waider | GMail: first impressions (Reply)

Ok. First impressions of the much-talked-about GMail service, now that I've scored an account (thanks, k!):

Damn, this is slow.
Where's the POP/IMAP access?
How do I delete this mess... oh, I can move it to trash. Now how do I get rid of it from trash? Ah, right. Extra options on the actions menu in the trash folder. Clunky.
What's with all the new windows? Can't I just keep it in the same window as I'm already running[1]?
Hmm, I do like the little Loading tag on the top right.

So mostly I don't think I'll be doing much with this: generally speaking, I hate webmail systems, because no matter how much work you do on the UI it's still browser-based which as previously mentioned is something that bugs me a whole lot. I read email in emacs, thanks, and I'd rather I was able to continue doing that. More to follow, I'm sure.

[1] Mozilla allegedly has an option to make this "open in new tab" instead. It doesn't work for me. And if I disable the window.open call entirely I break a bunch of other stuff. So. For now I am concentrating huge amounts of hate on anyone who feels it is necessary to open a whole new window just because I clicked on a link. (for the record, I don't mind discreet popups, such as the Gmail Contacts window. That's fine. Whole New Windows = Teh Bad, though)

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