A co-worker/friend of mine gave me an invite to Gmail the other week. Since the service is still in beta, not everyone can get an account. The only way to get one is to receive an invite from a friend that has Gmail. The trick of getting an invite once you have an account is something I have yet to master. I’ve had Gmail for over two weeks now, and they keep telling me that I should get some invites within a week of doing the initial setup, but I still have not got any invites. I’m guessing it is contingent on how often and really how (feature usage) you use your account.
Regardless, the account is totally kickass and I couldn’t ask for a better email service. I love the way it categorizes everything and allows total flexibility to the user for sorting emails and searching through content. The DHTML and CSS behind Gmail is just awesome. It’s by far the fastest HTTP based email I have ever used. They really thought of the little things when they put this system together. For instance, when replying, you can separate the reply box into its own window. This way, the user doesn’t have to hog their screen up with the entire application. Once you hit “Send,” it closes the window for you as well.
It’s all about the little things for me when it comes to web applications. I have to say, Gmail, to date, is the best free email service on the web. If you can get an invite, please take advantage of the service. You will not be disappointed.
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Gmail releases invites in bunches. It is not connected to when you joined. Gmail just went through two quick rounds of handing our a ton of invites. There have been a few very large service bugs that have rolled through the system the past few days, so invites will most likely be a while as they get ready to scale to the next level. If you like Gmail, Oddpost (just bought by Yahoo), is a great interface and was light years ahead of where Gmail is now a few years back.
GMail is the ultimate in web-based mail – glad to see you’re diggin’ it too! The interface, the spam controls, the organization and of course the searching, make the whole package great.
Since I know you’re a Firefox user, you might want to check out the GMail Notifier Extension from doron and the GMail Compose Extension from Jed Brown if you haven’t already. Both make life even easier if you find yourself centralizing everything to GMail.
So this is what’s bring people to my site from yours.. I’ve been exposed. Even
Bob H.from the office has looked at my site from yours and commented on how I don’t have facial hair in any of my pictures.