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Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by wiwofone »

themacguffinman wrote: post #173
fareesh wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Came to post this as well. Inbox is a great product, but it seems to have been forgotten - probably because most of the users still use gmail, since getting "normies" to switch to anything is near impossible without social pressure being some contributor to the switch. Plus, Gmail still has a ton of features that were never ported over, which will also prevent some advanced users who rely on these features consistent…

I think you're missing the point of Inbox. It's not supposed to replace Gmail, not now and not ever. It's an additional way of using Gmail, hence why its full name is actually "Inbox by Gmail". Inbox is an attempt to make Gmail easier to use for the average user who has simple needs, so all the "power user" features you want aren't supposed to be in Inbox. If your needs are complicated, you can just use Gmail. Inbox…

I both agree and disagree. It's certainly a reframing of Gmail in a more light format, but it has one killer feature (which is also the only reason I'm currently using it over Gmail) – email snoozing. To get that in Gmail you need a label-based plugin (desktop only) or a third-party app (to get it on mobile as well) afaik.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by miaklesp »

sebau wrote: post #187

Now with Add-ons, Gmail is definately the next Google+, and by far the most successful social network they've been able to create. But after 13 years of extensive use of it, I'm currently leaving Gmail for Apple iCloud solution. No ads. No analysis. Just plain good emails.

Check out FastMail too

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by kleff »

colordrops wrote: post #161
atomicnumber1 wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried inbox?

It works OK if you are willing to submit to their new paradigm, but some people like a traditional inbox. Try Aquamail for instance. It's what gmail would be if it worked properly.

Seconding Aquamail, by far the best email client I've used for Android.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by [deleted] »

ptx wrote: post #189
gjjrfcbugxbhf wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In android's intents model it's the email app so that would need to use the create event intent to send the data to the calendar. To do this the calendar would need to access the emails - which would need either IMAP built in to the calendar app [EDIT: or to change the android permission model]. Edited - finished sentence

I believe the idea is (or was) that the e-mail app will use a "content provider" component[1] to give other apps access to data as appropriate. [1] https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/content...

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Post by crucialfelix »

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.

I'm getting the feeling I'm the only one who happily switched to Inbox. But it sounds like the adoption is not there.

I still have to use gmail for some things like deleting lots of messages. And lately inbox has managed to freeze my entire computer for up to 30s.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by Ninn »

parski wrote: post #194

Search results for GPG We couldn't find anything for your search. :-/

Indeed disappointing -- this has to be the single most requested feature in Gmail, how can they not open a new universe which could allow this, and then not include this.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by smnscu »

Ninn wrote: post #197
parski wrote: post #194

Search results for GPG We couldn't find anything for your search. :-/

Indeed disappointing -- this has to be the single most requested feature in Gmail, how can they not open a new universe which could allow this, and then not include this.

Not only that, but they have a guy who AFAIU spent his 20% time to build this feature (i.e. e2ee using GPG), it would take minimal resources to implement it as an add-on. I guess with all the usage data they have they know how much the general public cares about privacy. It's sad not even the Googlers who care can push some of these "higher good" features without being reassigned to some mundane shit.

https://github.com/google/end-to-end

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by JorgeGT »

themacguffinman wrote: post #173
fareesh wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Came to post this as well. Inbox is a great product, but it seems to have been forgotten - probably because most of the users still use gmail, since getting "normies" to switch to anything is near impossible without social pressure being some contributor to the switch. Plus, Gmail still has a ton of features that were never ported over, which will also prevent some advanced users who rely on these features consistent…

I think you're missing the point of Inbox. It's not supposed to replace Gmail, not now and not ever. It's an additional way of using Gmail, hence why its full name is actually "Inbox by Gmail". Inbox is an attempt to make Gmail easier to use for the average user who has simple needs, so all the "power user" features you want aren't supposed to be in Inbox. If your needs are complicated, you can just use Gmail. Inbox…

> I don't need extra features get my stuff done in Inbox.

I only need signatures in my non-gmail account. This is almost the only reason I switch to gmail now, when I have to send an email to someone outside my institution... it's very frustrating that they implemented signatures but only for gmail accounts.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by dahauns »

gravypod wrote: post #158
guelo wrote: post #120

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Android is designed from the ground up to enable this kind of thing. It has a powerful cross-app Intent system that could allow sharing of emails, deeplinking into gmail, broadcasting email changes, allow other apps to change email status, etc.

From the programming and functionality perspective that's fantastic. From the data security perspective that's a nightmare.

The way Intents are designed it's really not.
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