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wslh on May 30, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: When Excite nearly bought Google

But not like gmail. Remember that gmail was a gamechanger too: AJAX + Threaded Inbox including your sent e-mails.

sesqu on May 30, 2014 [–]

No one I knew cared about the ajax or the threaded inbox (sometimes considered anti-features). It was all about the gigabyte free space, with labels over folders a distant second.

wslh on May 31, 2014 | [–]

Yes, you are right about the storage (now I can recall the feeling). But the main point remains valid: Google was a gamechanger.

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