Comments on: Gmail: Maybe the “G” Stands for “Gone”? http://technologizer.com/2008/08/11/gmail-maybe-the-g-stands-for-gone/ Reviews, News, and Opinion About Personal Technology by Harry McCracken & Friends Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:09:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Down and Out With Gmail | Technologizer http://technologizer.com/2008/08/11/gmail-maybe-the-g-stands-for-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-24857 Down and Out With Gmail | Technologizer Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:30:54 +0000 http://technologizer.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-24857 [...] a little self-flagellation at the moment, since I’ve placed so much trust in Gmail (despite prior evidence it’s not perfect) that I don’t even use its IMAP capabilities to download mail via a traditional client. When [...] [...] a little self-flagellation at the moment, since I’ve placed so much trust in Gmail (despite prior evidence it’s not perfect) that I don’t even use its IMAP capabilities to download mail via a traditional client. When [...]

]]> By: Gmail Gets Offline Access (Finally!) | Technologizer http://technologizer.com/2008/08/11/gmail-maybe-the-g-stands-for-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-8394 Gmail Gets Offline Access (Finally!) | Technologizer Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:47:48 +0000 http://technologizer.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-8394 [...] boonies, you might only care about offline access for those rare moments when your connection (or Gmail itself) has temporarily conked out. Even then, it would still be handy… ShareThis [...] [...] boonies, you might only care about offline access for those rare moments when your connection (or Gmail itself) has temporarily conked out. Even then, it would still be handy… ShareThis [...]

]]> By: John McCain: Secret Wikipedia Fan? | Technologizer http://technologizer.com/2008/08/11/gmail-maybe-the-g-stands-for-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-361 John McCain: Secret Wikipedia Fan? | Technologizer Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:25:55 +0000 http://technologizer.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-361 [...] Says It’s Sorry After today’s Gmail outage, Google has apologized–profusely–on its official Gmail blog. As far as I can tell, few [...] [...] Says It’s Sorry After today’s Gmail outage, Google has apologized–profusely–on its official Gmail blog. As far as I can tell, few [...]

]]> By: Dave Mackey http://technologizer.com/2008/08/11/gmail-maybe-the-g-stands-for-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Dave Mackey Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:49:33 +0000 http://technologizer.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-332 I saw the message about 2 hours ago, and thought nothing more of it, until I saw your post show up in the blog feed of my redesigned homepage. Then I went onto Gmail and found it working fine. End of story. Yes, it's a core tool, but it's nothing for me (at least) to be alarmist about. I saw the message about 2 hours ago, and thought nothing more of it, until I saw your post show up in the blog feed of my redesigned homepage. Then I went onto Gmail and found it working fine. End of story. Yes, it’s a core tool, but it’s nothing for me (at least) to be alarmist about.

]]> By: AG http://technologizer.com/2008/08/11/gmail-maybe-the-g-stands-for-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-330 AG Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:59:00 +0000 http://technologizer.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-330 Gmail outages = one club of which I do not care to be a member. OTOH, now that I'm said so, I will doubtless be inducted, no? Agreed, however, that Google needs to communicate what's happening. The aw-shucks routine they do is maddening; this isn't some Twitter situation, where a glimpse of Fail Whale can soothe most ruffled feathers, or a Bloglines meltdown where one can -- shh, this is a secret -- enjoy breathing easy for a moment or two with the pressure to keep up with feeds off one's back. (Yes, I often feel oppressed by my RSS reader.) Gmail is a core tool at this point. "Don't worry your pretty little heads about it" isn't cutting it as a tech-status meme. Gmail outages = one club of which I do not care to be a member. OTOH, now that I’m said so, I will doubtless be inducted, no?

Agreed, however, that Google needs to communicate what’s happening. The aw-shucks routine they do is maddening; this isn’t some Twitter situation, where a glimpse of Fail Whale can soothe most ruffled feathers, or a Bloglines meltdown where one can — shh, this is a secret — enjoy breathing easy for a moment or two with the pressure to keep up with feeds off one’s back. (Yes, I often feel oppressed by my RSS reader.) Gmail is a core tool at this point. “Don’t worry your pretty little heads about it” isn’t cutting it as a tech-status meme.

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