Google v. Yahoo
Thanks to a handy tip, I got in on the Yahoo! Mail Beta and it is sweet! The only drawback I've seen so far is the real estate it wants. Seldom do I need to run my browser full screen on my 15.4" (diagonal) laptop, but the new configuration makes it a necessity. Now if Yahoo! could make it more PIM-like, I'd really be impressed. It needs a to-do list and calendar integration.
Google needs this, too, and I thought when they released their calendar it would work more tightly with Gmail. It works rather well with my phone, though, thanks to another handy set of tips I found today. Long have I used Google's Short Message Service so I'm glad to seem them extend mobile support to the calendar.
Being the greedy, ungrateful child that I am, however, I want Google to be more PIM-like, too. Better yet, I'd like to have them work with my Palm Desktop. I stopped using my PDA long ago but I still love the PIM. It is much easier to use than Outlook and much more useful.
For that matter, I really miss the Calendar Creator program I used when I had my x386 with the 20MB hard drive. It made the best printable calendars I've ever seen. Data entry and management was nowhere as productive as anything available today, but it had it's moments. Here's hoping Google and Yahoo!'s competition will spur more productivity and make more moments.
