The Marvels of Gmail
by Chris on Nov.16, 2006, under Tech
I know the whole world’s getting a bit tired of the all the rah-rah for Google, but besides being generally on the ball with good usable stuff, every now and then they pull something out of their hat that just makes your day.
For example… I have a colleague stuck in the sticks in Mexico who needed some touch-ups done on some UI screens he was working on. They were too big for our work server, so I suggested he mail them to my gmail account. Obviously no problems there. That’s not my point.
The mail comes through and I see all these images come to about 15 MB. Silently cursing to myself about what a dolt he is for not zipping these things, I click on the ‘download all’ button, expecting to say goodbye to a not insignificant portion of my remainging monthly ADSL cap.
Lo and behold, Gmail comes back with a neatly packaged zip file, less than 300kB in total, which I downloaded in a matter of seconds!
Thank you, Google
PS: for another good rah-rah blog I recommend Google Operating System (not affiliated with Google in any way).
November 20th, 2006 on 8:00 am
New look, Chris? I like it
November 20th, 2006 on 8:10 am
Hmm. Was expecting a backlash for the colour scheme. Oh well
I’m not too stoked with the green, but I really dig the layout. Might doctor it a bit when I have the time
November 20th, 2006 on 5:10 pm
Ah. Well, I wouldn’t stray too far – the green works well. And now you also get to say your website is green, which is the trendy thing to be these days!
The layout and style is good too. Is this a theme/skin type thing for WordPress?
November 20th, 2006 on 6:08 pm
Yip.
Check the link at the very bottom of the page (designed by…)
Seems like the next version will have colour configuration, so I’ll hang out till then
November 20th, 2006 on 10:28 pm
Or maybe I won’t
November 21st, 2006 on 8:54 am
This isn’t too bad actually. Considerably more tasteful than some of the previous incarnations
November 21st, 2006 on 8:55 am
A happy balance, I think
November 23rd, 2006 on 5:35 pm
Hey Chris
I like the new colours and layout, very tidy