Techdirt Poll:

Gmail is...

Great. Best Email Client Ever. / 42% / 677 votes

I Still Need An Account / 20% / 320 votes

Just Another Web Based Email Client / 25% / 401 votes

Not Very Good / 2% / 30 votes

Illegal In My Country / 1% / 17 votes

A Privacy Nightmare / 7% / 110 votes

Something I Have Not Heard Of / 3% / 52 votes

1,602 total votes

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Apr 26th, 2004 @ 1:44pm

not on mac though...

by ScooterBoy

well.. gmail is nice and all, but it doesn't work on my mac since it uses activeX or something... argh.
May 1st, 2004 @ 3:38am

I got one...

by Number_6

... and it seems pretty good. I can only see the search aspect becoming useful after it's been used for several months, and you need to find an old username/password emailed to you. It has a nice interface though.
Jul 21st, 2004 @ 8:05am

Out of curiousity...

by hidden_agenda

...how many of those that have voted "Just Another Web Based Email Client" have even tried the service? I have been using it far at least a month now, and am now using it as my primary account.
Jul 22nd, 2004 @ 5:30am

Re: Out of curiousity...

by bernie

I use it. It's nice, has some kinks, but ok.
Jul 23rd, 2004 @ 9:00pm

Re: Out of curiousity...

by Cricket

Gmail is a great email client. But best ever was going just a little to far. I think if there would have been a choice between "The best" and "another" it would have got more votes. Such are polls. GMAIL is great though!!
Mar 14th, 2005 @ 7:22am

gmail

by sue

google groups has a board called gmail invites--snag up a link and try it ...;0)
No email is private. I like gmail so far-- I've had 30 email accounts....gmail is the best so far.
Feb 22nd, 2006 @ 7:14am

Re: not on mac though...

by A. Lloyd Flanagan

I didn't think it used ActiveX, just AJAX. It works on my PC with Firefox. Maybe you should try a different browser.
Mar 10th, 2006 @ 8:24pm

Excellent

by Synktar

I love Gmail. It's quickly accessed from my personalized homepage, updates automatically, and I just love the design overall. The only thing I don't like is the no-folders option, but I got used to it after awhile. As for it not working on a mac, how old is your mac? It runs flawlessly on Safari for me. If not, however, you should try Firefox.

Enjoy,
Synktar
Aug 24th, 2007 @ 5:30pm

by -Ted

Gmail works on a MAC... My girlfriend has a Mac using Safari and IE and I have no trouble using either.
Mar 24th, 2008 @ 1:47pm

GMAIL no folders

by ComAge

I like the service it's GREAT! But here is my vote for folders! Labels are OK too but I would like to "hide" stuff in folders.