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Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by stdbrouw »

3JPLW wrote: post #92
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.

Show me any big web app that doesn't use tabs at least somewhere. I don't see what the big deal is.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by ndr »

baby wrote: post #132
wyck wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hate the new compose. I think the mail UI team need to make a poster that says. "If it's not broken, don't fix it"

You mean the compose that pops up and doesn't open in a new page? 100% agree.

Have you tried ctrl+click?

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by dannyr »

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.

I love the new Compose too.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by pseut »

dragonwriter wrote: post #102
baddox wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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).

> Isn't it more like min(idea, execution)? Its more like idea * execution, where the range for each input (and the output, consequently) is [0,1].

So you think that it's worse than min(idea, execution)?

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by dannyr »

jamoes wrote: post #96
dannyr wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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)

then whine when it actually happens.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by user1234 »

Timothee wrote: post #40

I find all these new email products (Sparrow, Mailbox, etc.) interesting on a UI/UX level but they're highly irrelevant to me. I always read about how hard it has become to manage one's inbox, but I really don't have a problem with it. My system is simple: do not sign-up for newsletter or notifications (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, GitHub, etc.) you won't read, unsubscribe anytime you realize you don't read the ones you r…

Wow I do the same exact thing. I never need anything more than an inbox and a few labels.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by lucian1900 »

lallysingh wrote: post #19
jcfrei wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm just gonna hijack this thread in case any gmail devs are dropping by. the new compose box is a joke - why would you force users to write emails in a small window in the bottom right corner?!

I felt the same way at first. Then I noticed two things: (1) I could write several messages at once. Useful if you want to look things up, and keep multi-tasking. (2) I can refer to other messages while writing one.

I could already do that by composing in a separate window.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by user1234 »

hamburglar wrote: post #117
Timothee wrote: post #40

I find all these new email products (Sparrow, Mailbox, etc.) interesting on a UI/UX level but they're highly irrelevant to me. I always read about how hard it has become to manage one's inbox, but I really don't have a problem with it. My system is simple: do not sign-up for newsletter or notifications (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, GitHub, etc.) you won't read, unsubscribe anytime you realize you don't read the ones you r…

Out of curiosity, what do you do when you run into an OSS project which requires you to subscribe to a mailing list in order to ask a question? I find the friction of this high enough that I end up staying subscribed forever (and filtering the mail) rather than unsubscribing and possibly having to resubscribe later. I'm glad gmail doesn't have a quota for email bandwidth...

I filter to a label and skip inbox. Once in awhile I scan the list (rather lower volume at this point) and see if there is anything I can help with, then I select all for that label and delete.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by obviouslygreen »

simonsarris wrote: post #126

Oooh I like this very much, though it looks like I'm not allowed to play with it just yet on my account. Labels and filters solve several Gmail problems but demand too much footwork on my part. I found that my Gmail experience got better when I adopted this credo about two weeks ago: Thou shalt have but one Gmail label, and that label's name shalt be "Needs Reply". Either it can wait, and be there when I specifically…

Thou shalt have but one Gmail label, and that label's name shalt be "Needs Reply".

I'm glad this works for you, but keeping track of and searching through years of emails -- and chats -- with dozens of disparate people and clients makes labels, or something similar, indispensable to me.

Going overboard and having a label for everything under the sun would, for most of us, decrease their utility. But in at least some use cases, having many labels definitely is not in and of itself a bad thing.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by axyjo »

brymaster wrote: post #88
dskhatri wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Knee-jerk reactions are a big problem on this site. Perhaps there should be a delay between a story posting and comments being allowed.

People wanting to censor dissent are a big problem on this site.

Slippery slope.
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