about time... google really does a poor job of releasing enhancements for their product lines.<p>their strategy seems to be to release a bare-bones "me too" version of whatever it is that's hot at the time.. absolute minimal functionality.. just enough to meet the most basic use case requirements and to keep people from making that leap to memorizing a new url string and typing it in when they need something beyond google's half-assed version.<p>eventually they get around to updating the interface or adding on a small set of new features and bam, it's front page news. "oh that google.. at it again, eh?". stock price doubles.<p>for all the resources at their disposal it's astonishing how little that company does.<p>i have to hand it to them though... it works. people are too lazy to remember new urls and if there's a google version that's a click away -- that's what they're going to use. and google knows it. their competitors are even more clueless, so i can't say that i blame them entirely.. it's not that hard to be #1 when #2,3 and 4 amount to your half-retarded cousins with drool dribbling down their chins at the family reunions.