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Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by iak8god »

olyjohn wrote: post #82
dannyr wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Is Gmail even their priority anymore? Didn't they come out with Inbox some time back? I always was under the impression that Inbox was going to replace Gmail, but never knew for sure.

> Is Gmail even their priority anymore? Didn't they come out with Inbox some time back?

They'd better not kill GMail without adding an Inbox option to not show attached image previews inline in the inbox. I had to stop using Inbox because not only are these annoying, but there's no way for me to control whether my contacts (or even complete strangers for that matter) send me emails with NSFW images attached.

I like Inbox, though there are some other features I'd like to see before I permanently make the switch from GMail, but the above is a deal breaker. @gmail.com has been my primary email for over a decade, but I'd have to switch to something else.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by TeMPOraL »

halfteatree wrote: post #65
oliwarner wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Opt in isn't enough to stop it becoming a toilet. Years of Britney Spears Naked Screensavers and malware "removers" have taught us that users are idiots. You can net a bazillion users with one "unlimited space" add-on. Obviously, there's some vetting but that doesn't always work. These add-ons could run on Google's servers and only have connectivity to your inbox and session. Instead, this appears to allow companies…

> users are idiots Please, for the last time, stop using this rhetoric. How would you like to be called an idiot? As a developer and a user, I'm deeply offended by this condescending attitude. I really don't know what people like -- apparently opt-out is bad, so now we're using opt-in. Still, "opt-in" is bad because it's becoming a toilet? How do you expect _any_ platform to work? Self-host everything?

> How do you expect _any_ platform to work? Self-host everything?

That's kind of how the Internet was supposed to work. As it is, we've inverted it, and with that we've also inverted the ownership of data.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by ksk »

guelo wrote: post #71

Gmail on Android is such a shitty locked-down experience. Want to create an appointment from an email? Nope. Want to set a reminder about an email? Nope. Want to link to an email from a notes or other app? Nope. OK, well now maybe. If you become a "business partner" with them and shove your product into whatever grand strategery they're cooking up this quarter. It's sad to think how Android was envisioned as this ope…

I think the problem is, fundamentally, lock-in is often a lucrative strategy, open isn't. The internet is "accidentally" open, when it comes to protocols like SMTP, HTTP, etc, I think primarily because it was more of an research/educational network. The commercial enterprises (AOL, CompuServe) were proprietary and walled off.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by PascLeRasc »

dannyr wrote: post #31
forgotmypw wrote: post #23

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.

> If you don't count the services that still exists today, _____ has killed almost all its products.

Is there a company for which that phrase isn't true?

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by eradicatethots »

dawnbreez wrote: post #84
halfteatree wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> users are idiots Please, for the last time, stop using this rhetoric. How would you like to be called an idiot? As a developer and a user, I'm deeply offended by this condescending attitude. I really don't know what people like -- apparently opt-out is bad, so now we're using opt-in. Still, "opt-in" is bad because it's becoming a toilet? How do you expect _any_ platform to work? Self-host everything?

Referring to a duck as a swan does not make it any less a duck.

I'll rewrite this comment:

"Users are idiots!"

Seems like an inappropriate contribution

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by hkmurakami »

guelo wrote: post #71

Gmail on Android is such a shitty locked-down experience. Want to create an appointment from an email? Nope. Want to set a reminder about an email? Nope. Want to link to an email from a notes or other app? Nope. OK, well now maybe. If you become a "business partner" with them and shove your product into whatever grand strategery they're cooking up this quarter. It's sad to think how Android was envisioned as this ope…

Does Outlook on mobile provide these?

Iirc desktop outlook could create events/reminders/tasks linked to emails in your inbox.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by Mz »

oliwarner wrote: post #77
halfteatree wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> users are idiots Please, for the last time, stop using this rhetoric. How would you like to be called an idiot? As a developer and a user, I'm deeply offended by this condescending attitude. I really don't know what people like -- apparently opt-out is bad, so now we're using opt-in. Still, "opt-in" is bad because it's becoming a toilet? How do you expect _any_ platform to work? Self-host everything?

I said exactly how it should work. These add-ons should exist and operate within Google/gmail and nowhere else. They shouldn't be able to send your data anywhere else. Instantly curtails the unwashed from having their identities stolen. As for the rhetoric, I'm sorry you feel picked upon. I was speaking generally, not directly at you ... but if that still doesn't reflect your experience of the idiots bumping their wa…

Re "idiots."

Everyone is ignorant about something. Take brilliant IT professionals. For many of them, manners and social skills are one of their weak areas.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by vit05 »

This link does not open here https://www.blog.google/products/g-suite/do-more-your-inbox-...

http://blog.google.com/ Doesn't open too

But https://gsuite-developers.googleblog.com opens and google.com opens.

I have tested on my smartphone and didn't work. I am from Brasil, so, I do not think is some kind of restriction.

Anyone have any idea what's going on?

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