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Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by __sr__ »

noja wrote: post #117
klandergren wrote: post #110

Inbox changed my relationship with email and it is unbelievably frustrating to hear it is being shuttered. I was a better digital person because of the app: I never forgot to reply, I kept years of ideas and small notes in reminders, and I could quickly triage and clear all incoming mail. These things in particular made Inbox stand out: * UI - simple, uncluttered mobile and desktop experience with uncomplicated keybo…

Trips was the killer feature. I hope they port it. The ability to collect all my related information (a particular trip for example) into a single view was genius.

Alternatively, you can try Tripit[1] which has more features, but there is definitely more friction involved as you either need to grant access to your email account or manually forward emails.

[1] https://www.tripit.com

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Post by Zyst »

Been using Inbox for the last 4 years, sad to see it go. The bundle structure, and snoozing are both features I use religiously.

Thanks to the Inbox team for delivering a great product!

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by thieving_magpie »

__sr__ wrote: post #131
noja wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Okay, what's the URL?

I think it’s iOS/Android only — which is a pity because a lot of people still prefer a laptop/desktop — although it works well enough for me. https://get.google.com/trips/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-trips-plan-your-trip/... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...

I don't mean to be too sarcastic here but what's the point? Google will just shut that down in a few weeks too.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by pvg »

DannyBee wrote: post #24
cle wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 op…

Come on. It's one of the essential, fundamental apps/services for many people with all the strong feelings attached to that. For a Googler to show up and start publicly calling users' reactions 'kneejerk' (completely independent of the accuracy of the claim) and then go on to philosophizing broadly on the nature of change amounts to trolling.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by jetrink »

ohadron wrote: post #70

This is so bad for my productivity. I will be missing: - Reminders (with the ability to snooze them) - Inbox bundling for promo, social, trips etc. - Pinning and archiving everything that is not pinned - Android 'Add reminder' widget Any ideas on how to replace these are welcome

A few months ago, I realized how important reminders had become to me. Knowing that Inbox might disappear someday, I switched to Todoist and began adding all new reminders (tasks) there. Apart from the lack of integration with Inbox (which is now a moot point), it is a straight upgrade.

* You can still sync reminders to your Google Calendar (tasks appear as events on the date they are due). Edits made in the calendar will be synced back to Todoist.

* Tasks can be assigned sub-tasks

* Tasks can be organized into projects

* You can create complex filters

Of course, if you want to keep things simple, that's an option too and for the most part, I've avoided the fancy features.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by pgm8705 »

8ytecoder wrote: post #132
klandergren wrote: post #110

Inbox changed my relationship with email and it is unbelievably frustrating to hear it is being shuttered. I was a better digital person because of the app: I never forgot to reply, I kept years of ideas and small notes in reminders, and I could quickly triage and clear all incoming mail. These things in particular made Inbox stand out: * UI - simple, uncluttered mobile and desktop experience with uncomplicated keybo…

I agree. I maintained a pretty clean inbox without 10s of rules. And as you said, never forgot to reply. I actually checked even my promo emails because I had them appear only once a day and I can delete them all in one click after reading them. Google keeps taking away the good products instead of figuring out how to get wider acceptance. Inbox definitely had a learning curve but it was worth it. If anyone has a goo…

Dealing with promo emails is one thing I'll miss the most, especially pinning the 1 or 2 you might want to keep and then sweeping the rest with 1 click. On desktop gmail you can reproduce this functionality by starring messages you want to keep and then bulk selecting using the "unstarred" option.

The ios gmail app does not have any good answer to this, though. You have to select each email one by one and then delete/archive.

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Post by Myrmornis »

OK, how do I get Inbox's "sweep" action in Gmail?

What "sweep" did is just in one click get rid of _everything_ that you haven't pinned. It was a massive productivity boost for someone for whom dealing with email was mostly a waste of time (my company doesn't really use email much, so my inbox mostly contained notifications from other apps).

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by thieving_magpie »

pishpash wrote: post #139
klandergren wrote: post #110

Inbox changed my relationship with email and it is unbelievably frustrating to hear it is being shuttered. I was a better digital person because of the app: I never forgot to reply, I kept years of ideas and small notes in reminders, and I could quickly triage and clear all incoming mail. These things in particular made Inbox stand out: * UI - simple, uncluttered mobile and desktop experience with uncomplicated keybo…

Never used Inbox after an initial look, mainly due to trust issues. How did this work? What if bundles missed an email related to a trip, did you then have to (1) know it went missing, and (2) find it from some hidden place and expend extra time? With these products I get the feeling that it may be amortizing rare occurrences over the most mundane usage.

Emails relating to a trip would get categorized into it automatically. You still had to pay attention. If an email wasn't detected as part of a trip, you dragged it over to the trip and then it was associated correctly.

Maybe it felt mundane to you but I found it extremely handy when landing in a new place, trying to rent a car, and get to my hotel. Just referencing the same little spot in the app was super helpful.

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