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Friday, Jun. 25, 2004 - 8:01 p.m.
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Sure we�ve all got an email address - or two, or three, or more. But you know what we all DON�T have? Gmail. Well, unless you�re me in which case you have it and think it�s pretty fucking cool. The Glamslam and I were testing out my new Gmail account today (I�ve had it for awhile but just never got around to trying it out until this afternoon) and so far I think it�s FABULOUS. My favorite features so far (aside from the 1GB of space you get - all for free btw) are the keyboard shortcuts that allow me to do things like hit �c� to compose a new message and the way messages are received - I�ll try my best now to explain... Let�s say you�re cool enough to receive an email from me, then you reply, then I reply, then you reply, then I reply, and then you reply again. With old school email accounts like Hotmail or Yahoo I would have three emails from you with the same subject - each email would have an �Re:� added to it. Gmail is FAR too cool to have all that clutter - here�s what it does (this is genius btw): it keeps everything as one message in my inbox! I click on it and it opens everything at once and displays it as a conversation that looks not all that unlike a conversation on AIM. With each reply from you a number is added so instead of having three email messages from you on the same subject I have one email message that lists the parties involved (me and you) and the number of total correspondences - six. Once the message is open it displays a lovely timestamp with the added convenience of saying �two minutes ago� (or however long ago it was since you sent the last reply) and saves me the trouble of having to do math. I�ve only been using my Gmail for a few hours now and realize that it�s still in the �testing� phase (which is why you can�t just sign up for an account because you want one - you need an invite link from someone who already has a Gmail account and was bestowed the power of invite links) but so far I think it�s pretty fucking cool... |