Ask HN: Gmail feature you just can't live without. • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Gmail feature you just can't live without.

#21

Post by rokhayakebe » Fri, Jun 05, 2009, 10:07 PM UTC

Shortcuts On. I almost never use my mouse with Gmail.

Re: Ask HN: Gmail feature you just can't live without.

#22

Post by tralfam » Fri, Jun 05, 2009, 10:08 PM UTC

Spam filter. Gmail has blocked 2000 spam in the last 30 days. Spam almost never makes it past that filter.

Second is the ability to easily manipulate large amounts of email. I mean, easily archive, make read, etc. any amount of email through search. I like to see when people follow me on twitter via email. I get an email everytime, which means there is a ton of email that I want to only look at once. Gmail allows me to go: Search:"Twitter", then "Select All", Archive. Now all that is out of my inbox.

Re: Ask HN: Gmail feature you just can't live without.

#23

Post by Hexstream » Fri, Jun 05, 2009, 10:16 PM UTC

Rule-based action system (filters). I wish such intuitive and user-friendly programmability was part of more services.

Re: Ask HN: Gmail feature you just can't live without.

#24

Post by zackola » Fri, Jun 05, 2009, 10:30 PM UTC

- keyboard shortcuts - best spam filter on planet (although it seems a few obvious ones have slipped through recently) - search

Re: Ask HN: Gmail feature you just can't live without.

#25

Post by joeyo » Fri, Jun 05, 2009, 10:31 PM UTC

enomar wrote: post #13

Mute

I don't fully understand this feature. I presume it does something different than archive, but I haven't figured out what.

Edit: Ah, it keeps future messages in the thread out of the inbox too. Neat.

Re: Ask HN: Gmail feature you just can't live without.

#26

Post by enomar » Fri, Jun 05, 2009, 10:40 PM UTC

joeyo wrote: post #25

enomar wrote: post #13

Mute

I don't fully understand this feature. I presume it does something different than archive, but I haven't figured out what. Edit: Ah, it keeps future messages in the thread out of the inbox too. Neat.

I don't filter anything, but I use mute aggressively.

This ensures that I see all threads at least once, but if I'm not interested in the thread, I never see it again.

Re: Ask HN: Gmail feature you just can't live without.

#27

Post by mimmo » Fri, Jun 05, 2009, 10:41 PM UTC

In no particular order: labels, filters, spam filter and the ability to search everything.

Re: Ask HN: Gmail feature you just can't live without.

#28

Post by pg » Fri, Jun 05, 2009, 10:52 PM UTC

Being able to archive stuff and find it again by searching, instead of having to organize old email into folders. I never realized this till Gmail, but folders were just a clumsy, manual precomputed search result. (So are most book indexes.)

Re: Ask HN: Gmail feature you just can't live without.

#29

Post by xenophanes » Fri, Jun 05, 2009, 10:57 PM UTC

tralfam wrote: post #22

Spam filter. Gmail has blocked 2000 spam in the last 30 days. Spam almost never makes it past that filter. Second is the ability to easily manipulate large amounts of email. I mean, easily archive, make read, etc. any amount of email through search. I like to see when people follow me on twitter via email. I get an email everytime, which means there is a ton of email that I want to only look at once. Gmail allows me…

You can only do 100 emails at a time, though...

Re: Ask HN: Gmail feature you just can't live without.

#30

Post by alanthonyc » Fri, Jun 05, 2009, 11:19 PM UTC

I'm addicted to the temporary passwords on yahoo mail. I use them all the time when signing up on random sites.

Has anyone else made the switch from this to gmail?