Yahoo has announced free 1 Gig of storage soon...

Lol, right after gmail bumps up to 2 gigs.

I guess the 1gb will keep their current users happy, but I doubt I'll be closing my gmail account any time soon.

Actually, Gmail went to infinity+1 ;)
Space is constantly increasing.

Everything is lame compared to Google. Google rules all. I can't wait for Google's web browser and IM service. Google is one of the most ingenius and innovative companies in a long time.

Everything is lame compared to Google. Google rules all. I can't wait for Google's web browser and IM service. Google is one of the most ingenius and innovative companies in a long time.
Its nice to say that until Google turns Microsoft-ish. Google is offering a lot of things free to normal people. Somewhere down the road they'll be charging for services, and people will be bitching and be critical of the company. Right now stuff is free and everything is good.

Their model of business and revenue generation is different and their revenue models arent expected to change for some time.

Its nice to say that until Google turns Microsoft-ish. Google is offering a lot of things free to normal people. Somewhere down the road they'll be charging for services, and people will be bitching and be critical of the company. Right now stuff is free and everything is good.

Then let us all cease using any products whatsoever and go back to every-man-farms-and-fishes-for-himself land, because the conspiracies are just too frightening. I'm sure the rest of us will think of you and wholeheartedly proclaim you our prophet when what you say comes true, because none of us believe that companies are out to earn money. That's right. We all believe Google is a charity. :rolleyes:

Go home.

Does anyone actually use the 1Gb for email?

Do you use it at all? Or do you use the space for something else than email?

email would really never take up that much room. I just use it for sending big files to people.

I use to send Mp3s to my friends.

Yeah my friend sent me a movie once. It just unfortunately takes a really long time to send big files.

I have saved every one of my emails since I started using Outlook. It has been about two years now and I have about 2,000 emails (fairly small amount compared to some people, these are only personal emails). My Outlook backup is almost 200Mb.

Gmail is an experiment in a new kind of webmail, built on the idea that you should never have to delete mail and you should always be able to find the message you want.

Gmail's goal is to allow you to never have to delete an email. If I was using a webmail service and not using Outlook, most other webmail accounts would be almost full, and I would have to start deleting some emails. I'm sure people who do a lot of e-mailing generate close to 1GB yearly.

Sending large files isn't really an issue, the attachment size limit is 10Mb. It would be pretty annoying sending a large file and splitting it up into 10Mb chunks.

So while it may not seem as though most of us need 1Gb (well, 2Gb now), over the years the amount of emails builds up. Who knows, maybe a few years from now you will want to find that email you wrote, but decided to delete because you needed more space on you webmail account. I think it's a good idea, plus it's FREE!

Google rocks ......
They've just changed the way internet looked to a layman.. Everything they touch seems to be in their search engine class..
Long live these days ....Long live gmail.. :)

I can't wait for Google's web browser and IM service.You're probably already using it: Firefox. As for an IM service... again, nothing more than rumor.
Its nice to say that until Google turns Microsoft-ish. Google is offering a lot of things free to normal people. Somewhere down the road they'll be charging for services, and people will be bitching and be critical of the company. Right now stuff is free and everything is good.Not likely to happen. They get their revenue from advertisements. But if they do charge for a service, it will likely be a good one, and with good reason.
Really, you can't have a motto like theirs (Do no evil) and end up like MS. Users wouldn't allow it.
Does anyone actually use the 1Gb for email?A few people. Not many

Not likely to happen. They get their revenue from advertisements. But if they do charge for a service, it will likely be a good one, and with good reason.
Really, you can't have a motto like theirs (Do no evil) and end up like MS. Users wouldn't allow it.

exactly.

Firefox isn't made by Google. And I'm not using it anyway. I happen to not like Firefox at all.

As for the IM service, you are right, it is only a rumor, but then again so is their browser development. I am almost sure they are going to make one, I mean IM is so popular I don't know why they wouldn't want to get in on it. AIM is almost a monopoly as it is, although I'm sure if Google started an IM service everyone would have both.

Who said AIM is a monopoly?
Only in U.S.(and not even in U.S.)
In U.S.Most People dont even like AIM,they use DEAD-AIM instead.And there are many other ones which are much popular than this :
Yahoo! for instance is used by most of the Indians and South Asians.
MSN is popular here in Dorms,in NJ

But yes,if Google enters the game,i think everyone will find hard to press on...

zion, I am talking about the AIM service, not the official AIM client. And I said ALMOST a monopoly. Other services may have a good amount of users, but I don't know a single person that has regular Internet access that doesn't have an AIM screen name. Even my mom has an AIM screen name, she barely knows how to start the computer. AIM has the majority market share by far.

And about the official AIM client...it sucks, I use Trillian :)

As far as I understand, most of Europeans using IM use ICQ. AIM is only used by my friends in US (AIM is popular here in New York city area).

zion, I am talking about the AIM service, not the official AIM client. And I said ALMOST a monopoly. Other services may have a good amount of users, but I don't know a single person that has regular Internet access that doesn't have an AIM screen name. Even my mom has an AIM screen name, she barely knows how to start the computer. AIM has the majority market share by far.

And about the official AIM client...it sucks, I use Trillian :)

I use Yahoo IM network (access with Gaim (http://gaim.sourceforge.net/) (Linux)). Wolf is right, I don't know anyone from Europe who uses AIM.

exactly,i think you are talking about U.S. dude, 'cause here AIM is much popular,but elsewhere you dont find it so popular.

As far as I understand, most of Europeans using IM use ICQ. AIM is only used by my friends in US (AIM is popular here in New York city area).
Here in GB (or at least this small area of GB) its a close thing between MSN IM and AIM. I know only 1 person with ICQ and he only got it because he wanted to fill up his trillian bar. My ICQ account has stopped working.

I roll my eyes at Brits, pardon. Yes, it's a bias statement; but I've seen ICQ being popular in Germany and Latvia.

ICQ is almost totally dead, because it's obsolete. I know a lot of brits who use Yahoo IM

Firefox isn't made by Google.That's only half true. The rumors about a Google browser were due to Google being in talks with Mozilla. But what happened is they hired their lead Firefox developer, Ben Goodgers, who spends half his time working on Firefox, and the rest on side projects at Google. He's pretty much doing the same thing, but now is being paid by Google rather than by Mozilla. So essentially Google now has a hand in developing Firefox.
And I'm not using it anyway. I happen to not like Firefox at all. Uh... why? I hope you don't use IE... At least use Opera.

Konqueror isn't all that bad too. I'm using Firefox though.

Go find a client called GAIM (http://gaim.sourceforge.net). Does whatever Trillian does, but performs better and is free.

If you've got people using all these different IM services, then just register with all of them. No problem.

I tried it, it doesn't connect. Doesn't look as good as trillian. Trillian is free you know.

I like Trillian better too, but there is no Trillian on Linux.

AIM is effective,quick and easy...Although i have all of them

I remember reading an article about google hiring programmers that were also involved in writing IE.

By the way, for Linux you can download other messaging clients that support msn, AIM and ICQ... I use GAIM.

I tried IE, Netscape, Opera, Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox but I like Firefox best.

ICQ is almost totally dead, because it's obsolete. I know a lot of brits who use Yahoo IM

And I don't know anyone who uses yahoo im.

I do.

Pig. You could at least follow your lie.

What? I've always used Yahoo IM network (Trillian, Ymessenger, Gaim or Kopete).

Alpha, I use an IE based browser called Maxthon (formerly MyIE2). No less secure than Firefox, and still has all the menus and stuff that I'm used to with IE. I'm like an alzheimers patient with Firefox. Every once in a while I decide to try it out because everyone says how great it is, forgetting how much I disliked it before. I always end up uninstalling it. It's slooooooooow, doesn't load some pages right, and doesn't have all the menus and everything that I'm used to in IE. BAH to Firefox!

Only the philistines say bah to Firefox.

Firefox has always ruled and will rule for a long time.

IM clients, browser arguments, and discussion of Google as a company. So very on topic :p
Its nice to say that until Google turns Microsoft-ish. Google is offering a lot of things free to normal people. Somewhere down the road they'll be charging for services, and people will be bitching and be critical of the company. Right now stuff is free and everything is good.
Google is actually a highly profitable company and they have been for a long time, as was seen when they went public. They have no reason to start charging for the services they currently offer for free. And, as some anecdotal evidence against Google turning "Microsoft-ish", the company was founded by guys who were and are part of the very demographic that is "anti-Microsoft/anti-establishment" the only problem arises with it going public and being forced to comply with shareholders who don't have the same views (but then, like I said, Google is very profitable so shareholders have little to complain about).

That's only half true. The rumors about a Google browser were due to Google being in talks with Mozilla. But what happened is they hired their lead Firefox developer, Ben Goodgers, who spends half his time working on Firefox, and the rest on side projects at Google. He's pretty much doing the same thing, but now is being paid by Google rather than by Mozilla. So essentially Google now has a hand in developing Firefox.Google has no more a hand in Mozilla development than Netscape and AOL had/have (and actually less).