More Today, Tomorrow and Beyond...

[WolfmanNCSU]

Apparantly GMail didn't stop at 2 gigs. They Promissed beyond 2 gigs, and they are right.

So looking at the JavaScript at the main page, seems like we will have 2075 MB by next Saturday...


var CP = [
[ 1112331600000, 1025 ],
[ 1112439600000, 2050 ],
[ 1113062400000, 2075 ]
];

var quota;



and the updateQuota function is now



function updateQuota() {
if (!quota) {
return;
}

var now = (new Date()).getTime();
var i;
for (i = 0; i < CP.length; i++) {
if (now < CP[i][0]) {
break;
}
}
if (i == 0) {
setTimeout(updateQuota, 1000);
} else if (i == CP.length) {
quota.innerHTML = 'Over ' + CP[i - 1][1];
} else {
var ts = CP[i - 1][0];
var bs = CP[i - 1][1];
quota.innerHTML = format(((now-ts) / (CP[i][0]-ts) * (CP[i][1]-bs)) + bs);
setTimeout(updateQuota, 50);
}
}

The array CP now holds the time and I assume the quota at that time:
Fri, 01 Apr 2005 05:00:00 GMT (i.e. midnight EST) - quota = 1025MB
Sat, 02 Apr 2005 11:00:00 GMT (6AM EST) - quota = 2050MB
Sat, 09 Apr 2005 16:00:00 GMT (10AM EST) - quota = 2075MB

So they weren't kidding when yesterday they said something like "we intend to give you more today, tomorrow, and beyond". They increased by 1 full GB in just over 1 day, but they're increasing slowly 25MB over the next week, or about 3.5MB/day. So we'll see what happens after next saturday!

[Sendok]

Wow, i bet hotmail is crying.

[Skull Kid]

You are currently using 21 MB (1%) of your 2061 MB.

Hot damn!

[WolfmanNCSU]

You are currently using 340 MB (16%) of your 2061 MB

I am liking the additional space. Now I wish I did not clear out all my garbage last week before the boost.

[Sandman]

I'm using 2 megabytes of it :).

[Skull Kid]

I think the first person to fill their inbox should get a trophy or something.

[Sandman]

I simply don't email. Very rarely I might email family members, or email myself a project because I don't have a disc.

[HereticPB]

One question I would like to ask Google is where are they getting this space for Email?

[Wes]

"You are currently using 0%"

Haha! I'm only using 9MB.

Anyway. This is an extremely good idea, by adding this small amount every few days they could come up with all sort of call slogans that draw people's attentions.

[WolfmanNCSU]

We're now over 2100MB quota. Once again google updated the JavaScript on the gmail.com page to...


var CP = [
[ 1112439600000, 2050 ],
[ 1114308000000, 2125 ]
];



That indicates we'll be at 2125MB by Sunday, April 24, 2005 2:00:00 AM GMT.

We are actually increasing at 3.4682MB/day, or 0.114508671MB/hour, calculated from the time between the 2050 and 2125MB quotas. Now lets say you pick an arbitrary goal of 3000MB (3GB), it would take exactly 6055 hours to get there, starting at 4/24/2005 2AM GMT when the quota will be 2125MB....if the rate stays constant, the UNIX epoch time (in ms) 6055 hours from 4/24 2AM is 1136106000000, which happens to translate to Sunday, January 01, 2006 9:00:00 AM GMT.

So what I am thinking.....Gmail will offer 3GB of storage on January 1, 2006! :D

[Sendok]

^shiste