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Aug 13, 2007
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 I’ve been a huge fan of Meebo ever since the day they started, or rather since the day I heard about them. A website that enables you to chat using your Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, AIM and own Meebo account without having the software installed for these IRC’s. It’s simply brilliant, finally someone saw that people don’t always want to install messenger, or Google Talk..they want to use their accounts on any machine anywhere…the chat window is embedded in the actual web page, which can pop-out to create a pretty cool and similar looking window as the actual software-GUI.
I like the young look for the homepage-very sharp. Among Meebo's nice touches are a typing indicator (so you can see if someone is responding to a message you've sent) and a time stamp (so you know when messages arrived). The service's software also lets you mouse over names on your buddy list to see how long they've been connected.
I noticed that it doesn’t require registration, but you get some added functionality if you do choose to register. One extra is a single sign-on for all of your IM accounts. Meebo allows registered users to save chat logs, store conversations, and add personalized touches such as icons and skins to the application.
Just like many new Web-based IM services I’ve come across, Meebo also carries some difficulty notifying you when a new message arrives. To make the browser tab blink, or to set a flashing icon in your system tray, you'd have to download software--which defeats the primary purpose of using a Web-based service, so Meebo doesn't offer this option.
Overall, Meebo gives you a handy way to access your IM account when you're away from your PC. And it's so easy to use that you may want to consider it as a replacement for your bloated desktop client.
So for all my friends who want to chat online but don’t have the software installed, or have firewalls in place that prevent chatting, head over to Meebo. But watch out guys, it might decrease your productivity levels unbelievably!
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Aug 08, 2007
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 Thanks to my friend who invited me to open an account with GMail few years back. I remember the first thing I noticed after logging in was that Google’s email had a simplistic interface, which I liked. The UI of GMail was drastically different than anything I’ve ever used for email before. Here are a few excellent advantages of having a Gmail account:
The Standard version of GMail is supported on most browsers. If you are on an older version of Internet Explorer or Netscape then you don't get all the features but you do get a basic HTML version.
You can configure your GoogleMail address to work with Outlook if you would rather use MS Outlook or keep more than one email address together. I find though that even after only a relatively short time, I hardly ever use my other email address now. I can go days and days without even checking it The advantage of using the POP settings is you can work off line and access your emails, so read and reply off line, then connect to send and receive.
I love the fact that all the contacts are auto-stored so you do not have to do anything. If you want to send an email, you can just type the first letter of their name in the "to:" box and you will get a drop down menu.
The next unique part is that all the email replies are stored as one continuous conversation. So you might be having say 10 conversations with different people going on at once, and instead of 100 emails, you will just have 10 conversations in your Inbox. You can expand and collapse the conversation, and forward or reply from any point.
You also notice that there are not any advertisements with GoogleMail like there are with Hotmail and other providers.
Since I opened an email account I have never had any problems signing in, unlike on Hotmail which does go down from time to time.
Attaching files to an email is really quick and simple on GMail. Compared to Hotmail, its a whole lot quicker and better. Try and see.
I did not hold a very technical approach to this review, but I guess that it gives an idea to all of how good this email provider is.
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