25 May 2004

Gmail Reviews

Gmail Reviews: "Google Gmail Review: Preliminary Impressions - Bob Matsuoka VAR Business - April 22, 2004 www.varbusiness.com/sections/news/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=49596 'In addition to standard features (spell-checking, personalization, attachments), there are some unexpected touches: the ability to 'pop off' composition window, keyboard shortcuts (type a key while browsing mail to trigger features); 'personal level indicators' (indicate messages sent only to you or to you as opposed to a list); and 'snippets' (displaying a section of text from the body of the message, a-la Google searches). ... That's pretty much it, but this simplicity is deceptive. While any one feature may not rise to the level of revolutionary, as a collection they are. ... My experience with Gmail has been in many ways typical of my experience with all of Google's products: efficient, quick, accessible, easy. I suspect that many other people will feel the same way, too.' "