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Last call for Gmail Grimaces

Posted by Mathew Patterson on March 6, 2008 in Buzz

We’ve collected over 50 photos of people showing just how Gmail makes them feel, when they try do create HTML emails, but we think there are some more great grimaces out there! The deadline is fast approaching, so get your grimaces in by Friday, March 14th and we can start working on the video.

Sample grimaces

It’s easy to add your own: Join the Flickr group, and add your photo to the pool. There are some spectacular grimaces in their already, but there’s room for more.

This is is the fastest and easiest way you’ll ever get to support the Email Standards Project, so we look forward to seeing your gurning face! Thanks to everyone who has already entered, your support is very much appreciated.

Remember: We’ll take entries up till the end of Friday, March 14th.

63 Comments so far

Matt said...

In addition to this project a letter campaign to Gmail’s blog team might get things moving: Your Gmail stories - http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/your-gmail-stories.html

Maybe after the movie is ready, then it can be included by everyone.

Posted 6:18 am on 08 March 2008 - #1

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Posted 10:43 pm on 09 March 2008 - #2
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Sounds like a funny idea. Will submit my pic to the group now…

Posted 9:02 am on 14 March 2008 - #3
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I’ve just added my photo to the pool. Hope its not too late :)

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What do you thin, when will you release the video?

Posted 1:48 am on 27 March 2008 - #7
Mathew Patterson said...

Hi Manuel,

Look out for a blog post this week, about how we are going to approach this.

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