]

Nah son, that'd be OGmail!

Re:Disappointing benchmarks..

[cabra771]

Only on Slashdot does a post like this get modded +1, Interesting.

Not to me. I think you're thinking of @hotmale.com

[michaeldot]

Gmail sounds pretty neutral. But I'm just waiting for @chainmail.com to start, so I can email my D&D buddies...

Re:mailing lists

[DiSKiLLeR]

Can you refer anyone to get a gmail account? How many people? Can you refer me? Please? Pretty pretty pretty please with a cherry on top?

D.

Your views are intriguing...

[jhujoe]

and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

No, what you want is this

[ErichTheWebGuy]

http://www.pimpemail.com/

You can get free e-mail addresses like

@slappinbitches.com
@pimpdaddy.com
@turnintric ks.com

Just tryin to keep it real dawg! :-)

Re:Top-posting :(

[Anonymous Coward]

I feel like inventing a

> I'm depressed to see that gmail appears to use top-posting aka "jeopardy
> quoting" for replies.
>
> Maybe there is a setting, but if this is the default, then the option to
> change it is pointless- no one will.
>
> I hate getting top-posted emails. I hate trying to wade backwards in time
> to find out what the hell the cryptic first line refers to. Thank you
> Outlook for bringing this "feature" to the masses and lazy users who can't
> be bothered to edit quotes meaningfully for wasting bandwidth and my time.
> And, now, thank you gmail, for perpetuating it.
>
> I feel like Don Quixote.
>
> -h3

new style called around-posting.

Re:We just want it...

[Gilk180]

And some programmers look down on people "in IT". I can't imagine why.

Re:slogan

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't know about you, but whenever I check mail in a Microsoft app, I get the following message:

All your e-mai lare belong to l337 P|-|r3aky Ha(|3r!!11!!!!11!!!eleven!!!!1

Seems kinda odd, no?

Couldn't be

[Scott Richter]

At least you didn't think GMail was a new email/groupware client that runs on Gnome desktop.

Gmail actually works.

Dear everyone who has a gmail account right now

[dirtsurfer]

I am so jealous of you I want to die. That's all.

Re:Disappointing benchmarks..

[PingXao]

Call me curmudgeonly or whatever, but I have my /. preferences set to apply a -3 modifier to posts scored "Funny". Maybe it's just me, but what others seem to find positively hilarious I only find mildly amusing at best. Most annoying:

3. Profit!
In Soviet Russia...
All your base...
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these...
5. Profit!
Cowboy Neal
Geek sex and the lack thereof

Re:We just want it...

[theglassishalf]

A friend of mine called 867-5309 once. Some guy answered the phone. My friend asked for Jenny.

The guy replied: "YOU THINK YOU'RE REAL FUCKIN' FUNNY, DON'T YOU??"

-Daniel

Re:Expansion is a slippery slope

[Suhas]

and find me a girlfriend

Let's just hope her name does not end in .jpg

WesternDigitalitus

[animaal]

From "About GMail":

"Gmail is a free, search-based webmail service that includes 1,000 megabytes (1 gigabyte) of storage."

Has somebody been afflicted with "WesternDigitalitus"? Maybe they oughta google the word "gigabyte"...

Re:Another review

[CGP314]

Yes, but slashdot always seems to make sections right before the end. We got a LOTR section just before the third movie and we now got a google section just before the IPO.


-Colin [colingregorypalmer.net]

Re:No, what you want is this

[Libertarian001]

Or as my friend used to have:

[e-mail]

You forgot something..

[Anonymous Coward]

I, for one, welcome our new humourless overlord!!

Re:From Google:

[42forty-two42]

From Google: Reviews and comments

"An outstanding webmail system - outshines all the rest!" -- Google Gazette
"Three thumbs up!" -- Google Times
"Why aren't you using it already?" -- Google Management

"Subtle" Epiphany review...

[Sunnan]

A quote from the review:

We were initially suspicious of the keyboard shortcuts, we wondered if they'd only work with popular (but vastly overrated) browsers like Internet Explorer. However, we were quite relieved to discover that the shortcuts worked beautifully with our beloved browser Galeon in Linux. They also worked well using Mozilla and Firefox. They even worked well with the crappy Epiphany browser in Gnome.

I don't know about anyone else, but that got an out-loud laugh from me.

Re:Disappointing benchmarks..

[Anonymous Coward]

You must be new here.