4 ms·
Turns out I have an Opera account so I logged in. It's much more simplistic than Gmail: - it's 1GB, so too small for me - no settings page (or can't find it)
by Maro 16y ago
Turns out I have an Opera account so I logged in. It's much more simplistic than Gmail:
- it's 1GB, so too small for me
- no settings page (or can't find it)
- no filters
- no labels
- no automatic signature
- no multiple stars (but there's a pin)
- doesn't seem to auto-save contacts
- isn't completely AJAX, the Mail and Contacts tabs reload the page
- ugly colors (email headers are purple)
So, this isn't a Gmail competitor for power-users at this point.
- idlebullshit 16y agoNo wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
- enra 16y agoIt's Opera Mail 1.0(or whatever), not a carbon copy of Gmail. Better to launch with less features and see which direction to take the product.
- moondowner 16y agoRelease early, release often. The best strategy for a new product.
- ams6110 16y agoGmail was 1GB to start out, and people thought that was enormous.
- revorad 16y agoBecause at the time the standard was 4MB. Gmail has raised the bar permanently.
- salmonsnide 16y agoThings have changed quite a bit since 2004. The competition back then only offered a few mb.
- markkanof 16y agoI am currently only using about 200 MB for my personal account, so this would be fine for me. I have emails going back ten or so years, but those are thing I purposely kept. I never really bought into Google's assertion that I should never delete anything and just use search to find what I need. I understand that some people have way more than 1 GB of mail, but for me and other email users like me the amount of space opera is offering will last for years to come.