Comments on: Dear GMail, http://fredericiana.com/2008/06/05/dear-gmail/ Open Source, The Web, And German-American Oddities Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:15:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ska-T http://fredericiana.com/2008/06/05/dear-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-184046 Ska-T Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:52:43 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/?p=1293#comment-184046 Regarding http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en-uk&answer=29795 The "Only allow people that I've explicitly approved to chat with me and see when I'm online" feature does not work for me. Anyone I respond to by email is automatically placed in my Chat list. It is a hassle removing them. I've written Gmail, but of course they don't respond. Regarding
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en-uk&answer=29795
The “Only allow people that I’ve explicitly approved to chat with me and see when I’m online” feature does not work for me. Anyone I respond to by email is automatically placed in my Chat list. It is a hassle removing them. I’ve written Gmail, but of course they don’t respond.

]]> By: newman http://fredericiana.com/2008/06/05/dear-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-160242 newman Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:40:33 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/?p=1293#comment-160242 amen! although as michael pointed out it could be turned off... it's still annoying.... should have had the 'switch button' somewhere more visible.. not just sitting in the setting/Chat.. (also, why 'Chat' tag? see? it BY DEFAULT forces you to 'chat' with someone you sent email to????) amen! although as michael pointed out it could be turned off… it’s still annoying….
should have had the ’switch button’ somewhere more visible.. not just sitting in the setting/Chat.. (also, why ‘Chat’ tag? see? it BY DEFAULT forces you to ‘chat’ with someone you sent email to????)

]]> By: Sam http://fredericiana.com/2008/06/05/dear-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-158820 Sam Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:24:40 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/?p=1293#comment-158820 Actually, automatically adding names to the address book is one of the features that I like most about GMail. Actually, automatically adding names to the address book is one of the features that I like most about GMail.

]]> By: Jean Pierre http://fredericiana.com/2008/06/05/dear-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-158414 Jean Pierre Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:13:45 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/?p=1293#comment-158414 It even gets worse if you decide to sync your iPhone/Apple address book with Google. Some contacts' detail information disappeared (as did all my IM contacts) and iSync will add all those useless collected addresses to your Mac's address book! It even gets worse if you decide to sync your iPhone/Apple address book with Google. Some contacts’ detail information disappeared (as did all my IM contacts) and iSync will add all those useless collected addresses to your Mac’s address book!

]]> By: Jon Smirl http://fredericiana.com/2008/06/05/dear-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-158349 Jon Smirl Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:35:18 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/?p=1293#comment-158349 I whole heartedly agree. There are over 2,500 "contacts" in my address book and the vast majority I can't remember who they are. It's so useless I haven't even looked at it in over a year. I whole heartedly agree. There are over 2,500 “contacts” in my address book and the vast majority I can’t remember who they are. It’s so useless I haven’t even looked at it in over a year.

]]> By: Fred http://fredericiana.com/2008/06/05/dear-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-158334 Fred Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:23:53 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/?p=1293#comment-158334 Michael: Thanks for pointing that out! (However arguably auto-adding to the chat is not a good default option either but at least I could switch it off). Michael: Thanks for pointing that out! (However arguably auto-adding to the chat is not a good default option either but at least I could switch it off).

]]> By: Michael Lefevre http://fredericiana.com/2008/06/05/dear-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-158328 Michael Lefevre Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:11:21 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/?p=1293#comment-158328 "who you add to my instant messenger automatically" This part of the problem you can solve - there's a setting so online status and chat is only available to people you explicitly add, rather than anyone that you're emailing... http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en-uk&answer=29795 “who you add to my instant messenger automatically”

This part of the problem you can solve – there’s a setting so online status and chat is only available to people you explicitly add, rather than anyone that you’re emailing…
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en-uk&answer=29795

]]> By: John http://fredericiana.com/2008/06/05/dear-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-158305 John Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:22:50 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/?p=1293#comment-158305 Amen Amen

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