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04/02/09
04/02/09
with == wish
04/01/09
04/01/09
I use GMail. I use it for work. Google has a problem and loses some data... data I need. I get upset at Google and tell them that their broken product caused me to lose business.
Google says "GMail is a beta product. We make no guarantees for its stability. We told you this long ago. There are still lots of bugs in it. That's why we hung the big BETA sign on it."
Sometimes, being buggy has its advantages...
04/01/09
04/01/09
And I'm sure that other companies like Apple and Microsoft and Red Hat and any other company that makes software on a large scale will stay silently on the sidelines and not offer up endless amicus submissions explaining why beta means all bets are off.
Yes - it'll be just like Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. One honest guy against the machine, fighting against the fat cats and winning. That's just how it will play out.
04/01/09
Somebody's going to lose something important someday, and some Judge is going to decide that after spending 25 years getting everyone to use your product and essentially begging the entire world to rely on you for everything, that you can't just say "Hey, we said Beta!" and escape from your own f*ck up.
I'm kind of wondering if there are analogous cases (maybe even some warranty/as is type cases), but I'm not about to actually do legal research for a Gizmodo comment.
04/01/09
04/01/09
"Gmail turns five years old today, and is decidedly not a joke"
Seems like a joke to me,
yahoo blows gmail away.
You cant even delete messages on gmail,
effing stupid
04/01/09
04/01/09
Since atleast last time i used it, about 3 months ago.
you have to archive it or some shit.
Couldnt take it serious, now i see why most people use yahoo
04/02/09
This is your all-time dumbest spout-off. GMail has had delete for years. There's a big button that says delete on it. That moves it to the Trash folder. Mail in the Trash folder is deleted after 30 days and can be manually emptied as well.
I don't know how much simpler it could be. It's the same premise as the Trash Can on a Mac or the Recycle Bin on Windows. As both concepts date back since when you wore short-pants, I can't comprehend how this could be a foreign concept to you.
As to the spam filter, GMail's filter is pretty darn robust because it is based on user submissions.
I don't need AJAX-y goodness in my internet mail client. I need storage space and robust filtering in a simple UI. This is why GMail is going strong after 5 years. I would trade it for the world. I have over 7GB of storage space for free. I don't know whether Yahoo gives this much because my Yahoo mail account isn't as vital as my GMail and doesn't get checked nearly as often.
GMail is the new Hotmail.