Reborn? The Kind You Can Choose!

"Almost more than 2 million people participated in this vote!"

"126 was chosen the most, reaching 51%, followed by Fmail, 27%, then xnmail, 13%, and Foxmail the least, 9%!

"Among them, I asked the data department to do statistics. Of the 9% of voting users, 5% have Foxmail mailboxes!"

"What does this mean? I don't need to say anything more, right?"

Yuan Zhou looked at Zhang Xiaolong, and Zhang Xiaolong shook his head. He really didn't expect that Yuan Zhou would use such a method to determine whether an email address was qualified.

Yes, Foxmail is indeed difficult to remember in his opinion, but it is also a product he developed.

For a while, Zhang Xiaolong still couldn't accept it.

"I list this set of data not to say that Foxmail is not a good mailbox, but because of its name, it has hindered the development of this software!"

"In my opinion, Foxmail is a very good software. I hope that all Internet users around the world can enjoy the convenience brought by this mailbox, instead of becoming a classic among a small group of people!"

Yuan Zhou's words were so loud that his voice was the only one in the entire office.

Everyone looked at him, and Zhang Xiaolong seemed to have some understanding.

"got it?"

Yuan Zhou pointed to the voting data at the back: "Users of Xiaonei.com are the backbone of the Internet!"

"Foxmail has 10 million users, but it only accounts for 5% of the intersection with the school network. This shows that there is still a big market that is worthy of your development!"

"Currently, 50% of Foxmail mailboxes are concentrated among overseas white-collar workers and the Internet class; among the 50% domestically, the government accounts for 30%, and 20% are also domestic white-collar workers and the Internet class!"

"Do you want Foxmail to enter Internet cafes, individuals and student groups?"

Yuan Zhou looked straight at Zhang Xiaolong: "If you don't want to, just pretend I didn't say it!"

"Let's move on to the next topic!"

Whoosh!

Zhang Xiaolong raised his head, opened his mouth feebly, and finally nodded: "Think~!"

How could he not want the whole world to use the software he developed?

This is every programmer's lifelong dream.

Staying complacent with a small group of users is definitely not what a good programmer should do.

"That's right!"

"That's why I said, we need to make Foxmail, oh, no, Fmail, have 1 billion users!"

"Changing the name is our first step to be brave in innovation!"

"Although I really want to change to 126 mailbox, this is a bit too much to follow NetEase's 163. I think you don't want to be called a follower..."

Yuan Zhou's words immediately made many people who were originally reluctant to accept the name change begin to accept the fact that their Foxmail mailbox became an Fmail mailbox.

As Yuan Zhou said, if you don’t break it, you won’t build it; if you break it, you will build it!

Only by having the courage to admit the shortcomings of the product name can we better create an excellent and popular software.

"Mr. Yuan, I accept the name change!"

Zhang Xiaolong finally took a long breath, and then firmly met Yuan Zhou's gaze.

He is not a pedantic and stubborn person. After Yuan Zhou analyzed so many pros and cons, Zhang Xiaolong finally figured it out.

"Okay, then the new email address has been officially decided and will be called the school email address Fmail!"

After Yuan Zhou finished speaking, everyone who had been silent suddenly applauded in unison.

To be honest, they were not at all interested in Yuan Zhou's proposal to change his name at first, and were even a little repelled; but now, they are somewhat convinced.

This young and outrageous boss seems to be... indeed a genius.

The development of the school network is definitely a proof of strength.

"Then let's talk about how to build Fmail into a software with 1 billion users!"

Yuan Zhou scanned the crowd and finally fixed his eyes on Zhang Xiaolong: "Allen, what are your thoughts on the update of FMAIL 1.0?"

“The interface is beautiful, convenient and practical [the most important thing is user-friendliness——”

Zhang Xiaolong wanted to continue, but Yuan Zhou interrupted him directly: "You said so much, the previous Foxmail actually did it, but why is the number of users less than one-thirtieth of NetEase 163!"

"And 163 only has one market in China!"

Foxmail spans 21 countries around the world. This area of ​​​​radiation is simply unmatched by NetEase.

But the current leader of Huaxia Mailbox is NetEase, with a total of 330 million users.

"..."

Zhang Xiaolong couldn't answer.

In fact, he has been thinking about this issue.

In the end, I can only comfort myself. NetEase has money and can advertise overwhelmingly.

"Advertising is certainly one aspect, but entertainment and convenience are the first choices for ordinary users. In my opinion, Foxmail has already achieved some office usage logic, but the interface is too monotonous!"

"Usage and office work are secondary to ordinary users. What they want is convenience, simplicity, and ease of use!"

"For example, this is a new email software on the market!"

"--This is a product that Google Search just developed last month!"

"Everyone can take a look!"

Yuan Zhou logged into his Gmail mailbox. Currently, Gmail mailbox has not officially started to be promoted. The number of users is not even that of Foxmail, only a few million.

But just like that, word of mouth has begun to ferment.

Its pioneering 1G capacity file forwarding and downloading has almost significantly refreshed the history of mailbox capacity.

After all, Yahoo and Microsoft's mailboxes can only store and forward files of dozens of megabytes.

Yuan Zhou used the interface and use of Gmail in front of Zhang Xiaolong and others, and Zhang Xiaolong's expression suddenly became a little strange.

Others are actually a little amazed in their hearts. They have to sigh that while this software has a beautiful and convenient interface, it also has many functions that their Foxmail does not have.

For example, automatic forwarding and one-click address completion, many of which are one-click fool-proof operations.

"Understand?"

"What users want is such a simple and convenient software that can instantly become an 'idiot (good) user' without any difficulty in using it!"

“That’s what we call——user experience back!”

"You can get started directly without any difficulty. If there are a few more eye-catching functions, then this software will be a success!"

Yuan Zhou pressed the Enter key, and then several update points suddenly appeared on the big screen.

"These are some of my update requirements for Fmail, and they are also some of the difficulties that your team needs to help me overcome next!"

"If we do this, we will have 1 billion users!"

Yuan Zhou turned his head and glanced at some updates about Fmail on the big screen. A group of programmers who had listened carefully to what Yuan Zhou said were all wide-eyed after seeing the updates on Fmail on the big screen. Eye.

Zhang Xiaolong looked at these update items in disbelief. He only saw the first update, and his whole body felt like he was struck by lightning.

"Email drift bottles, you can randomly throw the drift bottles and get to know more email users!".