engine - 3:01 pm on Mar 1, 2007 (gmt 0)

Poor usability is the main reason behind the limited adoption of Google's services such as Gmail and Google Talk, according to Jeff Bonforte, senior director of real-time communications at Yahoo. "[Google] definitely is lacking in usability," Bonforte said in a meeting with reporters at Yahoo's corporate headquarters. "They don't have this intimate connection in usability with consumers that Yahoo has had for 10 years. When it comes to consumer applications, no-one is more successful than Yahoo hands down.

Yahoo Rubbishes Google's Usability [vnunet.com]