GMail is getting even faster
A very nice and interesting post on the Official Gmail blog about what and how the staff there tries (and succeeds) to make Gmail faster and faster.
A very interesting read for us Gmail fans
Official Gmail Blog: A need for speed: the path to a faster loading sequence

From the time I signed up for Gmail, it has been a continuous wonderful experience. Now I have my family also signed up.
Its very heartening to note the effort from your team on ‘continuous improvement’ towards performance speed. Please keep it up.
Ever since Gmail commenced its services, it has always strived to improve customer experience. Its competitor Microsoft should follow the same strategy rather than bidding pointless for Yahoo.
Anyway, can’t wait for Gmail to be out of beta. Thanks a lot to Google for offering the best services available. Way to go..!
In my experience gmail is the fastest web based mail I have seen.
I also preferred to use gmail than any other mail service….good luck…keep this tradition…..