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Re: Email overload? Try Priority Inbox

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Post by imrehg » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 7:13 AM UTC

tremendo wrote: post #25

Anybody else got the auto-playing music? For a while couldn't figure out where it was coming from, then I saw the red sign for the new Priority Inbox and at first selected "No thanks" but that did nothing, and not until I accepted to turn it on did the music stop. A bug? or some Google's programmer idea of being "helpful" or "funny"? I did not appreciate it.

Had the same thing. Seems like enabling it in another browser will disable the ad, so you can go back using Chrome. Haven't tried disabling afterwards to see whether the ad comes back, though...

I seriously thought my account been hacked and someone's playing a practical joke on me...

Re: Email overload? Try Priority Inbox

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Post by jessriedel » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 7:41 AM UTC

walkon wrote: post #20

fookyong wrote: post #6

That promotional video is exceptionally well-executed.

Wish I could watch it. Am I the only one who can't stream a full video from YouTube half the time? Either it doesn't start at all, or quits streaming half way through.

This is at least half of my youtube experience.

Re: Email overload? Try Priority Inbox

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Post by loup-vaillant » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 7:52 AM UTC

Awesome. Now can we do it on a local MUA (Thunderbird, Mutt…), or on an MDA (procmail…)?

I like to own the computers that analyse my personal data. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1648400

Re: Email overload? Try Priority Inbox

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Post by kristiandupont » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 7:56 AM UTC

I run GTD-like system and I am not immediately attracted to this. To me, an email either "requires action" or is "done". Obviously, a lot of stuff goes directly into done (receipts etc.), but I would not trust automation with that I think..

Re: Email overload? Try Priority Inbox

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Post by es » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 8:05 AM UTC

spicyj wrote: post #14

This sort of feature always makes me sad that they announce features before rolling them out to everyone. Now I can't wait for it to show up in my account.

I can't agree more. I was really disappointed when found out that I need to wait for release. Most likely I'll forgot unless it will appear on top of HN next week.

Re: Email overload? Try Priority Inbox

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Post by bostonvaulter2 » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 8:14 AM UTC

spicyj wrote: post #14

This sort of feature always makes me sad that they announce features before rolling them out to everyone. Now I can't wait for it to show up in my account.

Yeah, I really with this was a google labs feature so I could try it out right now. Although the fact that it is not a lab feature means they are taking it quite seriously.

Re: Email overload? Try Priority Inbox

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Post by bostonvaulter2 » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 8:16 AM UTC

davidedicillo wrote: post #27

ALee wrote: post #12

#28 of YC's Ideas They'd Like to Fund "Fixing email overload. A lot of people, including me, feel they get too much email. A solution would find a ready market. But the best solution may not be anything as obvious as a new mail reader. Related problem: Using your inbox as a to-do list. The solution is probably to acknowledge this rather than prevent it."

I was actually already using my inbox as todo list with the Multiple Inboxes lab feature, using labels "Need Reply" or "To Do" for the emails and use filters to address them to the multiple inboxes.

I wish the shortcut keys (such as j and k) would reach down into the multiple inboxes. Unfortunately they only work on the top inbox.

Re: Email overload? Try Priority Inbox

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Post by jarin » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 8:38 AM UTC

This is pretty awesome, I just hope it plays nicely with OtherInbox.

Re: Email overload? Try Priority Inbox

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Post by alec » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 8:38 AM UTC

loup-vaillant wrote: post #43

Awesome. Now can we do it on a local MUA (Thunderbird, Mutt…), or on an MDA (procmail…)? I like to own the computers that analyse my personal data. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1648400

From the video, it looks like they have a Bayesian-style mail filter, but instead of applying it to find spam, they apply it to find important mail. This is not too hard to set up; the tricky bit they've automated is analyzing which emails are read and replied to, as opposed to just which ones are marked, so it's more automatic.

Re: Email overload? Try Priority Inbox

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Post by kapranoff » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 8:57 AM UTC

petercooper wrote: post #35

I've had a similar feature (without the training part) in GMail for a while now. GMail Labs has a feature called something like "Multi Inbox". It shows other searches/labels of your choice on the front page. I set it up to show Drafts, Starred and a "To Do" label and have been running a system much like this shows, just prioritizing stuff on the fly. Given you can see drafts and such stuff, this might even be a bette…

Interesting. People who actively use Multiple Inbox lab in GMail usually have the same or similar configuration. (Starred, Drafts and label:toread for incoming links — that's mine).

Looks like a pattern.