OK, I've decided to rid my life of all Google products...

I'm going to dump -

Gmail
Google Search
Google Chrome
Google Circles

I've gotten rid of Google circles today because its a failure, plain and simple.
I'm going to try out Linkedin and Twitter instead (Facebook is very boring these days)

I've heard Bing is the best search engine these days so I'll go with that...

What do you guys reckon for email provider? What about web browser?

I want speed and privacy!

Here are the solutions

Gmail : New Outlook mail from Microsoft seems Awesome
Google Search : Bing.
Google Chrome : Mozilla-Working from last 6 years for me.

Yes. Outlook seems pretty good.
Browser - firefox

At last an OP with a total solution to get rid of G

Way to go...

Email: outlook.com, Microsoft really fixed up their email which makes me wonder why they dodn't do it half a decade ago considering they dominate the Desktop Based email client industry.
Search: Blekko, but I am so sick of them installing their toolbar in software. SEO Tool is now 99 a month so they seem to be going to the "Monetize Everything" phase of the business.
http://searchenginewatch.com/article...-Costs-99Month
Browser: Maxthon. HTML 5 compliance is #1, ability to switch proxies on the fly (I store a few proxies for certian email accounts, countries etc as a favourite), Resource Sniffer so you can download the source of Flash Content, Automatic RSS feed finder, and if you choose the Google Chrome Skin it'll be like you are still using Chrome. There are some native functions I miss from Chrome such as the hot keys which it is why it's still my default browser for general surfing (like reading BHW) but transfer your bookmarks and use Maxthon!

Maybe its just my crappy laptops, but do you guys not find firefox very slow?
The add-ons are fantastic but I've always found it very slow, especially when loading...

Never heard of

Gmail : New Outlook mail from Microsoft seems Awesome

Thanks for the tip!

Has anyone tried out GMX email? Hotmail was good for privacy, I'm pretty sad to see it go

Question...how big is bing ? Are people actually using it ?

Didn't you know, you can't escape Google?

They're almost as bad as Facebook when it comes to storing as much information about you as possible, from now until the end of the world.

Here is a good list of tools to Un-google youself:

http://seo2.0.onreact.com/un-google-...ernative-tools

Originally Posted by dog-tag

Maybe its just my crappy laptops, but do you guys not find firefox very slow?
The add-ons are fantastic but I've always found it very slow, especially when loading...

It's only slow the first time you load it after a reboot, after that it is cached and opens straight away.

You might also like to try Opera if you're looking for a fast and elegant browser.

Btw, all this talk of killing Gmail made me remember this video:

HAHA you can't get rid of Google..... Google will get rid of you!

Originally Posted by Autumn

It's only slow the first time you load it after a reboot, after that it is cached and opens straight away.

You might also like to try Opera if you're looking for a fast and elegant browser.

I tried Opera and I did like it! I think the guy who invented the web browser is behind that now..

Originally Posted by browsing_hosts

HAHA you can't get rid of Google..... Google will get rid of you!

If you act like a sheep then expect to get slaughtered

On gizmodo there is a good article=
how-to-escape-from-googles-clutches-once-and-for-all