{"id":14,"date":"2005-02-20T15:30:43","date_gmt":"2005-02-20T20:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/archives\/2005\/03\/07\/my-next-book-hotmail-is-for-dummies\/"},"modified":"2008-07-22T00:42:41","modified_gmt":"2008-07-22T05:42:41","slug":"my-next-book-hotmail-is-for-dummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ronrothman.com\/public\/leftbraned\/my-next-book-hotmail-is-for-dummies\/","title":{"rendered":"My Next Book: “HoTMaiL [is] for Dummies”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MyOkay, I’ve thought MSN HoTMaiL was inferior (to Yahoo! Mail<\/a> or gmail<\/a>, for example) for years<\/em> now.<\/p>\n

[Incidentally, CNET Reviews<\/a> independently agrees with me on this. They scored Yahoo! Mail an 8.3<\/a> and Hotmail a 6.3<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

Q. “So,” you must be asking, “why write about it now?”<\/p>\n

A. I returned from my honeymoon<\/a> to find that my account has been “reset” since I hadn’t logged in for 30 days. “Reset” as in “all my emails deleted.” “Deleted” as in “permanently deleted.” “Permanently deleted” as in “What the f**k?”
\n<\/p>\n

What part of “consumer-friendly” does Micro$oft not understand? Oh wait, I forgot, they don’t understand any<\/em> part of it.<\/p>\n

There is not a single way in which Hotmail is better than Yahoo! Mail. The only possible reasons for using Hotmail are (a) e-mail address inertia, (b) you are a Microsoft employee or (c) you like pain.<\/p>\n

So quit being a L-) dumbass. [Apologies to all my friends who use Hotmail! #-o] Go use gmail<\/a>, or, if you must, Yahoo! Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, I’ve thought MSN HoTMaiL was inferior (to Yahoo! Mail or gmail, for example) for years now. [Incidentally, CNET Reviews independently agrees with me on this. They scored Yahoo! Mail an 8.3 and Hotmail a 6.3.] Q. “So,” you must be asking, “why write about it now?” A. 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