Reality is never constant, it always changes and so has ICICI :-)
Out of total frustation I had written the review yesterday. ICICIDirect was very very slow yesterday and I could not sell my shares when the price had actually shot up.
But today when I opened ICICI it was quite ok.
So I think I am going to take back my words that the site is pathetic. The content ofcourse is quite good. You can do following things
1. Trading on NSE as well as BSE - both margin and cash
2. Online application for IPO
3. Mutual funds
4. History data of stocks.
5.Portfilio tracking
and many other features.
But the site is still a bit slow and hence all the features cannot be used to their full extent as there is a lot of waiting involved.
You need to be really patient to explore all the features.
The account opening is easy, you can call the icici executive at home. Also it is recommended that you open a new savings account to link with the Dmat.
To conclude, speed is very important for any internet site. ICICIdirect is slow but seems better than others.