Gmail Becomes World's Top Email Service

[kaisellgren]

While I (and others here) love the single-sign-on surrounding Gmail and other Google sites/services, I really hope Mozilla's Persona Single Sign On idea takes foot because it would unify the experience around the entire Internet despite of which company is behind some particular website. I just want to log in once, and be connected to every site whether that's Youtube or Tom's.

 

[mrmaia]

Until GMail provides unlimited mailbox storage, I'm sticking with Yahoo.

And what's more, I don't want Google to link everything I do on their services to my email address. Linking to my IP is already s***ty enough.

 

[tripledouce]

Well thats what happens when every andriod device needs a google account to activate.

 

[DragFire24]

I returned to using a little more of Gmail just beacuse of my android OS smartphone. Other than that I must say that Outlook (as in the new www.outlook.com) is superior in practically anything. I am not a Microsoft fanboy nor a Google fanboy and cannot understand how Google Gmail is getting so much attention when Microsoft Outlook is better, I think it is just because for an android phone you need a google account; ie: Gmail/Youtube account.

Some here are saying about the system that Google uses in never deleting anything, in outlook I never deleted anything. The best thing about outlook compared to gmail is the forward/reply system, when using gmail the emails get cluttered and a pain to read old replys and such, in outlook on the other hand is a lot better.

If you don't agree with me first try it and then reply/comment. Also, Skydrive integration now gives 25GB of free storage all in one place since my email account has been there before skydrive was out. If I am missing something about Gmail please point it out...

 

[DragFire24]

[citation][nom]kronos_cornelius[/nom]I started using gmail as my default email because its model was to never delete anything. It was also the first decent spam filter. So I have my life story starting like 7 years ago. I also liked that I could switch Internet service providers not being tied to an ISP (This is a legacy bad experience from the dial-up days).I used to have Yahoo and Hotmail, but hotmail kept deleting my records every time I would go more than 2 months not using it so I stopped it years ago. I had Yahoo as well, but the GUI looked so 90's I stopped using it.Reading this news I realize I thought Gmail had being number one for at least 6 years.The whole Google ecosystem is very useful. Plus you can mix and match the services with other cloud company services, unlike other golden cage companies.[/citation]


As for my experiance using Hotmail I never had a single email deleted from my account. My account was created in around 2006 and I still have the very first emails I had at the time. Actually none from Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail ever deleted anything from my accounts, even when they had a small limit of space.

 

[michaelahess]

I use all three for various purposes. Hotmail/Outlook is still my favorite from a website usability standpoint. I use gmail for all my voice, docs, etc, etc, integration, yahoo is just for random crap I don't want to get spammed on.

My Hotmail account get's almost NO spam, had it since 1 month after they launched. Just don't be stupid on the internet and spam is easy to avoid.

 

[Guest]

I use my hotmail account for registering on other online services and skydrive (can't sneeze at 25gb). Other than that, it's all gmail.

 

[jakes69]

I use Hotmail for business...gmail for non-business related.

 

[bhavdeep]

Yes, Gmail is a best email service provider. Well, I also use email.biz and ymail email providers.