Comments on: Gmail vs. Hotmail, a Brand War

By: brum

brum — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:52:59 +0000

You have to change a setting that most don’t know exist. The point still has merit. This is a prime example of the philosophy of each product.

By: Stamp

Stamp — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:49:51 +0000

“You are first directed to a welcome page of sorts, where they advertise their latest features. I don’t like this. I’m here to see my emails, thank you very much. So I have to click on ‘inbox’ to see what’s new”

You can change that in settings, so it goes directly to your mail…

By: darleya

darleya — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:09:39 +0000

Interesting. Well to clear that up, I started using Hotmail in 97 or 98, and used it all the way up until maybe 2005 when I switched to Gmail during its Beta stage. I was impressed with Gmail from the start. I also did note that I still have an active Hotmail account for junk mail so I do know what it’s like today. Thanks for the comment!

By: Kyle Webs

Kyle Webs — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:30:03 +0000

Sounds biased….or like you used Gmail more and didn’t give Hotmail a fair chance. You couldn’t find one good thing about Hotmail and when talking about Gmail, you sound like you’re trying to sell a damn product.

By: Kindom Hearts Hentia

Kindom Hearts Hentia — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:26:12 +0000

hh. love it

By: darleya

darleya — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:32:04 +0000

Thanks Nikki, I completely forgot about the Notifier because I take it for granted. I rely on it all the time. Another big plus one for Gmail.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:12:10 +0000

My issues with MSN web based mail is it does not have a new mail notifiation like gmail has. If I want to know when new mail has arrived I have to open Messenger so it will notify me. That’s my biggest hang up with MSN web based mail.

Gmail is just functional all around really, outside of Outlook.