“There is a little bit of me in AOL mail”. Well, thats true. They have ads too !! like I have on this blog. Is it really bad to have ads ? hmm I would say, No, but when I open my inbox, I am expecting my inbox first and not just ads.
First Impression ?
Yes, opening your mail will not take you directly to your inbox. You see a copy of aol.in’s home page along with some ads. So my first impression was not that good. But it could’een better if they avoided that right - left scroll ( I really hate when I have to scroll left - right on a web page )
Inbox
Inbox looked much better ! As highlighted in those ads, you have delete move etc options on each mail, which is quite innovative and user friendly. You can do the same actions in the traditional way too, ie selection few mails together and then moving it to trash or making unread etc.
It certainly has the cool look, that they concentrate on, throughout the ads.
If you compare it with Yahoo! and Gmail ?
For Gmail, its a NO, it can not reach the Gmail level of user friendly experience and feature list, but it can be a light competitor for Yahoo! mail. But if AOL works more on the user interface, make it less cluttered, and re arrange the homepage of the mail, ( come on guys, concentrate a little here too, not just ads ) it can be a tough competitor for Yahoo! mail.
19 responses so far ↓
1 | Balu | // Jan 29, 2008 at 1:56 pm
I hate AOL its vary strange mail service.. jus the design and stuff!
2 dinsan // Jan 29, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Thank you for your comment Balu…
should get more comments on this coz what I said, is not the final word right ? 
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4 Ruhi // Jan 29, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Interesting review…but I don’t have any reason for giving AOL a try. I’m happy with Yahoo and GMail.
5 dinsan // Jan 30, 2008 at 11:09 am
@ Ruhi
I get an interesting point from what you said
…….. AOL’s timing is not that good, since Yahoo! and Gmail is already popular and I dont see much space for new email providers.. 
6 Ruhi // Jan 30, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Exactly! Love live Gmail and Yahoo! Mail.
Btw, after reading your blog so much, my dislike for Google has mellowed down a bit. 
7 dinsan // Jan 30, 2008 at 3:49 pm
@ Ruhi
Why sad smile for that ? uh ? hmmm read more and more I will make you out of your Yahoo Inbox, and put in gmail
8 Ruhi // Jan 30, 2008 at 4:39 pm
LMAO . I need to stop reading your blog then.
9 dinsan // Jan 30, 2008 at 4:43 pm
@ Ruhi…..
You mean after you are inside your Gmail inbox ? I dont mind then.. but you will continue reading my blog if you get in to gmail inbox.. you will be a google addict by then !!
10 Ruhi // Jan 30, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Haha…Gawd…can’t win this fight. I give up.
11 dinsan // Jan 30, 2008 at 5:14 pm
@ Ruhi
And the winner is ……………. Google again
12 Ish // Jan 30, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Yep, exactly what I expected from AOL Mail. Is it slow also?
And, I can see Ruhi works for Tumblr and you work for Google. Both earn a lot of money, man I should really start endorsing something too. Maybe Maria Sharapova, she’s more interesting than Google and Tumblr after all. Plus, a screenshot of Sharpie would be better than a screenshot of Google or Tumblr anyday.
13 dinsan // Jan 30, 2008 at 5:43 pm
@ Ish
Yes Ish, a bit slow.. coz it has lot of graphics.. trying to make it look like Vista i think..
Hmmm thats a better Idea, in that I case I will put mallika sherawat,rakhi sawanth, bipasha etc on my blog.. many of them .. better than just Sharpie
what is your pick Ruhi ?
14 xylene // Jan 30, 2008 at 6:46 pm
I am sticking with my gmail and yahoo ids…. !!!! But google is the best !
::::If you notice the AOL ad, you could see him dragging an email next to the couple of mails from gmail users !!!!!!
15 dinsan // Jan 30, 2008 at 6:54 pm
@ Xylene
Thanks for the comment
Ruhi, please note, another google fan on board !!
I will have to look closer at that aol ad now
for that gmail bit 
16 Ruhi // Jan 31, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Ish and Dinzan
Sharpie is better!
Dinsan
how can you compare mallika etc. with sharpie? !
@Ish
I am an unemployed agent of Tumblr. LOI (Laughing out Inside)
17 dinsan // Jan 31, 2008 at 12:47 pm
@ Ruhi
LOL, I was not comparing re !!! at that time, those were the names that came out of my stupid mouth
@ Ish
Still Ruhi agrees that she is a Tumblr agent
18 | Balu | // Jan 31, 2008 at 2:50 pm
No I dint say that jus cos I read ur post.. I have seen AOL and never felt like using it! Yahoo mail was my favourite before Gmail came up…
19 dinsan // Jan 31, 2008 at 2:54 pm
@ Balu
and Gmail is your favorite now ? cool
Please note Ruhi
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