Some good ideas and horrible execution. First of all the UI wasn't great, then you were forced to use your (back then) "real-name" Google account, and no third

Some good ideas and horrible execution. First of all the UI wasn't great, then you were forced to use your (back then) "real-name" Google account, and no third party clients. Maybe it was different for people who live and breathe GMail and the google ecosystem but for me it was a walled garden from the start and I kinda hated the UI.