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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 ryanmonroe »

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…

Judging from the fact that Google automatically redirects gmail.com to inbox.google.com once you've visited inbox, I'd guess they view it as the next-gen Gmail interface.

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

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Post by jakebasile »

tssva wrote: post #65
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.

Google Apps supports Google Now email-based cards. It needs to be enabled by your Google Apps administrator.

I've heard this before, and as far as I can tell it isn't true. There is an option buried in Device Management that claims to turn on Google Now for Android users but the service it enables is a subset of the full capability of the product. Namely, you get no cards based off of your email inbox. No flight notifications, package tracking, and similar things.

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

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Post by awqrre »

andersonmvd wrote: post #64

"Gmailify : The best of Gmail, without an gmail address" because for Google doesn't matter if you use @gmail or not. What matters is the permission to read your inbox and harvest your messages. Please prove me I'm wrong.

of course that is why... how could they provide these features otherwise...

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

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Post by cyphar »

awqrre wrote: post #73
andersonmvd wrote: post #64

"Gmailify : The best of Gmail, without an gmail address" because for Google doesn't matter if you use @gmail or not. What matters is the permission to read your inbox and harvest your messages. Please prove me I'm wrong.

of course that is why... how could they provide these features otherwise...

By providing a free software, self-hostable version of GMail. It's not going to happen, but that's what they could do to "provide the same features".

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

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Post by awqrre »

cyphar wrote: post #74
awqrre wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

of course that is why... how could they provide these features otherwise...

By providing a free software, self-hostable version of GMail. It's not going to happen, but that's what they could do to "provide the same features".

That would be nice but that is not Google's business model ...

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

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Post by scrollaway »

ossreality wrote: post #44
danpalmer wrote: post #41

I still don't quite understand what's great about Gmail. Everyone goes on and on about how amazing it is, and I'm sitting here having to refresh the page every 5 mins because it won't update, or it's lost a toolbar button. Inbox is worse for me (although I realise probably not for most) because automated emails are usually really important for me as they are telling me something stopped working, but emails from peopl…

>I'm sitting here having to refresh the page every 5 mins because it won't update, or it's lost a toolbar button. Yeah, I assume you mean the manual refresh button that has gone missing? Pisses me off too when I know there is new mail. You can click "Inbox" again to force a refresh. Still sucks, but better than reloading the entire page forcibly.

Not only that but there's a bug between Gmail and Firefox that causes gmail to freeze on "Loading ..." after a while and not update anymore. I believe that's what GP is referring to and it is infuriating.

It's depressing. I switched back from Chromium to Firefox and been getting tons of small issues like this...

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

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Post by e40 »

Numberwang wrote: post #48
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 have the same fears but from the opposite end. I need gmail in my life, and cannot understand why anyone would want Inbox at all. It shows my emails (fewer than in gmail) and combines it with a subpar task manager (in a world of subpar task managers) and wrecks on this "smart" categorization system which is just there for devious purposes and most importantly I cannot trust to do it's job properly. I fear for gmail…

Me too, and I'm still stinging from My Tracks being shutdown because it doesn't allow Google to monetize my fitness data (all the apps they recommended in the notice were social/cloud apps). Thankfully, I just the other day found a replacement app (Locus Map Pro).

I cannot see myself ever using Inbox. I tried it and I just did not like it.

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

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Post by e40 »

ryanmonroe wrote: post #71
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…

Judging from the fact that Google automatically redirects gmail.com to inbox.google.com once you've visited inbox, I'd guess they view it as the next-gen Gmail interface.

There's an option to stop the redirection. For people that try but do not like the new interface.

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

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Post by joelrunyon »

andersonmvd wrote: post #64

"Gmailify : The best of Gmail, without an gmail address" because for Google doesn't matter if you use @gmail or not. What matters is the permission to read your inbox and harvest your messages. Please prove me I'm wrong.

Well...and sort out those pesky newsletters that you signed up for so they can starting charging senders to hit your main inbox. Just waiting for it...
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