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A few weeks ago I got a Gmail invitation and have been using it on-and-off since then. I have to say that I am quite impressed by the look and feel of Gmail since it steps out of the ordinary web mail applications and becomes a bit like a standalone application.
The fact is that it is obvious that Google wants to extend this to a desktop type application instead of a web based application. We will soon witness the 'downloadable Gmail' which will simply act as a browser front to accessing the Gmail mail repository.
The 'whole' of Gmail at the moment is client side and is done in javascript (I am talking about what the presentation and not the actual storage and handling of mails). This has serious problems with accessibilty as many people have mentioned since it does not follow the standard HTMl rule.
Apart from all that, it certainly is a fast web application and it gives the impression that everything is done locally just like you would with your Outlook. I haven't had much chances into checking the 'powerful Google search' in the mails but it seems as if it is also very fast and very accurate - not that we thought otherwise.
Apart from all the privacy issues that have been raised my initial opinion is that Gmail has the potential of becoming the worlds most popular adware. Does this spell higher expenses for advertisers? You bet...
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Posted by Harry at June 21, 2004 08:32 AM
