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Knee-jerk reactions are a big problem on this site. Perhaps there should be a delay between a story posting and comments being allowed.
Doesn't that mean that we'd still get knee-jerk reactions from people who are latecomers to the article?
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I was really excited about Google Game Services and I've even implemented them into my game, but then I discovered users need a Google+ account (not just a Google account) in order to use high-scores/achievements. Now I'm considering whether or not to actually publish the version of the game with achievements/high-scores...
aren't games on google+ now being deprecated? anyway, I think one logic game there had an internal scoreboard (as it was being published from many other locations) and scoreboard copy was also being pushed to g+.
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So you think that it's worse than min(idea, execution)?
> So you think that it's worse than min(idea, execution)? Generally, yes, or at least "not better and usually worse." But I said "more like idea * execution" -- compared to min(idea, execution) -- and the "more like" is important. Its not a strict mathematical relationship, and sometimes an imperfect implementation of an imperfect concept will end up better than either the implementation or the concept because it wil…
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That's really interesting. You don't even label emails you've archived? I like to chuck "invoice" on everything that represents money changing hands: actual invoices, e-purchase emails (congrats on buying this game / software, here is your key), stuff like that. I also have a few others about specific topics. In terms of labeling emails that need replies for me if it's still in the inbox if it needs a reply / action.…
I think that labels become problematic because the more things you label, the closer looking at "All emails labeled X" looks just like a search. In other words, to be the most useful, a label needs to have as few uses as possible, or else become a separate folder for perusing. And if a label looks just like a search, skip the clutter and just do the search. If its a bin for perusing, well, good on this new feature. I…
Labelling is a way of demonstrating intent, though. I want to see tax-related invoices for the organisation I'm helping out with; not everything actually has the words "invoice" in it, or mention the organisation.
Either you need to introduce AI for me to teach, or let me impose search information on the email itself. Tagging is just a way of doing the latter.
My main complaint is that it adds yet another set of controls on a cluttered and unintuitive interface that has already been changing recently. The tabs go away when you're looking at an individual email, so you can't go straight from a message in one folder to another category. As far as I can tell, when looking at a message and a new one comes in, you can't tell which category it is in. You only see that is there via an "Inbox (1)" in the sidebar.
All in all, I think this is useful, but the overall Gmail UI is still disappointing, and getting busier and less intuitive instead of more helpful.
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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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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.
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…
How about those newsletters you're happy to read occasionally, but you don't want to interrupt you with notifications etc.? I've got into the habit of marking all email with "unsubscribe" in it as read by default. I'll still see it when I open up my inbox, but it avoids me ever seeing a notification for something useless.
* Put all newsletters in a tab so I don't see them * Delete all but the latest five unread of any particular subscription * Delete anything older than 180 days -- even if I've read it, unless I've 'starred' it.
Can it do that? Coz that would absolutely kill for subscriptions. iTunes does that sort of thing for podcasts. How can newsletters be harder?
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Most of my (and I imagine a good chunk of this site's readership) access to GMail is handled through IMAP, for one. For two, I struggle to think of a UI cockup of an email app on the level required to drive people to switch ecosystems.
"Most of my (and I imagine a good chunk of this site's readership) access to GMail is handled through IMAP, for one." Data? Projecting much, aren't you? My anecdotal evidence contradicts yours.