To add some fuel to the fire I started with the switch from Gmail, let me ask the vox populii this…what does the versioning of “beta” mean for software and what to expect from it? Just because a service is beta DOES NOT mean that it can be of really poor quality nor does it mean that it is all right for the service (or the product) to break everything. Just because I term my software beta, it should not fail to load every three hours. Beta, to me, means “might have some issues, most of which have been resolved”. If it is at the point of “might break at every mouse click”, it should be termed alpha or pre-alpha. Have we gotten away from writing good code and providing honest services to jump on the early release bandwagon? Or am I just too critical and demanding?

Until further notice, I am reverting my primary email back to dinki at mac.com, in other words, if you need to contact me, please use dinki at mac.com The GMail service is simply annoying. It is up only at non-peak times and is inaccessible during peak hours, when I use it the most. The most important feature that ANY email service can provide is access to their system which GMail lacks at this time, thus making it a terrible service no matter what the other benefits are. Switching completely to GMail was a mistake. Sorry for any inconvenience.