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Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by twistedpair »

gardarh wrote: post #85

Looking at my girlfriend's gmail Inbox makes my eyes bleed, it's a mishmash of seemingly irrelevant email, lots of promos or facebook notifications more than half of which is unread. I sometimes find it hard to control myself not to "clean it up". This seems like a perfect addition for her... as for me, I've already setup my filters and am already happy with gmail as is; I don't think this will interfere with that. S…

Seems like the video and solition was tailored for that crowd. Didn't see any invites to Maker Faire in the video's inbox.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by 3JPLW »

adastra wrote: post #79

Disaster. 1) I just turned it on, and it is not customizable at all . You cannot create custom tabs, and you can't even pick what goes into the tabs they have created. 2) When you turn it on, it disables Gmail's multiple inbox. Multiple inbox is the only thing saving my email from being a complete and utter disaster right now. 3) Judging by how they are forcing the new compose on everyone it is reasonable to expect t…

I wish they would have taken more time to better support tabbed browsing instead of implementing their own floating compose windows in javascript.

Now they've implemented their own version of tabs.

Just support native browser controls, please. People understand them. They're simple. They work. The more stuff they add, the heavier Gmail becomes... and the more of a pain it is to load in multiple real tabs.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by twistedpair »

Seems like a good way to get the Facebook and other social network spam out of people's in boxes, or at least buried under a tab. A subtle way to combat the G+ competitors and spammers.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by thrownaway2424 »

adastra wrote: post #79

Disaster. 1) I just turned it on, and it is not customizable at all . You cannot create custom tabs, and you can't even pick what goes into the tabs they have created. 2) When you turn it on, it disables Gmail's multiple inbox. Multiple inbox is the only thing saving my email from being a complete and utter disaster right now. 3) Judging by how they are forcing the new compose on everyone it is reasonable to expect t…

Gmail previously had 5 types of inbox view. Now it has 6. Feel free to choose the one you like.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by jamoes »

aiiane wrote: post #30
adventured wrote: post #14

So they're giving me sub folders ("tabs") for my inbox folder. How very 1999. What Gmail is really doing is adding more layers of complexity. Now they have hard wired folders (inbox, sent, etc), labels (aka custom folders), tabs in the inbox, and importance markers (starred / not). They're making the same mistake that consumed many of Microsoft's email efforts: adding complexity thinking that's how you add 'power con…

not forced to use it. What would you rather they add?

How about built-in PGP? Even if google stored the private keys by default, it would be a huge step in the direction of getting people to actually use PGP and care about the privacy of their communication.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by jamoes »

dannyr wrote: post #66
hnriot wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the same old whining. If you don't like the new features, the blog clearly says you can choose not to use them, they provide backward compatibility. You say this has been done before, what hasn't. You should live with the features for a while before jumping to immediately trashing them without even having used them. Nothing is "new or unique" - and nobody wants that either. They want steady improvements without losin…

Dude, he's clearly whining without bothering to even read the post. If he actually read it, no reason to complain because you can turn it off.

> because you can turn it off

I think the fear is that eventually they won't let you turn it off. Google has a habit of doing this type of thing with Gmail (eg the new UI, and the new compose)

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by encoderer »

vidarh wrote: post #72
bretthopper wrote: post #36

These comments are pretty sad. I know we feel the need to comment on everything right away these days, but honestly there isn't much to say about this feature until we've actually used it. HN almost universally believes in execution over the idea, yet here we are trashing an idea before seeing the execution. It's great that Gmail is trying to innovate and improve the email experience. Maybe this feature won't work ou…

Given how obnoxious the new compose it, it is getting hard to trust them to do the right thing with Gmail.

Meh, fwiw I love the new compose.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by ohazi »

I currently use the "unread first" inbox type, which puts unread messages at the top of my inbox. It seems that these inbox types are an either/or proposition. I can't have unread messages at the top within this "new" inbox, which is a deal-breaker for me.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by baddox »

bretthopper wrote: post #36

These comments are pretty sad. I know we feel the need to comment on everything right away these days, but honestly there isn't much to say about this feature until we've actually used it. HN almost universally believes in execution over the idea, yet here we are trashing an idea before seeing the execution. It's great that Gmail is trying to innovate and improve the email experience. Maybe this feature won't work ou…

Isn't it more like min(idea, execution)? Good execution of a bad idea (if that's even possible) is still a bad thing (not that I think this is a bad idea).
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