Comments on: Battle of the Titans – Google Gmail vs. Outlook http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/google-gmail-versus-outlook/ Internet Marketing, Branding and Web Development for B2B Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:45:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Straight North http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/google-gmail-versus-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-9034 Straight North Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:51:13 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=842#comment-9034 Hi Rose, This post was written a few years ago. Since 2008, Google has done surprisingly little to enhance Gmail, and in my opinion the recent design "upgrade" worsened the user experience. I still use Gmail for personal email but our agency uses Outlook. Other than the labels versus folders issues, Outlook seems like a better enterprise solution at this point. Hi Rose, This post was written a few years ago. Since 2008, Google has done surprisingly little to enhance Gmail, and in my opinion the recent design “upgrade” worsened the user experience. I still use Gmail for personal email but our agency uses Outlook. Other than the labels versus folders issues, Outlook seems like a better enterprise solution at this point.

]]> By: Rose http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/google-gmail-versus-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-9033 Rose Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:39:11 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=842#comment-9033 Gmail is the email of choice by my new employer and it is frankly driving me crazy. I am a heavy user of email / attachments and really miss the flexibility Outlook has to open documents and forward from inside the MS office document;create a spreadshee and send from within the spreadsheet. Did this all the time. Also, with Gmail it seems you can't have more than one email open at once so if you want to look something up in a difference email, you lose your place where you were at - or it saves it to the drafts folder and then the new message is way down at the bottom so you have to scroll down to get to it. Then it is in a small little window box, rather than the full screen to begin with. I do like the labels, but to be honest, I didn't have huge issues finding things with Outlook. With the message strings, I find that it conbines emails so if two emails come in from two different people with the same subject, it is easy to miss one of them because they stack. In Outlook, it told me if I already replied to an email. That was handy. Sorry, just not coming up with the positives to stick with Gmail. Considering asking IT to load Outlook on my machine. If anyone knows how to overcome some of these time wasters with gmail. I am all ears. My staff all are heavy with attachments as well and it is just not efficient. Rose Gmail is the email of choice by my new employer and it is frankly driving me crazy. I am a heavy user of email / attachments and really miss the flexibility Outlook has to open documents and forward from inside the MS office document;create a spreadshee and send from within the spreadsheet. Did this all the time.

Also, with Gmail it seems you can’t have more than one email open at once so if you want to look something up in a difference email, you lose your place where you were at – or it saves it to the drafts folder and then the new message is way down at the bottom so you have to scroll down to get to it. Then it is in a small little window box, rather than the full screen to begin with.

I do like the labels, but to be honest, I didn’t have huge issues finding things with Outlook.

With the message strings, I find that it conbines emails so if two emails come in from two different people with the same subject, it is easy to miss one of them because they stack.

In Outlook, it told me if I already replied to an email. That was handy.

Sorry, just not coming up with the positives to stick with Gmail. Considering asking IT to load Outlook on my machine.

If anyone knows how to overcome some of these time wasters with gmail. I am all ears. My staff all are heavy with attachments as well and it is just not efficient.

Rose

]]> By: Brad Shorr http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/google-gmail-versus-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-8116 Brad Shorr Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:26:10 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=842#comment-8116 Hi Bonnie, Yes, I'm still really happy with Gmail. Our agency uses Outlook, so I'm back to two systems, but that just reinforces my opinion that Gmail is better. All systems have weaknesses, though, and I hope you are able to work through your issues. Hi Bonnie, Yes, I’m still really happy with Gmail. Our agency uses Outlook, so I’m back to two systems, but that just reinforces my opinion that Gmail is better. All systems have weaknesses, though, and I hope you are able to work through your issues.

]]> By: Bonnie http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/google-gmail-versus-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-8105 Bonnie Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:25:40 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=842#comment-8105 OK. It's been nearly 3 years since you first posted this article. Are you still as jazzed about the switch from Outlook to Google? I'm just now switching and am having some problems. Wondered if this is still the way to go. Thanks. OK. It’s been nearly 3 years since you first posted this article. Are you still as jazzed about the switch from Outlook to Google? I’m just now switching and am having some problems. Wondered if this is still the way to go. Thanks.

]]> By: Michael Wong http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/google-gmail-versus-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-2482 Michael Wong Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:48:42 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=842#comment-2482 Thank you very much. you fully explain the difference between Gmail and outlook. it is very useful to me to having a good concept in these two appliction. Thank you very much. you fully explain the difference between Gmail and outlook. it is very useful to me to having a good concept in these two appliction.

]]> By: Desktop Email Client vs. GMail: Why desktop mail clients are still better than the GMail interface « Hype Cycles http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/google-gmail-versus-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-2481 Desktop Email Client vs. GMail: Why desktop mail clients are still better than the GMail interface « Hype Cycles Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:03:34 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=842#comment-2481 [...] by many on this subject. As long ago as 2005, Cedric pronounced his verdict. Brad Shorr had a more measured comparison that I read before I made the switch about a month ago. Lifehacker pronounced the definitive [...] [...] by many on this subject. As long ago as 2005, Cedric pronounced his verdict. Brad Shorr had a more measured comparison that I read before I made the switch about a month ago. Lifehacker pronounced the definitive [...]

]]> By: Brad Shorr http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/google-gmail-versus-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-2480 Brad Shorr Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:48:48 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=842#comment-2480 Carenna, You can do that pretty easily by using Groups for your contacts. Not sure how to send an email to all contacts in gmail, though. Carenna, You can do that pretty easily by using Groups for your contacts. Not sure how to send an email to all contacts in gmail, though.

]]> By: Carenna Willmont http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/google-gmail-versus-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-2479 Carenna Willmont Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:37:13 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=842#comment-2479 Another major question I have in order to make a decision to switch from outlook to gmail is with outlook I can send an email to my entire list in seconds before I switched to outlook I used yahoo online mail service and it was always a pain. Anyone know if we can send many emails at once with out trouble with gmail? Another major question I have in order to make a decision to switch from outlook to gmail is with outlook I can send an email to my entire list in seconds before I switched to outlook I used yahoo online mail service and it was always a pain. Anyone know if we can send many emails at once with out trouble with gmail?

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]]> By: Brad Shorr http://www.straightnorth.com/blog/google-gmail-versus-outlook/comment-page-1/#comment-2477 Brad Shorr Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:00:10 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=842#comment-2477 John, I've heard about Xobni but had no idea what it does until now. Thanks for the tip! Karen, Nick's article has influenced scads of people, hasn't it? Google Docs is a great tool, but some of my clients are just too comfortable with Office to try it. I never heard of Sandy or Milk either, but here's a post that compares them - http://tinyurl.com/3bcvb3. Cath, Let us know how it goes. Every day I feel more comfortable with Gmail after those years of Outlook, if that helps. John, I’ve heard about Xobni but had no idea what it does until now. Thanks for the tip!

Karen, Nick’s article has influenced scads of people, hasn’t it? Google Docs is a great tool, but some of my clients are just too comfortable with Office to try it. I never heard of Sandy or Milk either, but here’s a post that compares them – http://tinyurl.com/3bcvb3.

Cath, Let us know how it goes. Every day I feel more comfortable with Gmail after those years of Outlook, if that helps.

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