GMail's been adding new features..
In an earlier post, I had previewed gmail, and listed things that I liked, and what needs to be added. Well, since then much of it has been added.
- You can now import email addresses from other mail programs like Outlook, or web based email systems like Hotmail and Yahoo.
- There is a mail notifier now. Today there was a discussion on slashdot about Google trying to discourage third party mail notifiers. Wonder what's with that, especially since Microsoft is planning to open up this area, with a notification API in Longhorn for mail messages among other things.. Having to run separate notifiers clutters up the toolbar!
- Google explains why short user names (less than six characters) weren't allowed. Its to make automatic address generation less easy for spammers.
Some remaining quibbles:
- You dont have folders, and I haven't still got used to logging on to a page full of read mail. I like to deal with email and either delete it, or save it out of sight in a folder. I like to log on to page with new emails showing only. Oh well.
- Download still bring up an empty web page..
- Sending email from the contact list still pops up another window- it would be nice to not have multiple windows open up
Oh, and by the way, you can submit feedback to GMail here.
[Update: Aug 30, 2004] Seems you can move read email out of the way... by archiving it. The archived email shows up in searches and in the 'All mail' option, but not in the Inbox. Thanks a lot for the tip Kevin Dangoor!
Posted by vivek at August 28, 2004 03:16 PM
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