Google has done a great job with Gmail. It has a minimalist approach coupled with exquisite functionality. A spartan interface is populated with only the tools that one needs to communicate one's message.
Speaking of communication...that is the key driver of this product. The essential idea is that with Gmail you don't just send and receive emails...you have conversations. And Gmail is configured to
display and archive those discussions in a manner totally congruent with the way you work, think, and play.
Gmail is still in beta and it is being distributed by invitation only.
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