Is there nothing better to post about then Gmail being down today? Is this not the 6th, or more, post about Gmail today? Good God.
Jennifer Van Grove
· 3 months ago
Pretty big news Tyler...not sure you saw the earlier post, but for awhile 18 of the top 20 Google searches were related to Gmail being down. That's seriously unheard of...and well...isn't it nice not to have a Twitter story for a change? ;)
MILE
· 3 months ago
Regardless of Google lemmings referring to Google when their beloved Google mail goes down -- do we really need half a dozen stories about Gmail being down for the ridiculously long period of 100 minutes…?!? Come on…
MILE
· 3 months ago
If you really can't live an hour or two without email you might either want to re-evaluate your life or consider having redundant access to your mail instead of trusting a cloud service with it…!? Just saying…
dyegov
· 3 months ago
Yes we need them, at least I do. Best way to stay informed, and when my email is so iportant in my life I want to stay as informed as I can. Thanks.
Dan Heinz
· 3 months ago
You guys don't have to read them and post jerk off comments either. </hypocracy>
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fixator
· 3 months ago
I read Mashable! for the comments. Great insight.
MILE
· 3 months ago
Yeah, that's always a great argument -- "Don't you dare criticize, just go somewehere else" <yawn>
Besides, most people usually decide whether an article was of interest *after* reading it…
For you it may be "jerk off comments" (whatever that means) but for others it's just their own personal opinion and well-deserved criticism…! That's what the comments area is for, among other things…
Hubert Barnes
· 3 months ago
Actually it was my bad. I was "logging in" to the world wide web, when I accidently touched the delete button. The good news is I had the presence of mind to press the end button and end the outage. You are now free to surf the world wide web at your leisure. In recompense for the trouble, I will donate 2 bandwidths to the geocities web page of your choosing. Please press the escape button to leave this text entry.
ohgo2hell
· 3 months ago
who CARES. please, man. Its technology. a free email service. people sit up and complain and go bizerk because of technology. its life. shit happens.
get over it. and wait til it clears.
Andres Burgos
· 3 months ago
Thanks to Gmail, I had to use Yahoo Mail. I got a "What the hell are you doing here?" notification upon login.
Mike Murray
· 3 months ago
Oddly ... I think I was unnaffected by this. Usually, gmaail goes down and my gmail is always down ... but today ... I think I Was on all day without issue. Everybody was tweeting about it but mine was working throughout it seemed...
True
· 3 months ago
"If you were living in a cave today (or at Burning Man) then you may have missed today’s big news that Gmail was down"
BIG news? I think some people need to calm down. So what, an e-mail client went down for 20 minutes. Big whoop. This shouldn't be news. It shouldn't have made the front page of Digg.
dyegov
· 3 months ago
100 minutes, not 20, and if your email is not so important for you, there are people out there than can lose lots of money because of that. It IS a big deal.
blckbrry
· 3 months ago
Hopefully Gmail won't be needed anymore when Wave goes public, because nobody will use emails anymore (?)
MILE
· 3 months ago
Yeah, right -- let's just replace Google Mail with Google Wave…!? I'm sure everything will be going much better then… ;)
Wendell
· 3 months ago
Thats odd, I wasn't affected. Using Google apps mail and didn't notice it go down at all.
javm
· 3 months ago
it's kind of hard to complain because they provide a free service... soo... it's not like i'm paying for something and it doesn't work, i'm getting it for free. and it's not like gmail hasn't been down before.
Wow. Strong words over a service that is FREE! I use gmail and was able to log on just fine through my iPhone. Even if I hadnt been able to access it, I would have understood. I do use it for my business but I cant be too upset because I dont pay them anything for this service.
heidiz
· 3 months ago
I am a huge fan of Google, and in the many years that I have enjoyed their free and powerful services and apps - they have had two minor glitches. I think we take stuff for granted.... It may be a little over the top to say that this glitch "impeded the work lives of many web workers" considering how much Google improves the lives of web or any other worker that uses their services every day. Google products have helped my business and work-life in ways I could never imagine. I guess a little glitch for a few hours does not merit more than a "wow, what a surprise" from me.
James
· 3 months ago
I thought I had it bad, but this guy summoned the Gods:
They seem to have handled the situation very well. I don't personally use Gmail anymore (although if I didn't have a desktop client I would), but the team seems to be on top of things ;)
Smart Boy
· 3 months ago
It was nice that I wasn't using email at the time this happened. I also use Microsoft Outlook and a Blackberry - so all my emails are self hosted.
Inoperante
· 3 months ago
Erm...bit of a drama, ain't it, especially in Mashable's reporting over it. It is an inconvenience, but is also the nature of using web services. We're all a long way from having the perfect service online. WHat is more important here is how Google handled it.
They got on with fixing it, then they explained, then they apologised. Job done, you woulf think. Except Mashable is going down the drama route instead of focusing on better, more relevant and more USEFUL news...unless there is none?
Mashable, I love you...but this is ridiculous. Posting the apology would have been enough. (No offence, Jennifer, I usually love your stuff.)
dyegov
· 3 months ago
It entertains me how everybody comes here to complain about the quantity of news about Google. It's Google... hello!! wake up already....
Anyway, in 6 years using the service I don't remember this happening for so long, and I was very worried (much of my work depends on my email). I'm very happy they handled it this way, and that Mashable kept me updated. Thanks a lot!
MILE
· 3 months ago
"It entertains me how everybody comes here to complain about the quantity of news about Google. It's Google... hello!! wake up already...."
And what exactly does that have to do with anything…?! Being Google makes it so important by itself…?!
Considering the fact it's absolutely free and that to those that have been even remotely close to the IT field, this stuff happens. It's not big news, it's reality. Of course all the whiners and emo-techs are crying. It's because they don't understand the complexities of managing a system as large as Gmail.
Your email went down for and hour and a half. Gasp. Call your clients, text your girlfriend, DM your boss, use your hotmail, yahoomail, etc. In an age of multiple channels, the fact that so many felt the sky was falling because their one email address is troubling.
And this article, almost "demanding" Google gets better with it's free service is hilarious at best. The pure scope of what they provide for free only having limited down time as it does should have the reverse sense of awe versus anger. Anyone that works for a company knows fully well paid services or corporate ran emails with 1/10th the load of GMail are incredibly unreliable. Plus, they offered a full explanation and apology for their free service going down. When's the last time Comcast or Qwest sent you a letter apologizing for your paid internet service going down for an hour?
For a free, global service such as Gmail, it's amazing to me how reliable it is. This new pattern of entitlement is getting more and more annoying. If you want Gmail, Twitter, etc to run with 100% uptime, share with us your magical invention that makes things like server upgrades, load balancing, bug-fixes, application development, software updates, etc 100% fullproof and usage spikes and DOS attacks disappear.
Brad F.
· 3 months ago
IMAP ftw. No wonder I didn't notice anything.
Roman
· 3 months ago
Seemingly an expert explanation, but not very satisfying for me. My gmail account was down from Sunday midnight (Central European time) till Tuesday.
Shrikant Narasimhan
· 3 months ago
If you were living in a cave (or at Burning Man) then you may have missed today’s big news that Gmail was down for an extended period of time.
Or, you know, on the other side of the world and sleeping through the outage so that it didn't really bother you.
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Besides, most people usually decide whether an article was of interest *after* reading it…
For you it may be "jerk off comments" (whatever that means) but for others it's just their own personal opinion and well-deserved criticism…! That's what the comments area is for, among other things…
get over it. and wait til it clears.
BIG news? I think some people need to calm down. So what, an e-mail client went down for 20 minutes. Big whoop. This shouldn't be news. It shouldn't have made the front page of Digg.
Google products have helped my business and work-life in ways I could never imagine. I guess a little glitch for a few hours does not merit more than a "wow, what a surprise" from me.
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They got on with fixing it, then they explained, then they apologised. Job done, you woulf think. Except Mashable is going down the drama route instead of focusing on better, more relevant and more USEFUL news...unless there is none?
Mashable, I love you...but this is ridiculous. Posting the apology would have been enough. (No offence, Jennifer, I usually love your stuff.)
Anyway, in 6 years using the service I don't remember this happening for so long, and I was very worried (much of my work depends on my email). I'm very happy they handled it this way, and that Mashable kept me updated. Thanks a lot!
And what exactly does that have to do with anything…?! Being Google makes it so important by itself…?!
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Your email went down for and hour and a half. Gasp. Call your clients, text your girlfriend, DM your boss, use your hotmail, yahoomail, etc. In an age of multiple channels, the fact that so many felt the sky was falling because their one email address is troubling.
And this article, almost "demanding" Google gets better with it's free service is hilarious at best. The pure scope of what they provide for free only having limited down time as it does should have the reverse sense of awe versus anger. Anyone that works for a company knows fully well paid services or corporate ran emails with 1/10th the load of GMail are incredibly unreliable. Plus, they offered a full explanation and apology for their free service going down. When's the last time Comcast or Qwest sent you a letter apologizing for your paid internet service going down for an hour?
For a free, global service such as Gmail, it's amazing to me how reliable it is. This new pattern of entitlement is getting more and more annoying. If you want Gmail, Twitter, etc to run with 100% uptime, share with us your magical invention that makes things like server upgrades, load balancing, bug-fixes, application development, software updates, etc 100% fullproof and usage spikes and DOS attacks disappear.
Or, you know, on the other side of the world and sleeping through the outage so that it didn't really bother you.