Comments on: Windows Live Mail Beta http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/ Tech News,Gadgets,Reviews,Eclipse and more Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:47:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Venu http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-41260 Venu Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:18:42 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-41260 Gmail UI - Yes its much better than yahoo. You might not have the options to change themes etc, but here is what I like in Gmail (again this is not biased and from a developer perspective) 1. Loading is amazingly fast 2. Love the powerful keyboard features 3. Concept of labels is an innovation. Everybody was thinking of organizing mails into nested folders (where people generally get lost).But Gmail bought a totally new concept. As you might be knowing Labels are again logical folders Also with the powerful search feature, I no longer need to have a nested folder structure as I have in Outlook client. 4. Though I miss the drag and drop, i generally label the mails (if i have not created a filter/rule) and press a keyboard shortcut to archive. The mail is nicely moved from inbox :) 5. I love the undo feature 6. Spam filter is one of the best I have seen. Others have improved only recently I am sure if you do a unbiased usage of both gmail and yahoo, you would begin appreciating the features in gmail. Geeks going behind gmail is also a testimonial of features in Gmail. And again you will know this, Yahoo mail had a drastic change only after Gmail came in. Or I should put it this way - Gmail made Yahoo change itself (but again yahoo didn't innovate much during this change) Gmail UI – Yes its much better than yahoo. You might not have the options to change themes etc, but here is what I like in Gmail (again this is not biased and from a developer perspective)

1. Loading is amazingly fast
2. Love the powerful keyboard features
3. Concept of labels is an innovation. Everybody was thinking of organizing mails into nested folders (where people generally get lost).But Gmail bought a totally new concept. As you might be knowing Labels are again logical folders
Also with the powerful search feature, I no longer need to have a nested folder structure as I have in Outlook client.
4. Though I miss the drag and drop, i generally label the mails (if i have not created a filter/rule) and press a keyboard shortcut to archive. The mail is nicely moved from inbox :)
5. I love the undo feature
6. Spam filter is one of the best I have seen. Others have improved only recently

I am sure if you do a unbiased usage of both gmail and yahoo, you would begin appreciating the features in gmail. Geeks going behind gmail is also a testimonial of features in Gmail.

And again you will know this, Yahoo mail had a drastic change only after Gmail came in. Or I should put it this way – Gmail made Yahoo change itself (but again yahoo didn’t innovate much during this change)

]]> By: Benedict Herold http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-41214 Benedict Herold Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:26:43 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-41214 Are you very sure gmail UI is better than Yahoo? I have been arguing with most for this! :-) Are you very sure gmail UI is better than Yahoo? I have been arguing with most for this! :-)

]]> By: venukb http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-41196 venukb Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:37:11 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-41196 Benedict, you are biased for sure :) yahoo definitely doesn't have the power of Gmail. Give Gmail and Yahoo to a new user, and after few days I would bet on him liking Gmail's simplistic (yet powerful) UI rather than YMail :) Benedict, you are biased for sure :)
yahoo definitely doesn’t have the power of Gmail. Give Gmail and Yahoo to a new user, and after few days I would bet on him liking Gmail’s simplistic (yet powerful) UI rather than YMail :)

]]> By: Benedict Herold http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-41079 Benedict Herold Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:17:35 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-41079 I may be late to comment here but I had to because I can't agree with the statement yahoo mail doesn't have features as much in Gmail. Disclaimer : I may be 100% truly biased :-) I may be late to comment here but I had to because I can’t agree with the statement yahoo mail doesn’t have features as much in Gmail.

Disclaimer : I may be 100% truly biased :-)

]]> By: TheAnand http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-15849 TheAnand Sat, 05 May 2007 20:26:42 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-15849 Yahoo! Mail Beta still rocks for me, I am waiting for their IM integration which will make it SUPER! Yea, I am biased, I have been using yahoo for about 8 years now. Hotmail sucks anyway and yea people are biased about it too..esp. since it has MS attached to it! # Venu Aug 13th, 2006 at 6:51 pm It only “looks� better, no change in terms of features. I was hoping to see something better with Windows Live mail. But the interesting fact is that hotmail is still the No 1 in mail service.. wonder why ? I am interested to know from where you got that information!!!!!!! Yahoo! Mail Beta still rocks for me, I am waiting for their IM integration which will make it SUPER!

Yea, I am biased, I have been using yahoo for about 8 years now. Hotmail sucks anyway and yea people are biased about it too..esp. since it has MS attached to it!

# Venu

Aug 13th, 2006 at 6:51 pm

It only “looks� better, no change in terms of features. I was hoping to see something better with Windows Live mail.
But the interesting fact is that hotmail is still the No 1 in mail service.. wonder why ?

I am interested to know from where you got that information!!!!!!!

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-5269 Rebecca Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:07:17 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-5269 thnx thnx

]]> By: jose http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-1327 jose Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:53:49 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-1327 hoa hoa

]]> By: Aboude http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-1219 Aboude Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:09:35 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-1219 Please i wnt to sign up for the windows mail beta Please i wnt to sign up for the windows mail beta

]]> By: venukb http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-1212 venukb Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:35:03 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-1212 Hi Sabrina, As I mentioned in the start of the post, there is a signup link via which you can submit your normal hotmail account for upgrade. The upgrade is done in a day or two. Link: http://g.msn.com/1csideas/mail_signup_EN-US Hi Sabrina,
As I mentioned in the start of the post, there is a signup link via which you can submit your normal hotmail account for upgrade.

The upgrade is done in a day or two.

Link: http://g.msn.com/1csideas/mail_signup_EN-US

]]> By: sabrina http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-1211 sabrina Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:19:12 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-1211 how can I get it ? the windows live mail beta how can I get it ? the windows live mail beta

]]> By: Bella http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-1076 Bella Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:08:07 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-1076 nothing can be better! it is really amazing.. nothing can be better!
it is really amazing..

]]> By: Bhavesh Gudhka http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-799 Bhavesh Gudhka Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:07:33 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-799 Did you say new? LOL I have been using this interface on OWA (outlook web access) on Exchange 2003. Its old microsoft policy of copy, rename and publish. Microsoft is doing this since Windows 95 days. Bhavesh Did you say new? LOL

I have been using this interface on OWA (outlook web access) on Exchange 2003.
Its old microsoft policy of copy, rename and publish.
Microsoft is doing this since Windows 95 days.

Bhavesh

]]> By: nattapong http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-772 nattapong Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:11:37 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-772 - -

]]> By: Venu http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-733 Venu Sun, 13 Aug 2006 13:21:05 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-733 It only "looks" better, no change in terms of features. I was hoping to see something better with Windows Live mail. But the interesting fact is that hotmail is still the No 1 in mail service.. wonder why ? It only “looks” better, no change in terms of features. I was hoping to see something better with Windows Live mail.
But the interesting fact is that hotmail is still the No 1 in mail service.. wonder why ?

]]> By: Ryan http://www.venukb.com/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-709 Ryan Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:57:59 +0000 http://www.venukb.com/blog/2006/08/12/windows-live-mail-beta/#comment-709 Wow, that looks a lot better than Hotmail ever looked. Sadly I never use my Hotmail account and have been using Gmail for over a year and I don't want to go through the hassle of switching emails again. But thanks for the information. Wow, that looks a lot better than Hotmail ever looked. Sadly I never use my Hotmail account and have been using Gmail for over a year and I don’t want to go through the hassle of switching emails again. But thanks for the information.

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