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for me: what is that "a lot more"? I just want to learn something new (btw, labels/tags are not really new, just redesigned imap folders)
Tags have an important difference from folders in that messages can have multiple tags and you don't think of messages as being in a folder. Personally I find this quite useful and it definitely improved the way I use email.
Interactive email Web UI is around since 1997 when Microsoft introduced Outlook Web Access. GMail is not really that special. I think largest email innovation is right now happening at KDE with integration of KMail into rest of the desktop.
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I agree with you almost entirely. Although I do have one specific minor off-topic feature I'd love to have in email that I haven't seen anywhere. I want the ability to "like" an email, and have the sender know that I "liked" it. I don't want to write "yes, I agree", or even worse, a terse response of "like" as I feel that's a waste of my time, the sender's time, an unnecessary "+1" in their inbox. I just want a way t…
What about an UI which mimic a social network in the Facebook style but which uses email as backend? It would be decentralized for free, and entirely interoperable with people using plain email (those who uses this UI would see that you liked there message, others would see a reply that says "I liked your email", for instance). Comments would be responses to email (using the In-reply-to header). The interface could e…
Interactive email Web UI is around since 1997 when Microsoft introduced Outlook Web Access. GMail is not really that special. I think largest email innovation is right now happening at KDE with integration of KMail into rest of the desktop.
I love it when the Microsoft apologists come out :) Outlook Web Access... yeah that changed the world, gmail was but a shadow in its glory.
But yes, it introduced Ajax and changed the world. Gmail was revolutionary because it offered 1GB when 10MB was the norm. Not because of UI.
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I love it when the Microsoft apologists come out :) Outlook Web Access... yeah that changed the world, gmail was but a shadow in its glory.
I use Linux since 2002 and actually hate M$. But yes, it introduced Ajax and changed the world. Gmail was revolutionary because it offered 1GB when 10MB was the norm. Not because of UI.
Google implemented in both a maps app (completely new UI, and WAY more novel use of Ajax than outlook) and a mail app a standard that worked across all browsers (also something missing in outlook).
Google showed us that you can use a new piece of tech across all browsers. Microsoft showed us you could do something in IE, and only IE.
Your statement is equivalent to saying "ActiveX changed the world". You maybe right, but no one cared about the change, and the change was probably negative.
I don't think the premise is right. From the beginning to now, Gmail evolved quite a bit. For one, they used their analytical knowledge to prioritize emails, which I found to be very helpful. Two, they started filtering newsletters and advertisements automatically. Third, the UI got revamped quite a bit. Add to that all the basics Gmail does right (spamfiltering, tag+-syntax, …), and you see why it is hard to compete…
I agree with you almost entirely. Although I do have one specific minor off-topic feature I'd love to have in email that I haven't seen anywhere. I want the ability to "like" an email, and have the sender know that I "liked" it. I don't want to write "yes, I agree", or even worse, a terse response of "like" as I feel that's a waste of my time, the sender's time, an unnecessary "+1" in their inbox. I just want a way t…
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I don't think the premise is right. From the beginning to now, Gmail evolved quite a bit. For one, they used their analytical knowledge to prioritize emails, which I found to be very helpful. Two, they started filtering newsletters and advertisements automatically. Third, the UI got revamped quite a bit. Add to that all the basics Gmail does right (spamfiltering, tag+-syntax, …), and you see why it is hard to compete…
To a lot of corporations email is more like version control. The attachments are the source code, and the text of the message is like comments in code. The stream of information is a fundamental output of the business, and is definitely not just a communication medium. Managing that stream is not something that can be fully automated; it just needs better tools (like Github achieves for Version control).