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Would you pay for this service?

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Re: Would you pay for this service?

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No, I wouldn't. And I wouldn't use it, even if it were free.

The current system of labelling via filters gives me fine-grained control from the very first e-mail. Machine learning will require a (possibly long) training period, and may still then be prone to false positives and negatives.

Re: Would you pay for this service?

#5

No, I wouldn't. And I wouldn't use it, even if it were free. The current system of labelling via filters gives me fine-grained control from the very first e-mail. Machine learning will require a (possibly long) training period, and may still then be prone to false positives and negatives.

Me neither, same thing, current filtering seems like a better way than some fuzzy automated labeling thing.

Re: Would you pay for this service?

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But what I would use (might pay for) is a service that makes my attachments easily findable. An attachment browser, basically. The UI would have to be within Gmail, no external page. Don't put the emails central, put the attachments central. Order by date received. Group by received from same people/same filename. Optional grouping by type (ie: All | Images | Office docs | ...) Add a left-hand link "Attachments".

Something like this: http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2010/05/14/4728/can-so...

Re: Would you pay for this service?

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I would pay for it if it also tagged feed items in Google Reader as well.

That's entirely possible. What sort of tags do you use? Is it just 'interesting/boring' or do you have a more complex set of tags?

I am thinking more of auto categorization. "programming languages," "art/design", "lulz," "gaming," etc. But certainly with "interesting to me" as a component of each category.

Re: Would you pay for this service?

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But what I would use (might pay for) is a service that makes my attachments easily findable. An attachment browser, basically. The UI would have to be within Gmail, no external page. Don't put the emails central, put the attachments central. Order by date received. Group by received from same people/same filename. Optional grouping by type (ie: All | Images | Office docs | ...) Add a left-hand link "Attachments". Som…

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