Gmail: So Good and So Annoying

By  |  Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 10:27 am

My new TIME.com Technologizer column is on Gmail. Hey, let me quote myself:

For all of Gmail’s flaws, it has the same relationship to other e-mail clients that Churchill said democracy has to other forms of government: It’s the worst one except for everything else.

 
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  1. Tom Says:
    March 24th, 2011 at 10:56 am

    Minimalist for Gmail: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oddhbkg…

    Reclaim your gmail with this chrome extension.

  2. Harry McCracken Says:
    March 24th, 2011 at 7:47 pm

    Thanks, I'll check it out!

  3. Anonymous Says:
    May 20th, 2011 at 8:11 pm

    The way you make a software product less annoying is by offering granular, easy-to-find, numerous (not scarce) OPTIONS for every annoying "invention" that comes along so the USER can TURN IT OFF (easily, with an "X" or option) if so desired. Google "developers" get a clue please.