Gmail Beta version Online

10 years ago (2004) April 1, the Gmail beta version online (until 2009 to finally remove the beta tag), this is not an April Fool's joke. Until 2007, it was implemented by the invitation to the user access mode.

At first, Google always grabbed any chance to improve its competitor's competitiveness, with 1G of storage per user's mailbox, which made Microsoft's Hotmail and Yahoo mailboxes less embarrassing. Large space means that users do not have to delete the read messages from time to space, in a way, it leads to a new era of unlimited cloud storage.

Today, Gmail is already a smart mailbox. Google uses its housekeeping skills "search" to tap into the user's Inbox, as well as the conversation-streaming UI. And now you can send the attachment below 25MB.

Still, at its core, as it was just published in 2004, this consistent is clearly an important reason for Gmail's success.