16 July
2007

Gmail Eclipses Yahoo Mail

...on my personal list of favorite web based email

I have been using Yahoo Mail for my personal email for quite a while.  But now, I am transitioning to Gmail and I am not looking back. 

My decision to switch email systems stems from Yahoo making several small mistakes in comparison to Gmail.  It was not any one thing, more of an accumulative effect.  Yahoo's advertising was seeping into everything I did, most importantly the signature of every email I sent.  Yahoo was being blocked in strange ways at work due to some network vulnerabilities, so my access was limited.  I had to come up with some inventive ways to gain access.  Even when I did connect to Yahoo, I would run into loading problems which caused it to error out  (Again, thanks to my work network)  And finally, when I would get through, the address book would rarely function properly.  I would run into one of these issues about every third time I tried to check my email, so it was not the worst thing ever.  I dealt with it. 

But now, after seeing the light that is Gmail, I'm switching and never looking back.  Its the wave of the future, if for no other reason that Gmail's reliability.  (Their spam blocking is WAY better too)

So, goodbye Yahoo Mail.  I think we need to see other people.  Its not you, its me.  We are just in different places in our lives right now.  This is for the best.


Posted by steve at 12:25 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)
Re: Gmail Eclipses Yahoo Mail

I think I'm planning a similar move to be announced later this week. Why? Everyone else has already moved to it, and I'm a sheep. Baaa!

Also, you can put a picture of you on your messages. How cool is that?

Posted by: Ed at July 16,2007 13:39
Re: Gmail Eclipses Yahoo Mail

I still say telnetting into your old school address is the way to go. (except they won't even let me telnet - have to use stupid ssh). Superfast, super rare problems. Sure, it's only text with horrible editing capabilities but who needs more than text in an email? Nobody that's who! Who needs to cut and paste easily in an email? See above.

Posted by: harper at July 24,2007 16:59
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