Friday, April 23, 2004

Gmail

I just signed up for a Gmail beta account. I'm not sure whether all end up using it or not. I like having a real e-mail program instead of a lame online account. 1 GB would be useful though. They didn't say how frequently you need to use it to avoid having your account terminated either.

My first impressions are that the interface seems a little confusing, their "contacts" page needs help (All it takes is name, e-mail, and comments. And it only sorts names by what you enter, so no sorting by last name, for example). Also, Google seems to subscribe to the base-10 mis-theory of numbers (which was invented by hard drive manufacturers to rip people off). So the 1 GB is really only "1 000 MB". (And if they continue the trend with 1 MB = 1000 KB, etc. then you end up getting only 931 MB under the correct system (base-2). Also, when you send an e-mail, it returns to the sent mail list, but you need to refresh the page before the e-mail you just send actually gets listed. It seems like a good start though.

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