From Yahoo to Google
I got my first Yahoo! email address ten years ago. It's still my primary address. Four years ago I started paying Yahoo! every month to serve as my ISP for another page I maintain.
When Yahoo! beta was first released I switched over, but quickly switched back because it seemed half-baked. When it was rolled out again I switched, but again quickly returned to the standard.
A few weeks before I heard the acquisition rumors I decided to switch to Google as my primary email and portal.
I've been a Yahoo! advocate for years, but this year they lost me for good. The new beta upgrade is actually a downgrade. Where once Yahoo! held hundreds of my RSS feeds, it now demands that I cap at three hundred, and then won't recognize when I drop to less than that. As an ISP Yahoo! will not allow me access to MySQL, and the customer service has zero explanation, except that they know it's a problem with some clients. Beyond that there is no attempt at a solution or a expectation of when the problem will be resolved. Not only that, but getting customer service is nearly impossible.
Will Google be better? I don't know. Some friends tell me I shouldn't even use a web-based email, but should switch to Thunderbird, or another email client.
As far as reading the internet goes, I think I'm off Yahoo! and replacing it with a mix of del.icio.us, bloglines, and Google.
When Yahoo! beta was first released I switched over, but quickly switched back because it seemed half-baked. When it was rolled out again I switched, but again quickly returned to the standard.
A few weeks before I heard the acquisition rumors I decided to switch to Google as my primary email and portal.
I've been a Yahoo! advocate for years, but this year they lost me for good. The new beta upgrade is actually a downgrade. Where once Yahoo! held hundreds of my RSS feeds, it now demands that I cap at three hundred, and then won't recognize when I drop to less than that. As an ISP Yahoo! will not allow me access to MySQL, and the customer service has zero explanation, except that they know it's a problem with some clients. Beyond that there is no attempt at a solution or a expectation of when the problem will be resolved. Not only that, but getting customer service is nearly impossible.
Will Google be better? I don't know. Some friends tell me I shouldn't even use a web-based email, but should switch to Thunderbird, or another email client.
As far as reading the internet goes, I think I'm off Yahoo! and replacing it with a mix of del.icio.us, bloglines, and Google.
posted by Dave at 6:41 AM
2 Comments:
Personally, I use Google Reader and Gmail both. I'm a Google nut, though.
I would make one suggestion: it's worth the extra half hour of fiddling to set up imap on your gmail account, get thunderbird, and synch 'em.
Sometimes you need that info from an email when you're offline, and it's nice to have another copy on your hard drive. Plus, you can then go the extra step of getting the Lightning and Provider plugins-- this puts a calendar on your Thunderbird that can be synced with Google calendar.
It's a nice setup, and you get the best of both online and on-site setups.
Thanks, Tad. That's an excellent idea. It never occurred to me, but I think that's what I'm going to do.
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