Comments on: My Top Ten Websites and services http://davepress.net/2006/01/12/my-top-ten-websites-and-services/ Using the internet to make government more interesting Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:22:05 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Geoff http://davepress.net/2006/01/12/my-top-ten-websites-and-services/comment-page-1/#comment-4913 Geoff Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:53:24 +0000 http://davebriggs.wordpress.com/2006/01/12/my-top-ten-websites-and-services/#comment-4913 FeedDeom2.0 Beta is great on its own or with Newsgator Online FeedDeom2.0 Beta is great on its own or with Newsgator Online

]]> By: Dave http://davepress.net/2006/01/12/my-top-ten-websites-and-services/comment-page-1/#comment-4912 Dave Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:15:20 +0000 http://davebriggs.wordpress.com/2006/01/12/my-top-ten-websites-and-services/#comment-4912 Well... The list was unordered so I didn't mean to make it appear that Gmail was #1 in <em>that</em> sense. I've heard of all the privacy stuff (heck - I even link to it on my email page), and those other things you mention are interesting. But...I just like it. I went through a process where every year I changed email addresses, and sometimes within those years I changed mail clients, but I have stuck with the gmail for getting on for two years now, and feel no desire to change from a user's point of view. That must count for something, though I don't deny it could be getting old and settled in my ways! The quoting thing is, though, a pain in the arse. Fortunately a lot of the people I email regularly simply don't care about it; for those that do I take the time to quote properly. Well…

The list was unordered so I didn’t mean to make it appear that Gmail was #1 in that sense.

I’ve heard of all the privacy stuff (heck – I even link to it on my email page), and those other things you mention are interesting. But…I just like it. I went through a process where every year I changed email addresses, and sometimes within those years I changed mail clients, but I have stuck with the gmail for getting on for two years now, and feel no desire to change from a user’s point of view. That must count for something, though I don’t deny it could be getting old and settled in my ways!

The quoting thing is, though, a pain in the arse. Fortunately a lot of the people I email regularly simply don’t care about it; for those that do I take the time to quote properly.

]]> By: MJ Ray http://davepress.net/2006/01/12/my-top-ten-websites-and-services/comment-page-1/#comment-4911 MJ Ray Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:03:23 +0000 http://davebriggs.wordpress.com/2006/01/12/my-top-ten-websites-and-services/#comment-4911 gmail as number 1? Don't use google email services: their privacy policies are inadequate http://www.google-watch.org/gmail.html , they lock people out (always seems to reject my .coop email if it goes to a list @googlegroups, for example, and there are javascript/cookie funnies too) and the quoting and deleting interfaces suck (reportedly) which is encouraging bad behaviour with a size of effect not seen since the release of Outlook. Finally, to cap it all, google were a 2005 World Economic Forum sponsor and their "google.org" hand-outs are a marketing project. It's not like better webmails are hard to find. ippimail.com and many ISPs seem decent enough. gmail as number 1? Don’t use google email services: their privacy policies are inadequate http://www.google-watch.org/gmail.html , they lock people out (always seems to reject my .coop email if it goes to a list @googlegroups, for example, and there are javascript/cookie funnies too) and the quoting and deleting interfaces suck (reportedly) which is encouraging bad behaviour with a size of effect not seen since the release of Outlook. Finally, to cap it all, google were a 2005 World Economic Forum sponsor and their “google.org” hand-outs are a marketing project.

It’s not like better webmails are hard to find. ippimail.com and many ISPs seem decent enough.

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