Dude, that's what the "Archive" button is for! Basically, every message is tagged with a hidden "Inbox" Label. When you click Archive, it simply removes that Label. If you have assigned another Label, then that message will appear in the corresponding Label's view. If not, that message, along with all Labeled messages, appears in the "All Mail" view.
Learn to use "Archive"--it really keeps your Inbox clean!
Go to my GmailTips.com site for some more Gmail Tips!
Just follow standards so that your pages nicely scale, and you won't have to worry! A real-world example is that my parents' less-than-stellar eyesight requires that they keep their resolutions much smaller than 1024x768 meaning that pages of larger resolution require left and right scrolling. This not only is a hassle, but some of the intended "design" of the page is lost if the user can't see it all.
Make your page scalable, and you'll have a winner.
While I realize that Web pages are primarily an on-screen medium, the problem is when I want to print out a Web page, too often horrible formatting and ultra-wide banner ads cause the text on the right of the page to get cropped in normal "Portrait" mode requiring me to reprint in "Landscape" mode. I'm not saying that you can't move to 1024x768 formatting, just follow standards so that your pages are consistent across a number of resolutions. And please remember that people also print your pages...
It's the other features such as Search, Labels, Conversations, Keyboard Shortcuts, and a lightning-fast interface that leverage the larger storage space. Anyone can offer tons of space, but unless you provide tools to effectivly utilize it, it's just space.
Yahoo now matches Gmail in message size capacity, so Yahoo won't have pissed off subscribers trying to send or receive large attachments between Yahoo and Gmail accounts.
...we just went to an large vacant parking lot(school, mall, etc.) on the weekends and drove around. Simple, safe, and educational. It's better than any video game...
...its lack of an integrated camera. This means that it's "corporate-friendly", something Sony's UX-50 was not (and it's the ONLY reason I bought a Palm Tungsten T3 unstead of the UX-50.)
While Sony is often known for pricier products, this really seems like an excellent form factor and feature set, but at over $2000, it seems very expensive.
When the price drops to the around the $1000 mark, they could sell a ton of these.
OK, I know that we geeks love the best of the best of the best..with honors...but do we really need high-definition or DVD-quality recordings? Sure, these kinds of recordings definitely look the best, but at what cost? I'll gladly admit that the company with the best quality for the lowest price will probably come out ahead, but why not leverage slightly worse picture quality to provide better bandwidth usage and greater choice? Current Cable and Satellite TV certainly aren't typically "DVD-quality".
Case and point: I own a ReplayTV 5040 digital video recorder. It has three MPEG-2 recording levels: "High", "Medium", and "Standard". "High" is excellent for watching sports and fast action, yielding very littly artifacting. "Standard", on the other hand, is great for "Talking Head" shows like news and talk shows that have little action. "Medium" falls somewhere in between. Contrary to popular trends where people typically record everything at High quality "to get the best picture", I record everything in Medium quality because it simply is an excellent comporomise between quality and file size. (I can burn about 3 hours of Medium quality video to a DVD, and it looks great.)
The question is what will they really be using it for? I don't see anything wrong with providing "just the basics" on a system that's pretty locked down..
For example, you should be able to install Windows XP Pro and create a user acocunt with very limited rights. Give them access to Internet Explorer, Word (or AbiWord), and some other basics. Other than that, keep pretty much everything else locked down.
Also, leverage XP's Remote Desktop so you can connect as Administrator to tweak or fix things.
No, they won't be able to install new stuff, and they will be very limited to what they have at their disposal, but really, this is a vacation house. If they want full functionmality, they can bring their own laptop and jack in.
THEY want ME to use MY computing resurces to render THEIR movies, and then charge ME exorbitant prices at the theater to see it? Bah! How about sending me a free DVD for my effort, then I'll consider it.
And then Google will promptly reduce the storage space or begin charging for it. Also, don't forget that Gmail won't allow attachments that contain.exe's, even if they are included in archives. Yes, you could work around this, but c'mon, people, if you really need that kind of storage space, either invest in some decent Thumb Drives or pony up for your own server.
Only as much as the user keeps. Contrary to some of the false hype, Gmail does not permanently store every email you send or receive. You have the option of permanently deleting any email you want, spam included. Gmail just gives you lots of room and excellent tools to manage those emails you want to save.
You're missing a key point: Space is not the only issue. I have over 300 offline emails that I have archived over the years that I would LOVE to get imported into Gmail. Mainly, these are emails such as product registrations, "memorable" emails from family and friends, and a myriad of tidbits that I've saved over the years. By leveraging Gmail's extended capacity as well as its excellent Search and Label functionality, I could more efficiently manage these archived emails and new emails far better than I can now, and I could keep them online for instant access. Only added capacity AND functionality makles this possible.
I certainly hope the HTML editor fixes their current forwarding problem: Whenever you forward a message that is HTML-formatted, and the message contains links and images, either inline or externally referenced, ALL formatting is stripped out and ONLY the text portion is forwarded.
"A primary concern will be preventing hacking, etc. A VPN may be sufficient to transport the data securely between the home-office and the company, but there is no guarantee that it will be safe on the employee's computer. Companies can prevent a lot of attacks by installing a good firewall. But it is virtually impossible to require the tech staff to monitor all offsite installations. "
While I agree that there is no guarantee, and I agree that we must implement proper measures to ensure security, let's not forget that regardless of where people are located, people are still people. If you hire someone who is incompetent or has no integrity, it doesn't matter where they are located, they'll still act accordingly. Yes, they may be more likely to do "bad stuff" from home, but they'sll still do it...
"You are forgetting that first off, a boss has no control over someone working from home."
I disagree...to the extent that a teleworker's job must be measurable and accountable. My wife, who now teleworks from home full-time doing accounting-related work, is given specific duties, tasks, and goals. As long as she performs in a competent and timely manner, it's a non-issue. Of course, that would hold true regardless if of where her "office" is located.
It's also a matter of integrity and discipline. The reality is that not everyone is cut out to be an independent worker. My wife is very diligent and self-disciplined, so she has no problem working from home. Me, I often get distracted, so I would question just how well I would do at home. At least I know that, though.
My wife and I recently relocated to another state because I took a new job, and the company she works for let her keep her position but work from our new house. I know that's not that common yet, but with the availability of technologies like broadband, scanners, VPN, conference calls, and NetMeeting, her job experience really isn't that different from what it was when she was "in the office". The only real change is the lack of face-to-face social contact. Only time will tell the impact of that.
And as to how much work does she get done from home? Somehow, she manages to get her all of her "company" work done, gets a chance to rest, and even does the laundry. Boy, am I lucky or what?!?
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Dude, that's what the "Archive" button is for! Basically, every message is tagged with a hidden "Inbox" Label. When you click Archive, it simply removes that Label. If you have assigned another Label, then that message will appear in the corresponding Label's view. If not, that message, along with all Labeled messages, appears in the "All Mail" view.
Learn to use "Archive"--it really keeps your Inbox clean!
Go to my GmailTips.com site for some more Gmail Tips!
Just follow standards so that your pages nicely scale, and you won't have to worry! A real-world example is that my parents' less-than-stellar eyesight requires that they keep their resolutions much smaller than 1024x768 meaning that pages of larger resolution require left and right scrolling. This not only is a hassle, but some of the intended "design" of the page is lost if the user can't see it all.
Make your page scalable, and you'll have a winner.
While I realize that Web pages are primarily an on-screen medium, the problem is when I want to print out a Web page, too often horrible formatting and ultra-wide banner ads cause the text on the right of the page to get cropped in normal "Portrait" mode requiring me to reprint in "Landscape" mode. I'm not saying that you can't move to 1024x768 formatting, just follow standards so that your pages are consistent across a number of resolutions. And please remember that people also print your pages...
It's the other features such as Search, Labels, Conversations, Keyboard Shortcuts, and a lightning-fast interface that leverage the larger storage space. Anyone can offer tons of space, but unless you provide tools to effectivly utilize it, it's just space.
...but the new 10MB per message size limit.
Yahoo now matches Gmail in message size capacity, so Yahoo won't have pissed off subscribers trying to send or receive large attachments between Yahoo and Gmail accounts.
...we just went to an large vacant parking lot(school, mall, etc.) on the weekends and drove around. Simple, safe, and educational. It's better than any video game...
...its lack of an integrated camera. This means that it's "corporate-friendly", something Sony's UX-50 was not (and it's the ONLY reason I bought a Palm Tungsten T3 unstead of the UX-50.)
While Sony is often known for pricier products, this really seems like an excellent form factor and feature set, but at over $2000, it seems very expensive.
When the price drops to the around the $1000 mark, they could sell a ton of these.
OK, I know that we geeks love the best of the best of the best..with honors...but do we really need high-definition or DVD-quality recordings? Sure, these kinds of recordings definitely look the best, but at what cost? I'll gladly admit that the company with the best quality for the lowest price will probably come out ahead, but why not leverage slightly worse picture quality to provide better bandwidth usage and greater choice? Current Cable and Satellite TV certainly aren't typically "DVD-quality".
Case and point: I own a ReplayTV 5040 digital video recorder. It has three MPEG-2 recording levels: "High", "Medium", and "Standard". "High" is excellent for watching sports and fast action, yielding very littly artifacting. "Standard", on the other hand, is great for "Talking Head" shows like news and talk shows that have little action. "Medium" falls somewhere in between. Contrary to popular trends where people typically record everything at High quality "to get the best picture", I record everything in Medium quality because it simply is an excellent comporomise between quality and file size. (I can burn about 3 hours of Medium quality video to a DVD, and it looks great.)
The question is what will they really be using it for? I don't see anything wrong with providing "just the basics" on a system that's pretty locked down..
For example, you should be able to install Windows XP Pro and create a user acocunt with very limited rights. Give them access to Internet Explorer, Word (or AbiWord), and some other basics. Other than that, keep pretty much everything else locked down.
Also, leverage XP's Remote Desktop so you can connect as Administrator to tweak or fix things.
No, they won't be able to install new stuff, and they will be very limited to what they have at their disposal, but really, this is a vacation house. If they want full functionmality, they can bring their own laptop and jack in.
While I certainly enjoyed Doom more, didn't Castle Woolfenstein pre-date Doom by about a year or so?
THEY want ME to use MY computing resurces to render THEIR movies, and then charge ME exorbitant prices at the theater to see it? Bah! How about sending me a free DVD for my effort, then I'll consider it.
...as stupid does.
...because my home network equipment only has 100Mbps adapters, and I can't afford to upgrade them all.
And then Google will promptly reduce the storage space or begin charging for it. Also, don't forget that Gmail won't allow attachments that contain .exe's, even if they are included in archives. Yes, you could work around this, but c'mon, people, if you really need that kind of storage space, either invest in some decent Thumb Drives or pony up for your own server.
Only as much as the user keeps. Contrary to some of the false hype, Gmail does not permanently store every email you send or receive. You have the option of permanently deleting any email you want, spam included. Gmail just gives you lots of room and excellent tools to manage those emails you want to save.
You're missing a key point: Space is not the only issue. I have over 300 offline emails that I have archived over the years that I would LOVE to get imported into Gmail. Mainly, these are emails such as product registrations, "memorable" emails from family and friends, and a myriad of tidbits that I've saved over the years. By leveraging Gmail's extended capacity as well as its excellent Search and Label functionality, I could more efficiently manage these archived emails and new emails far better than I can now, and I could keep them online for instant access. Only added capacity AND functionality makles this possible.
That's like someone with the last name "McDonald" trying to sue McDonalds just because their Great Grandmother cooked up a decent hamburger.
I certainly hope the HTML editor fixes their current forwarding problem: Whenever you forward a message that is HTML-formatted, and the message contains links and images, either inline or externally referenced, ALL formatting is stripped out and ONLY the text portion is forwarded.
This SIGNIFICANTLY reduces Gmail's usefulness.
It's also a matter of integrity and discipline. The reality is that not everyone is cut out to be an independent worker. My wife is very diligent and self-disciplined, so she has no problem working from home. Me, I often get distracted, so I would question just how well I would do at home. At least I know that, though.
My wife and I recently relocated to another state because I took a new job, and the company she works for let her keep her position but work from our new house. I know that's not that common yet, but with the availability of technologies like broadband, scanners, VPN, conference calls, and NetMeeting, her job experience really isn't that different from what it was when she was "in the office". The only real change is the lack of face-to-face social contact. Only time will tell the impact of that.
And as to how much work does she get done from home? Somehow, she manages to get her all of her "company" work done, gets a chance to rest, and even does the laundry. Boy, am I lucky or what?!?
Dropping "Call For Help" actually makes sense considering Leo Laporte's departure. That show really was "his" show.
...Anyone who has been watching faithfully knows that things started going down hill when Kate Botello left! ;-)