after a day of using the gmail facility,

I am impressed by the following features.

1. Their spell check mechanism, I think it is way too cool....it is the better than even word.

2. I think the keyboard shortcuts piece is pretty cool, but takes a little getting used to, but this an ideal feature for any person who plans to make reasonable use of the space provided by g

3.i think their user interface needs some amount of reduction in complexity for the novice users...I think the user interface my intimidate them a bit - well its only an opinion

The advertisements are pretty non intrusive.

And their targetting technology works I had mentioned a word blog in my emails bang I hand an add on the some blog...IT WORKS.