I’ve been running the Safari 3 beta on Mac for quite some time now, feeling happy about it. Unfortunately, although Apple claims it should work well with Google Apps, it seems it can get the users in quite a fix.
See, Google just restricted my access to my Gmail account!
What did I do with it? Well, Safari doesn’t manage to send mails every now and then, and that means you need to stop and click send again. Same goes sometimes when you’re browsing your e-mails and clicks on links just won’t register. Then you need to reload the Gmail page and you’re golden again.
That’s what I did. That’s when Google did this:
That’s for reloading Gmail, people. Nothing more, nothing less. I do not use my account for spamming, sending large files, storing data or anything out of the ordinary. I just e-mail with it. I’m not even close to a quota or anything. Again, I’m just e-mailing with it!
And that’s for reloading Gmail!
This is not acceptable. I no longer see Gmail as a good first hand choice for e-mail because of this. It was easier to cope with before, when Safari just didn’t work well with Gmail, but this is outrageous.
Be warned. It could happen to you, and it might even happen under other browsers. Web hiccups isn’t exactly that uncommon, now is it?
Google need to get its act together, and Apple needs to fix Safari’s issues. Now.
Edit: It’s on Digg, please digg it if you’d like!
Update! They’ve open up access to my Gmail account again.
One of the biggest obstacles for me is getting started every morning. I always plan ample time to have breakfast, enjoy my first (out of three) cup of coffee and read the newspaper. That way I feel I can ease into existence, if you know what I mean.
Some days it doesn’t work, however. Today I’m 30 minutes behind schedule and I haven’t completed my third java cup yet.
I’m a mood person. If I don’t feel like writing or designing, I can still do it but I won’t be pleased with the result. Those days – and they come and go on an almost regular basis – used to be stressful. I guess they still are, but I’m more attuned to it nowadays. That’s age, I won’t stress out just because I didn’t maximize production 100%. You know why? Because it’s impossible! Name the company that wants its employees to work at full concentration a whole day and I’ll tell you they’re setting fire to themselves, and probably have a ground consisting of paper at that!
Anyway, blogging is a great way for me to get started. As you’re well aware I’m not doing much of it at the moment. Not here and not at 901am. The reason is partly due to the fact that I work less during the summer (although today’s rain will see that I’ll have a full workday) but the fact is that I’m in a transition phase. This blog will change, and others will launch or relaunch. I’m not building the network I set out to do because due to other engagements I make more money elsewhere and we all need to pay the bills, right? But I do want a consistent red line in my blogging, writing and designing.
This post wasn’t planned. I wrote it because it has been sitting inside of me for ten minutes or so, from the moment I realized I truly realized I have trouble getting started today. Blogging helps me do that, because just by writing a post my mind focuses and gives a gentle push in the right direction.
Firing up Photoshop and reading up on the Ericsson style guide doesn’t feel as hard anymore. Thank you, blog with persistent and patient readers.
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Another quickie. I’ve done the design for Blogger Jobs, and it seems more or less incorporated. Splashpress Media owns it, of course – who else? Have a look.
I’m pretty pleased with it. And yes, it’s built on the BloggerTalks design, which will get a complete makeover as soon as I can.