Google Desktop?

Amailer · **Posted:** Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:51 pm

Google Desktop
I think its the first worthless thing I have seen made by GOOGLE, umm well it kinda seems worthless Rolling Eyes

timmytheturtle · **Posted:** Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:22 pm

Agreed, I dont like to cluter up my desktop with programs, or clutter up my taskbar.
not going to use it

josh · **Posted:** Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:50 pm

me neither. I don't usually have problems finding my files and the odd time I do the search built into windows works fine for me Very Happy

Martin · **Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:14 pm

At least it won't be too much of a slowdown for the people dumb enough to install it. It'll fit in nicely crunched between their BonsaiBuddy and SmileyCentral bars.

Google is in for some trouble if they keep spreading out as quickly as they are.

josh · **Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:30 pm

other than the google search IMO the only tool they have churned out so dar that is really usefull and good is the google toolbar (aswome popp blocker for IE) and GMAIL which is superior to hotmial and yahoo in every way possible.

Even M$ is worried about google, I think just recently they upgraded hotmail free storage to 250 MB.

Andy · **Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:02 pm

nope.. didnt happen yet

josh · **Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:10 pm

my friends acount says he is using 2% of his 250MB

Andy · **Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:15 pm

.... mine doesnt...

Dan · **Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:17 pm

rhysticlight wrote:

my friends acount says he is using 2% of his 250MB

A firend of mine also got 250mb from hotmail for no reason on one acount but not there other one.....

josh · **Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:17 pm

maybe they are updating them as they set up the storage.

Mazer · **Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:00 pm

I've got 250mb on my hotmail account. Seems to be a pretty stupid move on their behalf. Why try to compete with gmail and the other free gig email services by giving (some of ) us a simple 250mb? And if they give somebody 250mb inbox space free, what else is there to inspire one to subscribe to their premium services? Improved spam filter? I'll bet it still wouldn't let you block messages from hotmail staff.

josh · **Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:06 pm

actually hotmails spam filter was one of the main reasons that I left hotmail for gmail other than the expended storage. It rarely caught real spam messages and almost always put messages from my friends into the junkmail folder een after I told it not to.

Gmail on the other hand has an amazing spam filter. Never gotten one piece of spam in my inbox and every legitimate message gets through o.k.

In aditin Gmails UI is alot simpler and easier to use than hotmails also and i like how it treats messages as conversations back and forth.

Amailer · **Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:13 pm

Coutsos wrote:

I've got 250mb on my hotmail account. Seems to be a pretty stupid move on their behalf. Why try to compete with gmail and the other free gig email services by giving (some of ) us a simple 250mb? And if they give somebody 250mb inbox space free, what else is there to inspire one to subscribe to their premium services? Improved spam filter? I'll bet it still wouldn't let you block messages from hotmail staff.

All my hotmail accoutns are 250 MB, i just checked and they are 10% full how the hell????? Rolling Eyes

i also got a 2GB account Laughing

Maverick · **Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:48 pm

I have 2 hotmail accounts, the one account ive had for 4+ years and has 250 mb the account ive had for about a year and its only 2 mb so maybe the accounts that have been around longer have the better storage

Martin · **Posted:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:14 am

That is what they are doing.

The CPanel spamfilter is pretty awesome. Only once or twice a month a spam email gets through, and I think ours is messed up a bit.

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