Google is discontinuing Inbox • Hacker News Board

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by coldtea » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:49 PM UTC

DannyBee wrote: post #13

It's really interesting to see the super-knee jerk reaction here when the article itself even says that most of the features made their way into gmail. (I was a heavy inbox user, and i am happy with the stuff that made it's way into gmail). Outside of some of the bundling features, i'm curious what actual difference people are complaining about here.

>It's really interesting to see the super-knee jerk reaction here when the article itself even says that most of the features made their way into gmail.

We didn't just want "most [Inbox] features into gmail". We wanted Inbox's UI and basic approach further developed.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by rickyc091 » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:51 PM UTC

DannyBee wrote: post #13

It's really interesting to see the super-knee jerk reaction here when the article itself even says that most of the features made their way into gmail. (I was a heavy inbox user, and i am happy with the stuff that made it's way into gmail). Outside of some of the bundling features, i'm curious what actual difference people are complaining about here.

Pressing `T` bringing up the reminders dialog and quickly adding a TODO, then being able to snooze it for a later date.

Gmail has `Tasks`, but I'm not aware of it showing up in the same stream as emails.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by ihatethem » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:51 PM UTC

ulfw wrote: post #5

Not trying to be facetious or anything, but honestly I wonder why at this point anybody would bother using any Google product besides the triumvirate of Search/Maps/Gmail. What's the point?

While you're not being "facetious" you're being "glib".

Inbox was obviously a place the gmail team used for experimentation and now they are folding it back in.

Besides you're making it sound like there was some huge cost involved in adopting or in abandoning Inbox, which there isn't.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by DannyBee » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:52 PM UTC

cle wrote: post #16

DannyBee wrote: post #13

It's really interesting to see the super-knee jerk reaction here when the article itself even says that most of the features made their way into gmail. (I was a heavy inbox user, and i am happy with the stuff that made it's way into gmail). Outside of some of the bundling features, i'm curious what actual difference people are complaining about here.

People are complaining about having to switch apps. Users have found something that works and they've gotten used to it. Now they'll be forced to switch for no apparent value add. Why do you think people would be okay with that?

That isn't the part i'm commenting on.

It's a general statement on the world that people hate all change :)

People have always argued literally every change has no value add for them (and i'm sure for large enough things, there are always people for which that is true).

So that part doesn't bug me.

But that's not what most of the comments seem to be. Because honestly, if the only complaint people have is "i had to open a different app", that's actually really good for any transition.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by nathancahill » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:52 PM UTC

DannyBee wrote: post #13

It's really interesting to see the super-knee jerk reaction here when the article itself even says that most of the features made their way into gmail. (I was a heavy inbox user, and i am happy with the stuff that made it's way into gmail). Outside of some of the bundling features, i'm curious what actual difference people are complaining about here.

> Outside of bundling

Bundling is the main development that Inbox brought to the table.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by DannyBee » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:52 PM UTC

coldtea wrote: post #21

DannyBee wrote: post #13

It's really interesting to see the super-knee jerk reaction here when the article itself even says that most of the features made their way into gmail. (I was a heavy inbox user, and i am happy with the stuff that made it's way into gmail). Outside of some of the bundling features, i'm curious what actual difference people are complaining about here.

> It's really interesting to see the super-knee jerk reaction here when the article itself even says that most of the features made their way into gmail. We didn't just want "most [Inbox] features into gmail". We wanted Inbox's UI and basic approach further developed.

Again, i don't see most comments saying that here.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by rch » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:53 PM UTC

ulfw wrote: post #5

Not trying to be facetious or anything, but honestly I wonder why at this point anybody would bother using any Google product besides the triumvirate of Search/Maps/Gmail. What's the point?

Keep is really handy.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by nathancahill » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:53 PM UTC

fra wrote: post #4

nathancahill wrote: post #2

Everyone suspected it for a while. Their active Twitter account refused for months to say when the app would be updated for the iPhone X. Personally, I suspect that they painted themselves into a bit of a corner with the tech stack they choose for Inbox. They used a unique C++ to JS compiler to run Inbox in the browser. This worked decently well in Chrome, but the experience in other browsers has been a lot choppier.…

When you have a successful product people love, you don't sunset it because the tech stack is too cumbersome. This has to mean that the product wasn't seeing the adoption they were hoping for.

You might if you find yourself developing duplicate features in parallel in two different codebases.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by elboru » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:53 PM UTC

Inbox was the first tool that helped me reach "inbox zero". I really liked the feel of seeing the cute landscape after I was done with my email. Anyways I saw this coming since they took a lot of time to update their app for the iPhone X.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by dragonwriter » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:55 PM UTC

DannyBee wrote: post #13

It's really interesting to see the super-knee jerk reaction here when the article itself even says that most of the features made their way into gmail. (I was a heavy inbox user, and i am happy with the stuff that made it's way into gmail). Outside of some of the bundling features, i'm curious what actual difference people are complaining about here.

> Outside of some of the bundling features, i'm curious what actual difference people are complaining about here.

Gmail’s horribly cluttered interface compared to Inbox, both on web and mobile.