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Re: Google Inbox

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Post by lordbusiness »

GuiA wrote: post #19

Congrats to Google on shipping! Side question: am I the only person fully satisfied by my email workflow? I practice inbox 0- if an email is in my inbox, it means something needs to be done about it (whether it's replying, filing a bug report, writing a patch, etc). Once it's done, it gets archived. I star the stuff that I'll need to refer to later, like tickets for a flight or concert. I then have a few server side…

I too consider email to be a perfectly working system and I have achieved "inbox 0" since I started using email in 1994. IBM drilled it into me that my inbox wasn't meant to be a 'pending' queue, and as such I should action items or clear them out.

That and some general common sense has added up to me being bewildered when people discuss how difficult email is.

I really hope that doesn't come off as snarky, because it's not meant to be! :-)

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by gk1 »

jaysonelliot wrote: post #25

Slightly off-topic, but can we talk about that video? I would love it if Google could just sell me on the idea of their products for once, instead of trying to sell me on a twentysomething Brooklyn lifestyle. When I get hit in the face with these cheap emotional ploys that feel like an early 2000s Microsoft Zune ad, I get distracted from the actual product being touted. My resistance goes up. Does this approach work…

The video actually caused me to laugh from how cliche it is: A racially diverse group of 20-somethings doing "active" things like skateboarding and running on the beach.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by DannyBee »

nvk wrote: post #14

I wish I could pay for google services so that they don't need to sell my information to advertiser.

Google doesn't sell your information to advertisers, it allows advertisers to sell their stuff to you.

Big difference.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by gibrown »

spindritf wrote: post #28
GuiA wrote: post #19

Congrats to Google on shipping! Side question: am I the only person fully satisfied by my email workflow? I practice inbox 0- if an email is in my inbox, it means something needs to be done about it (whether it's replying, filing a bug report, writing a patch, etc). Once it's done, it gets archived. I star the stuff that I'll need to refer to later, like tickets for a flight or concert. I then have a few server side…

I practice inbox 0 Yeah. And with a few (well, 119) filters, it's actually pretty rare that an e-mail hits my inbox. Rare enough to have notifications on my phone enabled.

The fact that you had to configure and maintain 119 filters is the indication that email is broken IMO.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by scrollaway »

sdk16420 wrote: post #29

I don't understand why people want some algorithm to sort your email for you. IMO email should always be sorted chronologically, and if it's too much, then used rules and folders/labels. Your inbox is not the place to add reminders. With the Google strategy you will have reminders everywhere seperately: calendar, email, phone, IM, texts, etc. Inbox by Gmail: the Facebook of email.

> I don't understand why people want some algorithm to sort your email for you. IMO email should always be sorted chronologically, and if it's too much, then used rules and folders/labels. Your inbox is not the place to add reminders.

What the hell, what kind of inbox-policing is that? How about "I don't understand why people would ever want to use a Mac, IMO the window management buttons should always be on the right side"?

People have different tastes, different workflows and different use cases. Is that really so hard to understand that you need to call this "the facebook of email"?

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by adambratt »

I've been messing around with the new email schema stuff that Google has had out for the past year or so.

I'm really looking forward to having a more intelligent layer around email. It's a great messaging protocol but up until now it's been mostly contextless.

I don't see email going away anytime soon and projects like this just confirm its usefulness.

For those who haven't seen it yet take a look at Google's email schema stuff: https://developers.google.com/gmail/actions/

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by scrollaway »

aroch wrote: post #30

Is Inbox going to be broken on GApps accounts like Now is?

I want to know the reasoning behind this question.

Do you think a Google employee is going to come in here and answer "yes! we'll break it hard!"?

Do you think anyone here actually has the answer? Most don't even have access.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by spindritf »

gibrown wrote: post #54
spindritf wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I practice inbox 0 Yeah. And with a few (well, 119) filters, it's actually pretty rare that an e-mail hits my inbox. Rare enough to have notifications on my phone enabled.

The fact that you had to configure and maintain 119 filters is the indication that email is broken IMO.

I accumulated them over the years.
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