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	<title>Yovav (Jay) Meydad&#039;s Personal Blog &#187; Gmail</title>
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		<title>Xoopit for Gmail is Closing, But Why?</title>
		<link>http://www.meydad.com/2009/10/02/xoopit-for-gmail-is-closing-but-why/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JayMeydad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Usability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gmail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xoopit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just got an announcement from Xoopit that they are shutting down Xoopit for Gmail in order to focus on improving Yahoo mail and My Pictures. This comes as a surprise to me and does not smell like a business decision for two reasons: Xoopit should have more resources now that they are part of Yahoo [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just got an announcement from Xoopit that they are shutting down Xoopit for Gmail in order to focus on improving Yahoo mail and My Pictures. This comes as a surprise to me and does not smell like a business decision for two reasons:</p>
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<li>Xoopit should have more resources now that they are part of Yahoo</li>
<li>I agree with <a href="http://ouriel.typepad.com/myblog/2009/07/the-real-reason-yahoo-bought-xoopit-gmail-data-intelligence.html">Ouriel</a> that Yahoo could benefit a lot from the data Xoopit collects about Gmail usage</li>
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<p>For these reasons and also for the  way their email ends, I actually think that it was Google who forced Yahoo and Xoopit to make that decision -</p>
<blockquote><p>Thank you for using Xoopit for Gmail. We’ll miss you!</p></blockquote>
<p>Anyways Xoopit, it was fun to use you. You helped me find some forgotten pics that were buried deep inside my Gmail archive. I will miss you as well.</p>
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		<title>How To Add Signature Right After Reply In Entourage</title>
		<link>http://www.meydad.com/2009/03/12/tip-how-to-add-signature-right-after-reply-in-entourage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meydad.com/2009/03/12/tip-how-to-add-signature-right-after-reply-in-entourage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JayMeydad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How-To]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[User Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gmail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gmail Labs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Entourage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Usability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By default, Microsoft Entourage automatically adds a signature at the very bottom of an email thread. I reply to dozens of emails every day and for a long time I used to cut the signature from the bottom and paste it to the correct place. You might ask yourself how come I kept doing this. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By default, Microsoft Entourage automatically adds a signature at the very bottom of an email thread. I reply to dozens of emails every day and for a long time I used to cut the signature from the bottom and paste it to the correct place.</p>
<p>You might ask yourself how come I kept doing this. Very simple, I just could not find the right setting under the Preferences pane that would change the behavior. There is also no setting related to the positioning of the signature under the &#8220;Signatures&#8221;window to address this.</p>
<p>I finally found the time and did some online research and was able find the answer. I figured others could benefit from this tip as well. So, here it is. To get Entourage automatically add the signature at the top of the reply/forward, make sure you have the setting as in the screenshot below.</p>
<p>Alternatively, you could upgrade to Outlook which is a much better email client for Mac and is part of the new <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Office-Home-Business-2011/dp/B003YCOJAS/?tag=lifmas-20">Office 2011</a>, or use a webmail like Gmail.</p>
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		<title>Why Twitter Should Not Sell Itself To Google</title>
		<link>http://www.meydad.com/2009/03/11/why-twitter-should-not-sell-itself-to-google/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meydad.com/2009/03/11/why-twitter-should-not-sell-itself-to-google/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JayMeydad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blogger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom of speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gmail]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.meydad.com/?p=847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite what a few bloggers have posted lately, despite the fact Google wants to buy Twitter very much, despite Twitter&#8217;s speculated price tag, I am calling the Twitter executive team not to sell itself to Google&#8217;s. If Twitter will be part of Google it is probably going to go down at the same time Gmail [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Despite what a few bloggers have <a href="http://battellemedia.com/archives/004832.php">posted</a> lately, despite the fact <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10191283-93.html">Google wants to buy Twitter</a> very much, despite Twitter&#8217;s speculated <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/28/how-much-is-twitter-worth/">price tag</a>, I am calling the Twitter executive team not to sell itself to Google&#8217;s.</p>
<p>If Twitter will be part of Google it is probably going to go down at the same time Gmail and <a href="http://twitter.com/jaym/status/1285628890">other Google services</a> go down (you can check status <a href="http://www.google.com/appsstatus#">here</a>). This would leave millions of folks in the twittersphere with no effective tool to immediately post their rants.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/biz">Biz</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/ev">Ev</a>, You have built the internet&#8217;s freedom of speech best tool. Don&#8217;t do it.</p>
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		<title>Know Where Your Ads Show Up</title>
		<link>http://www.meydad.com/2009/02/24/know-where-your-ads-show-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JayMeydad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gmail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today, while reading Google&#8217;s response to the Gmail outage, a little &#8220;Sign up for Gmail&#8221; text link had caught my eye. I know it is an editorially selected link rather than a target ad, but it reminded me those complaints from advertisers who don&#8217;t want their ads (display or text ads such as Google [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Earlier today, while reading Google&#8217;s response to the Gmail outage, a little &#8220;Sign up for Gmail&#8221; text link had caught my eye. I know it is an editorially selected link rather than a target ad, but it reminded me those complaints from advertisers who don&#8217;t want their ads (display or text ads such as Google AdSense) to show next to certain types of objectionable or sensitive content, for example an airline ad on a page that talks about a plane crash.</p>
<p>So what do you think was the CTR on this text link and what was Gmail&#8217;s sign up process conversation rate for those that were brave enough to click?</p>
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		<title>Xoopit &#8211; another must have Firefox add-on</title>
		<link>http://www.meydad.com/2008/10/21/xoopit-another-must-have-firefox-add-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JayMeydad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gmail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Organizer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inbox Search]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know these house organizer services you hire to come to your house and organize stuff? Well, one of the best things that often happen when they organize your house &#38; closets are the forgotten photos and other items they are able to find.Â  Things that you know are somewhere in the house but [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you know these house organizer services you hire to come to your house and organize stuff? Well, one of the best things that often happen when they organize your house &amp; closets are the forgotten photos and other items they are able to find.Â  Things that you know are somewhere in the house but you have no clue where exactly.</p>
<p>Well, <a href="http://www.xoopit.com">Xoopit</a> is the same but for your Gmail (as long as you use Firefox). It is a great inbox search utility that makes it easy to find attachments (photos, videos) and browse through them inside Gmail.</p>
<p>You should give it a try.</p>
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		<title>Gmail engineers &#8211; can you improve file attachments?</title>
		<link>http://www.meydad.com/2008/08/01/gmail-engineers-can-you-improve-file-attachments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meydad.com/2008/08/01/gmail-engineers-can-you-improve-file-attachments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JayMeydad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[User Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Better Gmail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drag-Drop-Upload]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gmail users need a simpler &#38; quicker way to attach files to a message. The current process requires too many clicks and is &#8217;99ish. Just like many file upload and photo sharing services (Shutterfly, Kodak Gallery), I should be able to drag multiple files into the body of the message (or into a special attachments [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gmail users need a simpler &amp; quicker way to attach files to a message. The current process requires too many clicks and is &#8217;99ish.</p>
<p>Just like many file upload and photo sharing services (Shutterfly, Kodak Gallery), I should be able to drag multiple files into the body of the message (or into a special attachments dropbox) and then, using Ajax, the upload process should start automatically and asynchronously as I continue to compose the email.</p>
<p>I wish this would be added soon by the Gmail team as part of their <a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/introducing-gmail-labs.html">Labs</a> program. IMHO, this feature is more useful and important than <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaymeydad/2723781888/">(useless) features</a> like Superstars, Old Snakey, Random Signiture and others.</p>
<p>But until this is going to happen, you might want to try <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2190">dragdropupload</a>, a useful Firefox Add-On which partially solves this problem.</p>
<div class="snap_noshots" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Gmail%20Wishlist">Gmail Wishlist</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Drag-Drop-Upload">Drag-Drop-Upload</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Email%20Attachments">Email Attachments</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Firefox%20Add-On">Firefox Add-On</a></div>
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		<title>So, does Yahoo Mobile work on an iPhone?</title>
		<link>http://www.meydad.com/2008/03/28/so-does-yahoo-mobile-work-on-an-iphone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meydad.com/2008/03/28/so-does-yahoo-mobile-work-on-an-iphone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JayMeydad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really wanted to try Yahoo Mobile on the iPhone. I swear I did. So as soon I saw this invite to upgrade to the best mobile experience for the iPhone, I hit the Download link. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; But then I got this message that my phone is not currently supported&#8230; Confused? Me too. I guess [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really wanted to try Yahoo Mobile on the iPhone. I swear I did. So as soon I saw this invite to upgrade to the best mobile experience for the iPhone, I hit the Download link.</p>
<p>&#160;<a href="http://www.meydad.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/yahoo-mobile-on-iphone-1.png"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="484" alt="Yahoo Mobile on iPhone - 1" src="http://www.meydad.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/yahoo-mobile-on-iphone-1-thumb.png" width="324" border="0" /></a>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </p>
<p>But then I got this message that my phone is not currently supported&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.meydad.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/yahoo-mobile-on-iphone-3.png"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="484" alt="Yahoo Mobile on iPhone -3" src="http://www.meydad.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/yahoo-mobile-on-iphone-3-thumb.png" width="324" border="0" /></a> </p>
<p>Confused? Me too.</p>
<p>I guess I will have to keep using the Yahoo Mobile Web version,&#160; a poor client, that has no way to select &amp; delete emails without opening the email and scrolling all the way to the bottom! </p>
<p>Good thing that I&#8217;ve migrated most of my email accounts to GMAIL (with IMAP support) which works great on the iPhone.</p>
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		<title>Two recommendations</title>
		<link>http://www.meydad.com/2007/10/24/two-recommendations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JayMeydad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gmail announced the addition of IMAP support. Finally my inbox can be kept in sync when I read emails using my iPhone. This is how to set it up. Meebo, my favorite web based IM service, released a very cool and useful Firefox plug-in. Try it out. Technorati Tags: Meebo, iPhone, Gmail, IMAP, Firefox]]></description>
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<li>Gmail <a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/sync-your-inbox-across-devices-with.html" target="_blank">announced</a> the addition of IMAP support. Finally my inbox can be kept in sync when I read emails using my iPhone. This is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ22euWXYog" target="_blank">how to set it up</a>.
<li>Meebo, my favorite web based IM service, <a href="http://blog.meebo.com/?p=368" target="_blank">released</a> a very cool and useful Firefox plug-in. <a href="http://wwwl.meebo.com/firefox/" target="_blank">Try it out</a>.</li>
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