first of all, thanks to Jelita, the first guest blogger ever in the history of tedsta.com!!
i am currently in the middle of preparation for my audit mid-sem (tomm), but found myself increasingly frustrated with the whole notion of studying. So here i am, blogging.
Remember in last month’s posting, i was talkin about 1GB google mail??? Yes, its now running. Even though its not available for public yet. I have signed up to receive news but they have yet to send me any news on when i can sign up for it. BUT BUT BUT, i just realised that Blogger.com is actually owned by Google! So when i logged in to my blog, i received a special notice from blogger that i now could sign up for gMail, because i am an active blog user (=valued customer). I was so happy!! My first dissapointment is with the fact that you cant actually create a user name and thus email address less than 5 characters so there goes tedy@gmail.com…..instead i opted for emailtedy@gmail.com
I was surprised by the simple design yet, powerful functionalities that gMail offers. For once, they remove the use of folders and create labels instead. All the conversation with a person over a subject detail/matter can be put in the label. And the smooth transitioning between reply and forward functions were just amazing…NOt only that, the fact that its 1GB means that you never have to delete your messages ever (unless of course you are sharing porn files or mp3 over the emails).
It also comes with a search function that will allow you to search through your email messages (imagine if your inbox is 80% full) using Google style search…On top of that, you can create filter rules just like in Outlook where you can redirect your mails to your selected labels etc…. Its just cool… Also, they have an option to activate the keyboard shortcut while you are in google mail. If its activated, to compose an email, instead of using mouse and click Compose Mail, you can ‘c’ from your keyboard and it will open up the compose mail page..and many other shortcuts.
The only drawback is the advertisements on the right hand side.. but i dont even notice them until i was reading their explanations on how they can offer 1GB size.. While there are some privacy concerns (yes the advertisements relates to the messages in that particular email that you read), i dont think this will become a huge deal….
On the google note, i have also signed up for translation service for google. I become volunteer for the indonesian translations. its so cool.. there is no pay involved.. but i just find it exciting that you will be able to help them to translate few pages/user instructions…. next time you indonesian users using indonesian-translated google pages, some of them might have been translated by me!!!!
So for those who also get the priviledge… happy gMail… and for those who dont…. wait wait wait…patience is a virtue….hehehe..
anyway… off to my study again!