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Recently there has been an outburst of various popular email companies upgrading or adding to their services. I guess it had started with the all new Yahoo! Mail, and then the announcement of the integrated web messenger & rss within the yahoo mail interface.
Then came the new Hotmail now known as Windows Live Mail, and with it all comparisons of Hotmail with Gmail such as this one. Yesterday Yahoo! announced unlimited space for their inbox, however that doesnt compare with the lesser known, Gawab which offer free unlimited attachments.
However leaving all of these behind, arrives Orgoo! Yes, wierd name but hey the promos seem great and I am sure Many people will be turning to Orgoo soon….
Why? because this Ajax based web client (that comes with an outlook style appearance) integrates instant messaging from all of the major IM providers directly into the interface as well as email from popular web based services such as Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo Mail! At the moment however they are still in their beta stage, and u can sign up for an invitation!
Just wishing My Mum, and All those around the World A Very Happy Mother’s Day!
Just Remember, ‘Heaven Lies Under the Feet of Mothers’
Keep that in mind, and Inshallah Paradise will be yours!
Lately I’ve become addicted to RSS… I decided to do a quick note of what i think of the 2 most common readers, Google Reader and Bloglines. Let me start with Bloglines.
As soon as i signed up for a Bloglines account, I went to the ‘Quick Pick Subscriptions’ sections, and ticked a few of the options available under various topics clicked on ‘Subscribe to my selections’ and then i received an error message, something to the effect that my selection could not be processed. However I did manage to add a few subscriptions manually. I later found out that they were experiencing some technical glitches… hence the error messages. I noticed that, the interface is very cluttered and not very user friendly. Another thing i didn’t like was that if I click on a feed, it will immediately mark all items as read unless you check the ‘keep new’ box.
Its not like there was nothing i liked about Bloglines, I really like some features:
- The search feature (because its useful and Google Reader does not have a search)
- The clippings feature
- The blog feature. However, it would have been better if instead of publishing to the Bloglines blog, one was able to publish to an external Blog App of choice, e.g. WordPress.
- Bloglines is Web Based!!! -easy access from anywhere.
Ok… Lets move on to Google Reader
Let me start by mentioning that the new interface is still in the ‘Labs’ so a few things might not be up to the mark, but i really think that Google Reader IS THE BEST web based RSS reader available. It has everything multiple viewing options, keyboard shortcuts, integrated podcast/mp3 player, auto sorting and tags to name a few. The interface is clean, neat and organised. The only thing missing from this is a Search option, that is desperately needed. If you add a few scripts from Greasemonkey, your in for an RSS treat! If u already use another RSS reader, its easy to import (and export) your OPML file directly into Google Reader…
Both these RSS readers are leaders in their own right, and that is exactly why the two are neck and neck at the top of web based readers. I suppose it does boil down to popularity and user taste in the end. Personally i don’t see myself moving away from Google Reader in the near future, but I think if Bloglines just works on their Layout a bit, I might be tempted to make the switch!….
Came back from Joburg again… this trip was really hectic… Went to Pretoria, Bruma, Kensington, Rosebank, Mayfair all in one day!…At least most things that we went for are done, there is still a lot of pending work, I guess it has to be left for the next trip. Managed to even visit the franchise expo in Sandton, it was interesting but… a lot of the franchisees did not exhibit, I wonder why. Only a couple of things got me interested but not enough to further pursue them.
On the way we managed to catch the full moon rising, it was one of the most beautiful sights ever! One of those moments when you wish you could capture every moment of Allah’s (S.W.T) beauty and share it with the world…
Had another orthodontic appointment as well, and this time had my bands changed to a metallic, darker blue than before. It gives my teeth a really blue look… so far reactions have been as expected… ‘OOooos and Aaahs’ from enthusiasts, and ‘Oh my God what have u done?’ from spoil sports… either way, I like it so its kool…
At least the weather played out well, not like last week, when it was absolutely freezing… There was an Ijtima being held and about 20000 people joined in from all over the world, they were subjected to some very harsh weather, but at least they all believe in unanimity it was worth it!
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