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Re: Google Inbox

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Post by pearjuice »

veidr wrote: post #293
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…

Nope you are not alone. IMAP (despite being a technical mess behind the scenes) is my favorite computer technology of all time and has benefitted my life immensely. I would rather have today's email and no modern web than the reverse. I don't do inbox zero, I do inbox 50k. I just let mail pile up--why not? It only stresses you out if you let it (I don't). Even with a million messages, it's instantly searchable with a…

You read your email once a year? Did I miss something?

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by veidr »

pearjuice wrote: post #381
veidr wrote: post #293

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nope you are not alone. IMAP (despite being a technical mess behind the scenes) is my favorite computer technology of all time and has benefitted my life immensely. I would rather have today's email and no modern web than the reverse. I don't do inbox zero, I do inbox 50k. I just let mail pile up--why not? It only stresses you out if you let it (I don't). Even with a million messages, it's instantly searchable with a…

You read your email once a year? Did I miss something?

Indeed, you did.

I read my email whenever I want. I spend time manually moving/filing/archiving my email about once a year.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by spazmaster »

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…

I would also appreciate an invite! Thanks (daniel.spronk@gmail.com)

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by jbverschoor »

spazmaster wrote: post #383
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…

I would also appreciate an invite! Thanks (daniel.spronk@gmail.com)

me too :)

my username is my gmail

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by batuhanicoz »

kulkarnic wrote: post #327
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…

I wrote a review of the Inbox on facebook (that was my deal with the person that invited me). Cross-posting here if it interests you. My review of Google's new Inbox, based on two hours of use (thanks [redacted] for the invite). First the good parts: 1. I really like bundles. The idea that I can "Sweep" all the promotional emails I get in one click fills me with glee (and marketers with anxiety, I imagine). It's also…

If you happen to have intives and you are able to send, could you send me one too? Thank you. My e-mail: batuhanicoz@gmail.com

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by stephenr »

Ensorceled wrote: post #326
cantrevealname wrote: post #229

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.

For a company that still makes the vast majority of it's money from search, Google sure generates a lot of products with absolutely horrible SEO. The chrome browser vs chrome os search overlap is just awful as I found out this week.

Google don't make money on Search. They make money on Advertising.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by 72deluxe »

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 don't find email broken (I use gmail). I typically have multiple emails in the inbox ready to be 'worked on' if they're unread. If they're read, I've done something with them (and it stops my phone flashing at me constantly). Then, at the end of every month I fetch all mail via POP3 and delete all emails from my inbox. The same goes for my phone (I use SMSBackup+ on Android).

But I still have my "offline" archive of data on my laptop, which I then backup once a month too. (Thanks TimeMachine).

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by stephenr »

josh-skidmore wrote: post #152
bluthru wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These videos are so homogenous. Virtually any phone app could have been interspersed in the video.

Maybe there's a business venture behind this idea - stock promo videos for mobile apps?

Stock video that is so generic it has no relation to your product and conveys nothing about the product?

I'm sure you'll get 20 VC funds camping on your lawn for the chance to fund that one, but that says more about them really.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by levosmetalo »

piyush_soni wrote: post #156
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…

First: Why do you think they created a completely new app rather than integrating features into the gmail app one by one? I understand it has a good integration of Google Now in it, but Google Now itself works very nice for me (Like showing important stuff from my gmail). Thanks!

Because for many people that would be the final straw to push them out from Gmail, leading to them leaving Google completely, since once Gmail is gone, there's hardly a reason to keep Google account anymore.
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