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Re: A new Gmail inbox

#4

Post by hammerzeit »

thoughtcriminal wrote: post #2

Enough of the Google ads already. Google makes changes all the time. It can't all be news.

I'm willing to guess that GMail is among the top 3 most used products by HN's readership. This is a substantial change in the experience of that product, as well as deployment of what seems to be some pretty nontrivial technology powering that. It's also the kind of feature that will impact any startup that uses email as a communication channel with its customers (to wit: All of them).

If that's not relevant to the HN community I'm not sure what is.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

#5

Post by Fuzzwah »

hammerzeit wrote: post #4
thoughtcriminal wrote: post #2

Enough of the Google ads already. Google makes changes all the time. It can't all be news.

I'm willing to guess that GMail is among the top 3 most used products by HN's readership. This is a substantial change in the experience of that product, as well as deployment of what seems to be some pretty nontrivial technology powering that. It's also the kind of feature that will impact any startup that uses email as a communication channel with its customers (to wit: All of them). If that's not relevant to the H…

Ok, I'll bite. What do you think the other top 2 products are?

Re: A new Gmail inbox

#6

Post by pkfrank »

I'm encouraged that they seem to allow you to toggle this new inbox on/off as you wish.

In contrast to the "new" compose box which will eventually be forced onto everyone.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

#7

Post by hammerzeit »

As a user, I think I'm excited by this, although a lot will depend on the core usability and accuracy -- this is where this kind of technology often founders.

As an entrepreneur, this seems phenomenally relevant, given the relative penetration of GMail among early adopters. The choices that GMail makes can, within limits of what users will tolerate, create new behaviors for its users and eliminate old ones. This can create landgrab opportunities for startups capable of harnessing the new forms of attention and be destructive for startups addicted to the old forms.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

#9

Post by rcsorensen »

Fuzzwah wrote: post #5
hammerzeit wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm willing to guess that GMail is among the top 3 most used products by HN's readership. This is a substantial change in the experience of that product, as well as deployment of what seems to be some pretty nontrivial technology powering that. It's also the kind of feature that will impact any startup that uses email as a communication channel with its customers (to wit: All of them). If that's not relevant to the H…

Ok, I'll bite. What do you think the other top 2 products are?

Google Search and Hacker News.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

#10

Post by kes »

Fuzzwah wrote: post #5
hammerzeit wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm willing to guess that GMail is among the top 3 most used products by HN's readership. This is a substantial change in the experience of that product, as well as deployment of what seems to be some pretty nontrivial technology powering that. It's also the kind of feature that will impact any startup that uses email as a communication channel with its customers (to wit: All of them). If that's not relevant to the H…

Ok, I'll bite. What do you think the other top 2 products are?

Search. Analytics? Adwords?
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