“What if Gmail Had Been Designed by Microsoft? [1]” Yeah, it’s about that bad (and funny).
I love Gmail [2]. There are things I wish it did differently, but by and large it seriously rocks as a mail interface.
On the other hand, maybe the whole e-mail client debate is moot [3] …
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#1 Comment By decrepitoldfool On Thu 22-Nov-07 8:57am @ 8:57am
At least I have been predicting the death of email clients for a while now. I mean, having Thunderbird or Outlook etc installed on your local machine. Various kinds of webmail, even Exchange online, are improving fast.
#2 Comment By *** Dave On Thu 22-Nov-07 10:21am @ 10:21am
I think there will always be some desire for that “on my machine” sort of a setup — be it for paranoia or for practical features/speed that a local client can provide better than any web client can.
That said, where I see things going are to more convergent clients. Gmail, as noted, has the Gtalk client integrated into the sidebar (and allows search of conversation threads in the same fashion as e-mail). On my Blackberry, Outlook mail and SMS and Gtalk and phone logs, etc. all show up in the same display, and that works just fine. Clicking on a name offers the opportunity to e-mail, SMS, or phone the person at their various addies. That’s pretty cool, and works just fine (other vagueries of the BB interface notwithstanding).
#3 Pingback By Classics Declassified | K-Squared Ramblings On Thu 6-May-10 12:05pm @ 12:05pm
[…] And moving forward in time once more, we have an answer to the question I’m sure you were all wondering about: What If Gmail Had Been Designed by Microsoft? It shows a step-by-step transformation, with a steady increase in clutter and a steady decrease in usability… sort of in the spirit of the If Microsoft packaged the iPod video. (via ***Dave) […]