irefay Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 "Last October, we launched a rewritten code base for the Gmail user interface to Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2 users. Since then, we've added support for Safari 3 and Firefox 3 and improved performance in other browsers. This new code base included major performance improvements and provided us with a solid foundation for launching new features such as colored labels, group chat and rich emoticons, invisible mode, AIM integration, Gmail Labs, an updated contact manager, and remote sign out.The newest version of Gmail pushes modern browser technology to the limit, so initially we weren't able to make it available to those of you who use IE6. Because it was released way back in 2001, IE6 wasn't able to handle the complexity of the new code in a way that met our performance and stability goals. Over the last few months, we've been working with the IE engineers at Microsoft to address these issues: they released a critical update to their JavaScript implementation that fixed a performance problem with how the script engine allocates and frees memory. We also made small simplifications to the UI when it runs in IE6 to improve stability. For example, we removed the drop shadow from contact pop-ups and the rounded corners from chat moles, both of which tended to cause problems in IE6.This week, we've started to roll out Gmail's new code base to IE6 users. If you use IE6 and have the latest IE6 updates from Microsoft installed (or the specific patch that's required), you'll start seeing the features listed above. "Source: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-...or-ie6-too.htmlI dont use IE6 but Gmail has really added some nice improvements for all browsers the last few months. Then add in the firefox extintion "BetterGmail2" and I cannot help but wonder why people still use other services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Sow how much space does it give you? and the limit for attach ments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aben4rent Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Sow how much space does it give you? and the limit for attach ments?7119mb and GROWING 20mb limit for attachments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entrimo Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I still use Hotmail cause I'm to lazy to change to Gmail. I don't send or read that much emails anyway, so it works just fine for me. :> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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