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Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by kkarakk »

jillesvangurp wrote: post #211

I think this choice may be partially inspired by the fact that lots of people never switched to Inbox and people like myself actually switched back at some point. For me pinning UX kind of sucked and I really missed the Gmail density of information. What's sad is that Inbox stopped evolving almost immediately after they released it. This seems to be a thing at Google. Release something, hype it, and then just walk aw…

if there was infighting atleast we(the users) would hear about it. google just seems to encourage people to move past the things they've made instead of innovating on it so we(as users) never hear anything until a project is killed off.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by vorticalbox »

jeremy_wiebe wrote: post #213
__sr__ wrote: post #141

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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

I use TripIt a lot (manually forwarding emails). I don’t trust them with my email credentials. :-) I do love the service. Their website design feels aged and worn, but the functionality is great. I love trying out confirmation emails from new travel services to see if they can parse them. And they usually do a good job.

They will almost certainly use oauth to access your email account.

They get given a key to act on your behalf they would never get your actual login details.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by lancewiggs »

__sr__ wrote: post #178
urda wrote: post #172

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For iOS I just stick with the native Mail.app to be honest.

It works well enough for regular IMAP or Exchange accounts, but there is something messed up with Google’s implementation of IMAP which causes the experience to be sub-par. Also, Mail.app doessn’t have anywhere near feature parity with Inbox.

Hence it makes the decision to move to Fastmail, which has standards compliant IMAP, so much easier.

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Post by Buge »

cannonedhamster wrote: post #302
icebraining wrote: post #276

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Google Docs? Calendar? Groups? YouTube? Plus Android and Chrome, of course.

They bought Youtube and it served Ads. Calendar is part of Gmail. Groups is pretty much dead and hasn't been upgraded in years. Android and Chrome are part of Ads. Docs is probably the only new feature that they've developed, but people pay a good amount of money for it.

How is Chrome a part of ads?

Docs was an acquisition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Docs,_Sheets,_and_Slide...

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by jorisw »

I've always used a particular email flow in Apple's Mail.app that allows me to use my email exactly as an Inbox user here calls it: "reminders as a first class citizen of your inbox". Is that what Inbox was for?

If so, am I the only one that uses Mail.app (or whatever email client) like this? :

https://jor.is/mail-flow.jpg

In short: Sort by flags, then by date received. Keeps your actionables on top, even grouped by (flag color) category if you want. I never forget to deal with any of my emails.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by Fire-Dragon-DoL »

This kills me. I loved the reminders mixed with emails, I didn't need any separate app: all notes abd emails abd reminders in a single giant todo interface. It's perfect. The migration guide states they have nothing for the reminders beside a stupid suggestion to use split screen with 2 apps on phone (which is not even close to what i need).

I'm looking around for alternative products that behave like inbox.

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