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To play Devil's Advocate, the difference is that GTalk offers very useful functionality. The Gmail integration was top-notch and the fact that it used Jabber me
by unalone 18y ago
To play Devil's Advocate, the difference is that GTalk offers very useful functionality. The Gmail integration was top-notch and the fact that it used Jabber meant that I can use it with iChat alongside AIM without effort. This isn't offering anything useful: virtual worlds add complexity where complexity isn't needed. Used to be Google was great at avoiding useless clutter - see again Gmail and Gtalk - but as time went on they've slackened, Gmail didn't progress at all - versus their competitors - and even Gtalk isn't really revolutionary, it's just been pushed with other products.
- cstejerean 18y agoI'd love to check out some GMail alternatives, what are some competitors that you think have a better product?
- unalone 18y agoThere are none that compete on a direct level. I use Gmail for free email myself. That said, we've seen that better is possible. MobileMe set the current standard, though Yahoo! has done some pretty excellent things (though they rarely DEclutter) on occasion. I think that something that worked like Gmail, looked like MobileMe, would be the best solution. Something ridiculously streamlined, with powerful built-in search and threaded messages.
- jfarmer 18y agoA lot of my friends swear by Yahoo! mail, but they also pay for it.
- cstejerean 18y agoI actually hate the Yahoo mail interface.