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did gmail just jumped the shark?

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/picture-is-worth-thousand-words.html


Following the evolutionary path blazed by colored labels, we present, in all their technicolor glory, emoticons in your mail.
Yuck.

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Comments (6)

Oct 26, 2008
anthony marco said...
no, but they nuked the fridge.
Oct 26, 2008
Patrick Bae said...
I thought yahoo was following them, not the other way around.
Oct 26, 2008
Being Brad said...
well put.  it does seem like a Yahoo! or a Hotmail sort of move.
Oct 27, 2008
Stephanie Lim said...
Lol. They tested these emoticons with our internal mail system first... my coworkers and I all loved them, especially the animated poop with flies buzzing around it. =P
Nov 22, 2008
Logan said...
They're not that bad, but gmail needs to be careful it doesn't go backwards instead of forwards.
Nov 22, 2008
Being Brad said...
And now with themes?  I'm telling you if it wasn't for Ninja, I'd have to agree with myself on this one.

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