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Gmailify: The best of Gmail, without an gmail address

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Re: Gmailify: The best of Gmail, without an gmail address

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Post by andybak »

mh- wrote: post #12
jakebasile wrote: post #3

This means that Yahoo and Outlook users have access to Google Now email-based cards before those of us using Google Apps.

it's astounding that they still haven't bridged the UX gap for users w/ Google Apps accounts all these years later. Nowadays, with the more enterprise-y features (policy, etc.) of the {Gmail,Apps} for Work, I at least get _why_ they're not on parity. But if you asked me 5 years ago, I would have never guessed this (Apps users missing out on XYZ ) would still be a thing.

Yep. I'd be paying Google cold, hard, cash for a Google Apps account if it wasn't for this.

Re: Gmailify: The best of Gmail, without an gmail address

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Post by andybak »

So mixed messages again. Is 'Inbox' the next-gen Gmail interface or a hobby project that will get closed down in a year? Momentum has slowed and I've become so dependent on it's workflow I'd be gutted if this was the case. However - I don't believe Google will maintain two email clients in perpetuity.

On past experience - they'll fold the functionality of one into the other - partially and imperfectly leaving users irritated once more.

Still - it's not like I'd be safe from this anywhere else. Products from smaller companies are in constant danger of aquihire shutdowns or similar.

And open-source has still yet to produce UX that's much better than 'parity with the mainstream from a few years ago'.

Re: Gmailify: The best of Gmail, without an gmail address

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Post by jastanton »

andybak wrote: post #32

So mixed messages again. Is 'Inbox' the next-gen Gmail interface or a hobby project that will get closed down in a year? Momentum has slowed and I've become so dependent on it's workflow I'd be gutted if this was the case. However - I don't believe Google will maintain two email clients in perpetuity. On past experience - they'll fold the functionality of one into the other - partially and imperfectly leaving users i…

I got a toast notification in gmail that asked me to permanently redirect Gmail to Inbox. I believe that answered the questions for myself what direction that are heading.

Re: Gmailify: The best of Gmail, without an gmail address

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Post by alooPotato »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #24
sp332 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which functionality?

All the mail client functionality, without the Google servers powering it.

The client does surprisingly little, all the good stuff is powered by Google's servers

Re: Gmailify: The best of Gmail, without an gmail address

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

I think it's kind of demonstrative of where Google's at with privacy now, that they don't see fit to mention the practical reality that this involves Google indexing and data mining all of your email from another provider. Many of us can make that common sense leap, but in the past Google respected your privacy at least to mention it outright.

Re: Gmailify: The best of Gmail, without an gmail address

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Post by herbst »

levesque wrote: post #14

After reading this I tried to install an exchange account on my gmail app. It asked for a bunch of extra permissions for the specific exchange account, including the permission to "Erase all data" from the telephone, resetting it to factory settings. Not gonna happen. From what I gather those permissions were requested by the exchange server, so my university would be the one to blame. Why a server would ask for this…

I had these at work, so i never linked my phone to exchange. (Its definitly exchange). Our admins were not very competent but appearantly that is the default behaviour.

> Microsoft

Re: Gmailify: The best of Gmail, without an gmail address

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Post by herbst »

I just want to add that you can email forward your domains (for example included free in namecheap domains) and use mailgun to send from them all within Gmail/Inbox. That way you can manage multiple different domains at one place comfortably. (And like the main argument in the article get the superb spam filter)

Re: Gmailify: The best of Gmail, without an gmail address

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Post by muddi900 »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #19

Does linking another e-mail to my Gmail mean that Google will go harvest all of the e-mails from the Inbox of that account in order to deliver targeted ads? I ask because I don't want to link my 15 year-old Hotmail account to it if that's the case. I'll just stay with the web client.

If you rnable the gmailify setting for it, yes.
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