Gmail seems working good... after my login problems (caused by a server error) now I can send and receive mail. First impressions:
The mail listing is clear and totally personalizable (wonderful the Starred feature... you can mark an important mail as starred by clicking the star near the mail title and you can easy retrieve them (and doing special search only on starred mails).
By clicking on an email on the list, you can view the entire mail thread... a good feature to see all the history for a message. The thread is tabbed, so you can switch between every message on the thread simply by clicking on it:
Google is the number 1 of the search engines, so the first feature I've checked in these first minutes of Gmail test is the filter capabilities. Gmail search is powerful, with lots of filters, predefined or custom. The search is fast and extremely accurate:
The mail editor is simple... maybe something more accurate could be done in the next month, the same for the contact session (I don't like the popup window, too simple...).
However, first impressions are really good! 
I've finally received a Gmail invitation! 
I'm really curious to try the service but... when I'm attempting to login, this is the result:
Server Error Gmail is temporarily unavailable. Cross your fingers and try again in a few minutes. We're sorry for the inconvenience. |
A good beginning!!
Someone has the same problem?
My friend Pierre Greborio signals on his blog this new Office Wiki, a site dedicated (at least initially) to providing community sponsored documentation for the Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) for Office 2003.
Interesting!
I was reading this question on Slashdot: How To Avoid Viruses At Windows Install Time?
The contents of the user question are: "Can a home user install and update Windows without being attacked by a virus or worm? .... the machine was attacked and rendered unusable before I was able to pull down the first update from Windows Update!"
I think it's really a strange thing... I've never have a virus attack during a Windows Update cycle! 
After the reading of the question, I read the answer thread and... surprise... some people says to do 2 things that I've never done during an update and that personally I recommend not to do NEVER:
- Windows Update from third-parties site: I never recommend it! The only official Windows updates and Service Packs are on Microsoft Windows Update site and there's no reason to go out to patch your machine. Going outside is only a terrible risk.
- Disable your firewall during the update phase: this is an action that sometimes is recommended by the Windows Update process, but personally I've never done this... I have ZoneAlarm Firewall always active on my machine and I've always update my machine with ZoneAlarm turned ON. The Update process works also with your Firewall active (also with the built in Internet Conection Firewall) so... KEEP IT ON!
Oh, I forgot... keep your antivirus updated!