[Sigia-l] Does interface design matter?

[Kevin Cheng]

I have a gmail acct and use it for one particular mail list but not as
a primary for no other reason than that I'd have a fourth email to
check regularly (I could POP it into my outlook or whatever but then
... that seems even sillier since the whole advantage to me is their
threading). Conversely, I can siphon all my pops to duplicate in
Y!Mail when I want to use webmail.

For my use case, Y! wins even before interface gets seriously talked
about.

As for predictions, I thought you hated those ;)

The masses use Yahoo!, no matter what our skewed version of reality is
based on our techno peers. E-mail is probably the most habitual task
online for people. Given that, I think having an interface that's
similar to what they're used to on the desktop will win out. But that
may end up just being the same players and same distribution as Kahuna
(Hotmail) and others release.

 
Kevin Cheng (KC)
OK/Cancel: Interface Your Fears
kc at ok-cancel.com
www.ok-cancel.com
 

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::  Kevin Cheng:
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::  > To answer ziya's question, yes, I'm a user of the beta. I'm a
::  fan of
::  > it and have in fact siphoned my other pop accts to Y!mail
::  
::  So were you a GMail user and, if so, which one is better for you?
::  Any
::  predictions on which might prevail for the masses?
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