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Re: Google Inbox

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Post by mrtimo »

Lewisham wrote: post #153

I've been using Inbox at El Goog for a while now, and I am happy to answer questions (in between dealing with a newborn...) FWIW, I really like it, and use it exclusively for my work and personal accounts. Inbox functions very much more like a ToDo list than it does an email client. Here are the workflows I have: Work: I filter all mailing lists into different clusters that I have appear at 7AM every morning. I then…

You have your work and personal email in the same account? How do you separate it? Standard Filters?

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by GI_Josh »

I recently spent the better part of a day clearing out my work inbox because I'd heard too many people preach about inbox 0, and how the only things in their inbox were things they actively needed to work on.

This worked for all of two days for me. Now, a week later, my inbox is once again packed, with nothing being moved or deleted, just read. That's just a flow that seems to work better for me. My to-do lists that I actually need to pay attention to are in other places... I'm looking at Jira to see what needs my development attention and in what order, for example. I'm pleased with treating my email as a giant bin where everything gets thrown, but can easily be fished out again given the need.

While I imagine this is all dependent on just how much email you actually get in a day, systems like Google Inbox seem useful to me at first, until I realize I'm no longer following the system, or I'm spending too much time deciding on where an email should be filed instead of simply acting on it and moving on with my life.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by andrewguenther »

I can't stand how little I can see at a glance in my inbox now. With the Gmail app on my Nexus 5, I could see 7 emails in the default inbox view. With Inbox I can see 3. Two of which do not include a subject line because they have been grouped "Social" or "Purchases" and will take an additional tap to view. I'm going to give it some time, but for now I find most of the content to be a horrible waste of space.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by zecho »

cromwellian wrote: post #220
KhalilK wrote: post #209

Meta note: That is one of the smoothest and pleasant scrolling experiences I've had on the web! Kudos to the web devs!

We've spent a lot of time optimizing for 60fps for the Web, it's not quite there yet for all browsers, due to different rendering/layout engine "gotchas", but we're working on rock solid 60fps everywhere.

Is that why Inbox requires Chrome?

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by isman »

mrtimo wrote: post #221
Lewisham wrote: post #153

I've been using Inbox at El Goog for a while now, and I am happy to answer questions (in between dealing with a newborn...) FWIW, I really like it, and use it exclusively for my work and personal accounts. Inbox functions very much more like a ToDo list than it does an email client. Here are the workflows I have: Work: I filter all mailing lists into different clusters that I have appear at 7AM every morning. I then…

You have your work and personal email in the same account? How do you separate it? Standard Filters?

I'm sure Lewisham has two different accounts. Google employees have had access to Inbox for both work and personal use for a while now.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by kristofferR »

tmhedberg wrote: post #172
cjslep wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does it work across accounts? For instance, I have a personal email and a university email that is gmail-based. I believe they are already linked account-wise, but having to manually swap between both inboxes in gmail is a constant annoyance. Edit: "Across" in the sense that everything comes in one workflow, and isn't two separate workflows. I dislike having to back out and select a new account to see each set of ema…

It doesn't integrate multiple accounts into a single inbox, if that's what you mean. It works the same as Gmail in that respect.

That's a massive shame.

Weird that Mailbox/Dropbox manages to do it with Gmail, but Google doesn't.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by cantrevealname »

I wish Google had used a less generic name. Searching for "mail isn't showing up in my inbox" is either going to show you generic mail problems or Google Inbox problems. Apple's "Messages" app is a terrible name in the same way.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by tensafefrogs »

M4v3R wrote: post #217
Lewisham wrote: post #153

I've been using Inbox at El Goog for a while now, and I am happy to answer questions (in between dealing with a newborn...) FWIW, I really like it, and use it exclusively for my work and personal accounts. Inbox functions very much more like a ToDo list than it does an email client. Here are the workflows I have: Work: I filter all mailing lists into different clusters that I have appear at 7AM every morning. I then…

What OS does this run on? From the screens I would say both Android and iOS, can you confirm that?

There's an app for iOS, Android, and a web app for desktop (and I think mobile web, though I've never used it).
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