Comments on: You Are Not Using Google Mail!?

By: Dave Conklin

Dave Conklin — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:00:30 +0000

Google is utilizing all of their free services to monitor traffic and things “talked about” all over the net. Gmail is no exeption. SugarRae (http://www.sugarrae.com) talks about this all the time.

So… privacey? There is none. I think we just need to accept it and move on… we could live in China.

@Jon Google is playing with an offline mode right now for gmail from what I understand (http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-in-labs-offline-gmail.html#utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-bk&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=offline%20gmail)

Check it out… I know nothing about it.

By: Ben Curran

Ben Curran — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:43:47 +0000

I don’t know where the chips will land someday on privacy and gmail accounts. My understanding is that a gmail account is fully a resource for google search engine statitistics and whatever else becomes or already is legal to search.

All these google bells and whistles may come with the hefty price tag for those interested in confidentiality and privacy.
Thoughts?

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:18:52 +0000

I’m not terribly familiar with gmail as I am one who does not use it, but for me an issue with any web-based email application is that it does by nature require an internet connection. What I like about using a client-side email app is that I can read and reply to a bunch of emails while on a plane, riding (not driving!) in the car, or in whatever situation where my wireless card might be patchy at best. Worst case I can’t send the emails until I find a connection, but having it all client side on my laptop I can still do 90% of the work, then just send the emails when I have a good connection. Is there a way to accomplish this w/ Gmail?