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A new Gmail inbox
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#252Where is the Call to Phone button?
Unfortunately I think they killed it in the Hangouts "update"
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#253Earlier 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.
But on the other hand, what other type of reaction is possible to a blog post that advertises a new feature that most people cannot try out yet and form measured reactions to?
You may be amazed, confused, euphoric, skeptical, doubtful, intrigued...
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#255Earlier quoted context omitted.
I like it too. I can write multiple emails at once, and a chat box will never be in the way of the composer. Maybe there should be a "snap back into page" button thing, but people seem to forget that there is a pop out button if you want a more mono-tasking email style. Additionally, with this interface, it could be more integrated with hangouts and cross google's services (maybe easier send email pop up on andriod t…
I think that's a fundamental difference in working style. I never write multiple emails at once, nor have I wanted to. To me that is clutter. The "pop out" choice is a poor one since it turns Compose into 3 operations: Press compose, press the pop-out button, press maximize on the new window. (as for the chat box, I use Minimalist, and my Gmail UI is trimmed of anything extraneous).
Just hit "d" -- first have shortcuts enabled.
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#256Looks interesting - Will probably try it out, but not sure if I'd stick with it. I try to shoot for 0 inbox at all times - So all my emails are either archived or starred for later; I don't categorize outside of that.
But, that's why they allow an option to disable it :-)
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#257These 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've switched back to the Basic Html interface, and found it surprisingly good.
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#258Earlier quoted context omitted.
I like to keep a Zero Inbox as well so labelling things is absolutely essential, I have over 20 labels. Seeing the 2000 unread emails in my girlfriends inbox makes my eye twitch.
My unread 26,000 may kill you.
I thought I was doing well with 12,800!
Every time I read comments on HN about how people have these "amazing" systems of filtering and labeling in gmail I always wonder if there's anyone else who uses gmail like I use it.... turns out there is and they've doubled my high score.
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#259Surprised no one has mentioned that this update puts the squeeze on Sanebox and Boomerang.
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#260Disaster. 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.
I'd like to once again recommend trying the Basic Html view. You can middle-click the compose button (or any link, really) and it opens in a new tab. It's super helpful for keeping multiple emails open to reference while writing a new one (which is what the floaty javascript compose window is supposed to solve, but it doesn't really)