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Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

#31

Sounds a lot like Gmail Labs, which was discontinued. I've learned to expect most Google products to be killed off, so I don't even bother starting to use them anymore.

You're right. If you don't count the services that still exists today, Google has killed almost all its products.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

#32
post #26

What I've always wanted are widgets that show up in your inbox as if they're emails, but aren't actually emails. So rather than your calendar sending you an email reminder, it inserts a calendar "app" item that's opened when you click the subject of the non-email. Or a todo list that lives in your inbox, but directly opens a todo document rather links to a todo document. Would replace the never-sent draft I currently…

Not exactly the same, but with an Email Go-To Action you can add a button to the subject line that links to whatever you want: https://developers.google.com/gmail/markup/actions/actions-o...

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#34

Are there any concerns about privacy? I mean now you have applications that will use a platform that Google is known to scan for information. I know everyone has heard this before, but I would like to see what people think. A couple of days ago, people were all up in arms about phone companies selling your website traffic. What makes Google better than god forbid AT&T or Verizon?

These add ons are voluntary and you have to enable them. If someone is under the illusion that Google is better at privacy than anyone else they should re-educate themselves about that .

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

#35

Are there any concerns about privacy? I mean now you have applications that will use a platform that Google is known to scan for information. I know everyone has heard this before, but I would like to see what people think. A couple of days ago, people were all up in arms about phone companies selling your website traffic. What makes Google better than god forbid AT&T or Verizon?

Well, their privacy policy prohibits that sort of thing. It also doesn't make a lot of business sense, as Google's biggest advantage is being able to target ads based on that data.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

#36

Are there any concerns about privacy? I mean now you have applications that will use a platform that Google is known to scan for information. I know everyone has heard this before, but I would like to see what people think. A couple of days ago, people were all up in arms about phone companies selling your website traffic. What makes Google better than god forbid AT&T or Verizon?

Google says they no longer scan Gmail for advertising. I guess it depends on how much you trust them, but frankly one's emails are often pretty juicy by themselves, so if you're really worried you should probably not use it at all. I moved off it years ago.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

#37

Sounds a lot like Gmail Labs, which was discontinued. I've learned to expect most Google products to be killed off, so I don't even bother starting to use them anymore.

Labs were experimental features developed by Google itself. These are stable features developed by third-parties. They both extend Gmail, but that's about it.

But there's still a chance that Google will discontinue the gmail addon marketplace, just like they previously killed Chrome apps: http://www.omgchrome.com/not-joke-google-killing-chrome-apps...

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

#38

Are there any concerns about privacy? I mean now you have applications that will use a platform that Google is known to scan for information. I know everyone has heard this before, but I would like to see what people think. A couple of days ago, people were all up in arms about phone companies selling your website traffic. What makes Google better than god forbid AT&T or Verizon?

Google says they no longer scan Gmail for advertising. I guess it depends on how much you trust them, but frankly one's emails are often pretty juicy by themselves, so if you're really worried you should probably not use it at all. I moved off it years ago.

Do they "no longer scan Gmail for advertising", or do they no longer scan Gmail?

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

#39
post #25

So, I started using inbox a while ago when it was announced and I love it. Really. What's the state of development of it? Doesn't seems to be moving much and a lot of features from gmail are still missing, and I continue to see dev happening on gmail and not on inbox. Should I be moving back to inbox?

I think the problem is that 10% of Gmail users think Inbox is awesome and the rest think it's godawful for breaking 'feature X' they loved. Where feature X isn't one feature but a thousand tiny things. I think with Add-ons, they're trying to extend Gmail in a way that won't offend anyone married to the current UI.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

#40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google says they no longer scan Gmail for advertising. I guess it depends on how much you trust them, but frankly one's emails are often pretty juicy by themselves, so if you're really worried you should probably not use it at all. I moved off it years ago.

Do they "no longer scan Gmail for advertising ", or do they no longer scan Gmail?

I'm sure they scan it, otherwise it'd be hard to catch spam. I don't think they ever said they scanned it for any other reason.
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