Gmail & Me!

GMail & Me?

prelude:
My initial thought " Jus' b'cos it offers more space it does not have to be good" It was jus' another mail account,the only difference "1GB"![the marketing team of google has got my attention :-) ]Started using gmail with some initial reluctance, as the loading time was much similar to yahoo.The user interface :-( is not something u fall for @ first sight.

The "Speed" was something that caught my attention first. My thought was "what the heck these guys have a scalable grid"(there is nothing new!)Then the labels was something hmmm hmm... that kind of aroused some interest.( 'm still not convinced how it will scale for 10,000 mails)
Then started to play with it, enabled the stars, applied the labels etc.The response was very good! so far so good.The threading of mails as tabs was good!. Now!!! these guys are talking business! The archiving of mails was quite Ok! was not completely impressed.The provision to revert back from archive was thoughtful.

Some good features:
* Automatic adds to contacts.
* Auto storing of sent mails is good. ( In yahoo you need to configure!)
* Messages when no mails are there, are amusing ( Hooray, no spam here! etc..)
* Automatic search results while creating filters is impressive. 8-)
* Keyboard short cuts are cool!
* Delete account info is thoughtful,this is something I have cursed some mail providers for
not having! Having it just gives you that sense of freedom,to break free from something :-)
* Actual message along with the subject is pretty useful

Some drawbacks:
* Initial loading time is slow
* No support for draft mails
* Delete options is hidden under more options ( two costly web clicks... yuk! )
* Some javascript errors ( harmless, as all the actions performed worked)