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Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by sillysaurus »

piyush_soni wrote: post #153
vidarh wrote: post #72

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

Just FWIW, I love the new Gmail compose as well. It is indeed useful to be able to go through and consult previous emails without doing the back and forth for writing one mail. And I really love Gmail for all the small convenience things they keep on doing, like including a 'Track Package' button in the 'product shipping' email's subject itself ! As far as I know, they were the first to do many innovative things, lik…

As far as I know, they were the first to do many innovative things, like drag and drop to attach files!

The interesting truth is that Zenter was the first. I know because they demoed it to me in 2007 shortly before Google acquired them.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by zobzu »

bound008 wrote: post #248
saint-loup wrote: post #154

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That's what the Gmail Labs is for: testing features before some of them being released to everyone.

Google Labs is a place where they incubate awesome ideas and features. Then they launch it into the main project and people hate it. Then they kill it. I would rather they just left it in labs.

Oh you mean like when we could enable features we like and disable the ones we don't like? You mean, the 90's!

Nowadays the corporations make all the choices for you. They know what's good for you, better than you do. Maybe.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by adastra »

sthomas1618 wrote: post #173
baby wrote: post #132

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

Go to your gmail. Enable keyboard shortcuts. Press "d".

No can do. I refuse to turn shortcuts on because there are at least 2 (and maybe more I'm not aware of) ways to send the email I'm currently drafting. Command + Enter, or hitting shift, then enter.

I've learned from past email programs that's a recipe for disaster. Turn those two off and I'd gladly use keyboard shortcuts.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by kbenson »

sillysaurus wrote: post #271
piyush_soni wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just FWIW, I love the new Gmail compose as well. It is indeed useful to be able to go through and consult previous emails without doing the back and forth for writing one mail. And I really love Gmail for all the small convenience things they keep on doing, like including a 'Track Package' button in the 'product shipping' email's subject itself ! As far as I know, they were the first to do many innovative things, lik…

As far as I know, they were the first to do many innovative things, like drag and drop to attach files! The interesting truth is that Zenter was the first. I know because they demoed it to me in 2007 shortly before Google acquired them.

Well, if Google acquired them that makes it half (okay, much less than half half) right.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by kbenson »

cm2012 wrote: post #250
jaredmcateer wrote: post #218

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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.

The owner of the (small) company I work at has 55k+ unread in his inbox. I suggested a few weeks ago he move to the priority inbox in an attempt to deal with the crazy inflow he manages.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by turing »

beefman wrote: post #170
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…

The opposite is true. I don't need to know anything more about this feature to conclude: 1. it's anti-useful for me and 2. while it may be useful for some, it is another clear step toward throwing in the towel on e-mail as a platform for serious discourse. Nor do I agree that execution trumps ideas. Both are necessary and insufficient for success, but execution is far easier to commoditize. Those who can't judge good…

>2. while it may be useful for some, it is another clear step toward throwing in the towel on e-mail as a platform for serious discourse.

I'd love to hear you expand on this, because for me it seems like the exact opposite. By taking extraneous and superficial emails out of the main view, doesn't this make e-mail better suited for serious discourse?

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by turing »

willis77 wrote: post #101
thrownaway2424 wrote: post #94

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

Gmail previously had 1 type of message compose. Now it has 2. Feel free to choose the one yo--oops, now it has 1. The one you didn't choose.

To be fair, you didn't choose the old one either. Since, ya know, it was the only choice.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by turing »

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…

>Judging by how they are forcing the new compose on everyone it is reasonable to expect that they will force us to use this as well.

Considering Google has already allowed users to choose from 5 different Inbox styles for years now, I don't really think your conclusion is logical.

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by jlmendezbonini »

hadem wrote: post #164
owenjones wrote: post #45

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Judging by their recent change of making GChats part of the Google+ Hangout system I am nervous and skeptical about the changes to GMail.

Perhaps you'd be happier going back to AOL or Hotmail? I don't understand the negativity around change. If they never changed, people would complain that they are in a rut, that they don't innovate, etc.

>Perhaps you'd be happier going back to AOL or Hotmail?

Hotmail became Outlook.com a couple of months ago and it's quite nice actually :)

Re: A new Gmail inbox

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Post by gregpilling »

kbenson wrote: post #275
cm2012 wrote: post #250

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My unread 26,000 may kill you.

The owner of the (small) company I work at has 55k+ unread in his inbox. I suggested a few weeks ago he move to the priority inbox in an attempt to deal with the crazy inflow he manages.

I am in the 50K range, have thought of hiring someone to archive it for me.
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