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Google Begins "Gmail 2.0" Rollout

Posted by kdawson on from the still-the-same-primary-colors dept.

Stony Stevenson writes "Google on Tuesday confirmed it is giving Gmail a new look. This blog post has screenshots of a new Gmail interface that has been made available to a limited number of users. They are calling it "Gmail 2.0" even if Google isn't. Google confirmed the update is underway at its new San Francisco office, just prior to a briefing on an unrelated upcoming Google announcement. A Google spokesperson said that the new look has been made available to about one percent of all Gmail users and is being rolled out the rest on an ongoing basis."

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  1. What I REALLY want is... by MrZeebo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's great that they're improving the interface, and being able to access mail stored on Google's servers via IMAP is a nice addition. But what I REALLY want is to be able to store my mail on MY server, and access it via Google's awesome interface. Really, just use Google as an IMAP client to my mail server.

    I know they offer to do that via POP, but I want the "live" copy of my mail to remain on my server, and for Google to access it via IMAP. I don't like the idea of all my mail being stored on someone else's server, especially when I'm not paying anything for it and therefore should have no real expectation of it still being there tomorrow.

    Google for domains seems at first glance to do this, but your mail is actually still stored on Google's servers.

    Has anyone ever heard of this sort of feature coming in the future?

  2. Re:still in beta by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't know what their actual problem is...Design by committee probably. I think one of Apple's greatest strengths right now is that they have a real solid clarity of vision; they have people who know what would be cool and useful and they give them the freedom to make it happen.

    Microsoft has bits and pieces...Some teams know what they're doing, and put out good products...I'm not displeased with IE 7, or Office, aside from the usual proprietary crap. Vista...Well, I haven't used it much, so I'll not claim to be an expert. But it fails on some of the most fundamental stuff, stuff that should be right as a given, like file copying and responsiveness. The security features are executed really poorly from a user standpoint; it's much more friendly to turn them off.

    To me that just suggests that no one is in charge. The worst design decisions almost always result from committee and compromise. You need to hire a good lead, and let them stamp their vision on it.

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  3. version 2 had better sync ! by johnjones · · Score: 5, Interesting

    first of all lets me get this straight I think Gmail is good client and the IMAP access has gone a long way to make it even better BUT

    gmail does NOT SYNC with anything e.g. my contacts in my phone

    solution = syncML !

    contacts, calendar etc lots of others e.g. plaxo (annoying interface) and ZYB have this sorted and here I am fumbling around with CSV files

    I hate it I try and sync with many differant devices and just wish there was a nice way
    hell there is a thunderbird plugin there is a outlook plugin and MOST phones support it....

    please please google gmail 2 should focus on contacts and introduce syncML !

    regards

    John Jones