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Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by DannyBee » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:56 PM UTC

nathancahill wrote: post #25

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.

Going to the video tape:

https://gmail.googleblog.com/2014/10/an-inbox-that-works-for...

Three things are highlighted:

Extraction of info from items and display (now in gmail)

Bundles (some made it into gmail)

Reminders, assists, and Snooze (now mostly in gmail)

So i'm not sure i'd agree with you here, but i definitely would agree that of the big three, bundling made it in the least :)

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by daxterspeed » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:56 PM UTC

o_____________o wrote: post #17

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.

Deleting/sweeping a section of emails away on mobile is a huge productivity boost for me. The Gmail app on Android doesn't have this feature from what I can tell. Snooze was a big one too, but that got crippled in Inbox a while ago as well.

The ability to mark emails as done or to pin them were hallmark features of the Inbox interface and they both take significantly more work in Gmail. I'm severely disappointed that they've decided to axe Inbox without at least pretending to care - by eg. providing a user survey.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by IggleSniggle » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:57 PM UTC

wnevets wrote: post #11

If you had to do with tons of email Inbox seem like it would be great. However it just got in the way when you only had to deal a few emails a day.

I went from 10000+ unread emails to inbox-zero. I honestly don’t think I could have taken the leap without Inbox. True, I don’t need the bundling feature as much any more, but I’m sad the product is going away.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by nathancahill » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:57 PM UTC

DannyBee wrote: post #31

nathancahill wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Outside of bundling Bundling is the main development that Inbox brought to the table.

Going to the video tape: https://gmail.googleblog.com/2014/10/an-inbox-that-works-for... Three things are highlighted: Extraction of info from items and display (now in gmail) Bundles (some made it into gmail) Reminders, assists, and Snooze (now mostly in gmail) So i'm not sure i'd agree with you here, but i definitely would agree that of the big three, bundling made it in the least :)

How can I get bundles in Gmail? Am I missing something?

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by o_____________o » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:58 PM UTC

daxterspeed wrote: post #32

o_____________o wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Deleting/sweeping a section of emails away on mobile is a huge productivity boost for me. The Gmail app on Android doesn't have this feature from what I can tell. Snooze was a big one too, but that got crippled in Inbox a while ago as well.

The ability to mark emails as done or to pin them were hallmark features of the Inbox interface and they both take significantly more work in Gmail. I'm severely disappointed that they've decided to axe Inbox without at least pretending to care - by eg. providing a user survey.

Oh no, pinning! I've so thoroughly integrated that into my expectations and behavior that I didn't even think about it.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by smnrchrds » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:58 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.

The reason I still use Inbox on Android, even when GMail has most of the same features is its interface design. I much prefer Inbox's approach where the emphesis is on the email subject instead of GMail's emphesis on sender. 90% of my emails are with the same 2-3 colleauges. They represent different threads for different projects and tasks. Gmail interface makes finding the right email cumbersome. I will continue using Inbox until it stops working.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by spookyuser » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:59 PM UTC

They can pry it from my cold dead hands

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

#38

Post by DanFeldman » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:59 PM UTC

Damnit, I love inbox and I use it everyday. Much preferred to the GMAIL ui, seemed less cluttered to me and the swiping features to archive/snooze/pin were great. Yikes. It worked really well out of the box for bundling and didn't need much configuration. RIP inbox.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by al3xnull » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 7:00 PM UTC

o_____________o wrote: post #17

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.

Deleting/sweeping a section of emails away on mobile is a huge productivity boost for me. The Gmail app on Android doesn't have this feature from what I can tell. Snooze was a big one too, but that got crippled in Inbox a while ago as well.

This is what I'm going to miss most. Heard the news and went to check the Gmail app only to realize I was going to have to spend much more time in my inbox.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by mcfunk » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 7:01 PM UTC

I tried to move to Inbox but kept having to use the Gmail app after I would see alerts for mail and then was unable to find the message in question in Inbox without searching, which is tedious. The "missed messages" problem was one I couldn't ever get past (maybe my own settings were to blame -- but at the end of the day it wasn't worth the time to figure out).