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Re: Google Inbox

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Post by amluto »

dragonwriter wrote: post #38
amluto wrote: post #21

Google says "it’s a completely different type of inbox, designed to focus on what really matters." I thought that things like having a text editor that allows me to reliably do complex things like typing and pasting without losing my place, or perhaps a compose window that can be resized, really mattered. Since Gmail doesn't have either of those, maybe Inbox will add them :)

You seem to be more concerned with features of the outbox than features of the inbox .

Touche.

Maybe Google Outbox will end up being amazing.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by higherpurpose »

They are building a new e-mail system - yet still nothing one end-to-end encryption?

Oh sure, I know they want to build the End-to-End plugin for Gmail (the service they are trying to make obsolete), which they know only a few people will use. But this is an opportunity to start from scratch with end-to-end security by default.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by calinet6 »

dkulchenko wrote: post #143

Here's what I got in response to my invite request: Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: inbox@inbox.gmrservice.ext.google.com Technical details of permanent failure: Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the relay gmr-smtp-in.l.google.com by gmr-smtp-in.l.google.com. [2607:f8b0:400e:c04::e]. We recommend contacting the other email provider at postmaster@gmr-smtp-in.l.google.…

Aw give 'em some credit, they basically just got too popular and hit a rate limit. Nice indeed.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by Dirlewanger »

inoop wrote: post #17

I'm not sure what this 'inbox' does, but from judging from the video it's about a bunch of twenty-something hipsters from California high-fiving each other.

You could sum up the post dot-com startup craze with "a bunch of twenty-something hipsters from California high-fiving each other". Nothing more than an unparalleled amount of resources thrown at solving first world problems that millenials have.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by DINKDINK »

grayclhn wrote: post #159
DINKDINK wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

can you explain to me the advantage of archiving a message over just letting it rest in a read state in your inbox? I've never been able to see an added value to it.

The value can be small (or nonexistent), but I like to know that everything in my inbox needs to be acted on/processed, rather than having to determine whether I've already done it or not. You can do this while leaving everything in the inbox by toggling the read/unread tags, but I'd rather not. Similarly, I've never seen the advantage of leaving old emails in my inbox rather than just archiving everything without la…

ah, my approach has been anything in my inbox that is unread is either requiring of action on it, or unread.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by bendyorke »

DINKDINK wrote: post #125
matkam wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I too practice "inbox 0," and making sure I am very diligent about unsubscribing from mailing lists and creating the occasional filter. I am completely content with email, and I feel like this is more for people who never hit the "archive" button. This is why I use stock gmail over Dropbox's Mailbox. And I am afraid that if I start using Google's Inbox, my inbox will just get cluttered and I won't be able to go back.

can you explain to me the advantage of archiving a message over just letting it rest in a read state in your inbox? I've never been able to see an added value to it.

I have two groups of emails: "professional" and "online" ones. I'll "inbox 0" my "professional" emails, archiving, deleting, and snoozing emails. For my "online" emails, I don't do any management, it's just a giant inbox of every email I've received.

The advantage I find to archiving messages is just a slight psychological boost. When the inbox is empty, I know I have nothing to do. If I have try to keep these inboxes under 20), I can see everything I have to do. As I work my way through the list, it's obvious visual feedback that I'm making progress. Just little things that I feel slightly improve my experience.

Although this only works because I have my other massive "online" inbox :D

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by Lewisham »

DINKDINK wrote: post #125
matkam wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I too practice "inbox 0," and making sure I am very diligent about unsubscribing from mailing lists and creating the occasional filter. I am completely content with email, and I feel like this is more for people who never hit the "archive" button. This is why I use stock gmail over Dropbox's Mailbox. And I am afraid that if I start using Google's Inbox, my inbox will just get cluttered and I won't be able to go back.

can you explain to me the advantage of archiving a message over just letting it rest in a read state in your inbox? I've never been able to see an added value to it.

Read state shouldn't be overloaded with "still to ToDo", otherwise you don't really know how many ToDo items you have vs those you haven't triaged yet.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by noinput »

Video: we're fixing email because people send too much of it

Blog Post: email inbox@google.com to try it.

..I got a good chuckle.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by a3n »

danbruc wrote: post #144

What I always wonder - do people actually use email for private communication? Everybody uses email at work, but at home? From time to time I sign up for a new service or order something and get confirmation mails or I send a couple of emails back and forth to resolve an issue with a service I am using, but it is always between me and some business. The number of emails I have written to or received from friends is n…

Most of my non-face to face communication is email. But I'm old, and I have old friends. My phone is mostly for listening to voicemail and letting the NSA know where I am. [Hi guys.]

If I could just get my sixteen year old to email me instead of text, I'd be very happy.

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