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No just that POP3 sync, GMail checks my Hotmail folders whenever the **** it feels like. Sometimes it's 10 minutes, sometimes it's 16 minutes, sometimes it's 36 minutes. I can't even find an area (this is all in GMail on the computer, of course.) to set a fixed "scan through my **** at this time."
Doesn't matter. Now that I got my Hotmail set up as Exchange ActiveSync, and it pushes emails, and pushes them when I GET them, not when Google scans my inbox, GMail went back to being useless for anything outside of GTalk for me again.
And concerning your post about why is Hotmail better than GMail, the new feature of showing JUST unread or JUST flagged emails is amazing. I know you can do starred in GMail, but that stupid threaded email convo's makes unreads go like pages and pages back sometimes, which is really annoying to find. Hotmail threads them now too, but you can bring them all visible with the only Unread option.
Also their Sweep feature is so handy. I like getting my thread subscription emails, but sometimes I forget to delete them and they pile up. I can sweep out every email from info@crackberry or whatever in like 10 seconds without going through my entire inbox. It's great.
Plus I just think Hotmail just looks much more polished than Gmail. It seems so basic looking and bland in comparison.Last edited by GlitchZero; 08-31-10 at 05:24 AM.
08-31-10 05:17 AM - Interesting. I used hotmail years ago and hated it. Nice to know Microsoft is raising the bar a little. Let's see if Google responds.No just that POP3 sync, GMail checks my Hotmail folders whenever the **** it feels like. Sometimes it's 10 minutes, sometimes it's 16 minutes, sometimes it's 36 minutes. I can't even find an area (this is all in GMail on the computer, of course.) to set a fixed "scan through my **** at this time."
Doesn't matter. Now that I got my Hotmail set up as Exchange ActiveSync, and it pushes emails, and pushes them when I GET them, not when Google scans my inbox, GMail went back to being useless for anything outside of GTalk for me again.
And concerning your post about why is Hotmail better than GMail, the new feature of showing JUST unread or JUST flagged emails is amazing. I know you can do starred in GMail, but that stupid threaded email convo's makes unreads go like pages and pages back sometimes, which is really annoying to find. Hotmail threads them now too, but you can bring them all visible with the only Unread option.
Also their Sweep feature is so handy. I like getting my thread subscription emails, but sometimes I forget to delete them and they pile up. I can sweep out every email from info@crackberry or whatever in like 10 seconds without going through my entire inbox. It's great.
Plus I just think Hotmail just looks much more polished than Gmail. It seems so basic looking and bland in comparison.
Although the new features sound great, I will stick with Gmail. Been with them since early beta and just don't feel like switching everything.08-31-10 12:48 PM
I personally hope that Google responds too. To have the choice between two great UI's just ends up better for me - the consumer, in the end. 