@Super Moose: I needed to teach my Mom how to email and leave her with a good client to use. Outlook had a much better, easier to use interface for the purposes of her use. Gmail is convenient for geeks like us, but Google's spartan design philosophy once again pales beside Office 2010

@dchall8: Outlook does have a threaded conversation view. I'm not sure why the article says it doesn't.

Why does it matter if you skip the zip when sending, if Gmail still makes me a zip when I click 'Download all'? There must be a way to download stuff from Gmail without them zipping it all up.

You guys really need to try Social Wallpapering. InterfaceLift is not the huge repository you think it is. socwall has removed my need for any other wallpaper site.

Whenever I find an extension like this for a browser, it presents a great opportunity for voice control.

"leaves beta this afternoon"

I dislike Google's design ethic. I feel like Bing would do the same thing easier on the eyes

I use Bing. I wasn't using it at the time, so I didn't notice

@Dahctor Wally: You're solving vertical real-estate issues on a small screen, how is that the same for big screens? It's very good advice (I follow much of it) but doesn't seem to address the question LH posted about what to do with your huge screen

FaceBook's News Feed isn't real-time enough for me, so I'm good with Live Feed

@rcrdGodoy: Thing is, if my smartphone only had a browser I'd hate it too

Windows Beta/Release Candidate

@CaffeineCarlton: I know that screen. I wanted to switch to Bing, but with that I would lose Search Suggestions because Chrome doesn't employ Bing's API. Why would I switch?

@CaffeineCarlton: MS was accused of screwing over competitors with a free product. On the web they are quite monopolistic, and using their product is a lock-in to their ecosystem. Face it.. they built the Omnibar the way it is for a reason, who's going to type [yahoo.com] into the bar and then search there when they…

@tselby: I agree, Microsoft's tactics weren't scary to me like Google's is. MS wanted everyone using their browser... OK, this won't really harm anyone but the competition. Google wants you wrapped up in their ecosystem with EVERYTHING you do on the web flowing through them. They tried to get data on you on your PC…

@mohler7154: No reason that can't be brought to a regular OS.. build on Mesh or expand MobileMe.

@izzy9985: It will likely just come installed on your phone

I'd buy a cell phone with an unlimited data plan and a voice plan where I pay only for each minute I actually spend talking on the phone (instead of say a 400 minute bundle)

@soopafly: "Yet, they like to take credit for them just because they sell them on their store"