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Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by eradicatethots »

Mz wrote: post #123
eradicatethots wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No I see your point. I also think this is a harmful stereotype. It’s not about your point.

Well, I don't think I am stereotyping. I am absolutely not saying "all IT people have terrible social skills" or anything like that. Just because the stereotype exists does not mean I am promoting it. Sorry if that is a sore point for you. But, making a point in the particular case is not the same as tarring all IT people. I do plenty to give push back against such stereotypes. * I generally prefer the company of IT…

“Most black people are lazy”

“Sort if that’s a sore point, I didn’t say all black people are lazy though”

What a joke of a reply. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by eradicatethots »

jrkdgdjenr wrote: post #125
eradicatethots wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll rewrite this comment: "Users are idiots!" Seems like an inappropriate contribution

Inappropriate to whom? Pointing out that users are irrational is certainly relevant here. It’s difficult to see how exactly the implied condescension and arrogance here is inappropriate. Distracting? Sure. But this isn’t a self help forum, and you’re tossing the baby out with the bath water.

Is that how you excuse being a dick?

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by wmccullough »

lqdc13 wrote: post #105
kennysmoothx wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't even have an HTML signature on Gmail for Android. Something so trivial missing from Google's main email client.

To provide a counterpoint, I think it's great the way it is in this respect. I don't want any of these features and wouldn't want others to use things like HTML signatures.

You are the exception, not the rule.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by wmccullough »

PascLeRasc wrote: post #94
forgotmypw wrote: post #23

Sounds a lot like Gmail Labs, which was discontinued. I've learned to expect most Google products to be killed off, so I don't even bother starting to use them anymore.

Do you also avoid making friends in case they pass away?

Please upgrade your argument.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by PascLeRasc »

wmccullough wrote: post #144
PascLeRasc wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you also avoid making friends in case they pass away?

Please upgrade your argument.

I hope you kept the receipt on this rebuttal because you're going to need to trade it in. It's ok to just use a piece of software without expectations that it will always be there. Just enjoy it for what it is now. It's also ok to make friends knowing that they might not be there one day. Just enjoy life for what it is now.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by nothis »

ac29 wrote: post #46
forgotmypw wrote: post #23

Sounds a lot like Gmail Labs, which was discontinued. I've learned to expect most Google products to be killed off, so I don't even bother starting to use them anymore.

>Sounds a lot like Gmail Labs, which was discontinued. It's still present and working on my personal Gmail as well as my work Gsuite account. I use a bunch of the features.

Not sure if it's standard now (I remember enabling it as a gmail labs thing) but the "undo" button that lets you abort sending a mail a few seconds after you clicked the send button is really handy. It captures so many times where you think about something you forgot just after you hit "send".

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by peteretep »

iak8god wrote: post #138
slackingoff2017 wrote: post #130

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Just buy your own domain and run Gmail on it. Super easy to do, and if Google dicks with me too much I can move my mail somewhere else in minutes without changing my address

That'd require me to change my email address, when I've spent the last 10+ years training everyone to use my @gmail.

Easy to set up to forward iak8god@gmail.com to me@iak8god.com, and reply from the latter.

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by sorenjan »

guelo wrote: post #71

Gmail on Android is such a shitty locked-down experience. Want to create an appointment from an email? Nope. Want to set a reminder about an email? Nope. Want to link to an email from a notes or other app? Nope. OK, well now maybe. If you become a "business partner" with them and shove your product into whatever grand strategery they're cooking up this quarter. It's sad to think how Android was envisioned as this ope…

The worst thing about Gmail on Android for me is that it doesn't deliver mails reliably. Sometimes when I open the web client on my computer I'm greeted by a list of unread emails, and almost immediately my phone fires of the notification for new mail, even though some of them can be several days old. This indicates that it's Google's servers that isn't sending the notification to my phone when mail arrives, but I consider them to be part of the same system and don't really care where the failure is.

Does anybody else have problems with mails not being delivered to their phones until hours or days after they've arrived in the inbox?

Re: Gmail Launches Add-ons

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Post by Mz »

eradicatethots wrote: post #141
Mz wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, I don't think I am stereotyping. I am absolutely not saying "all IT people have terrible social skills" or anything like that. Just because the stereotype exists does not mean I am promoting it. Sorry if that is a sore point for you. But, making a point in the particular case is not the same as tarring all IT people. I do plenty to give push back against such stereotypes. * I generally prefer the company of IT…

“Most black people are lazy” “Sort if that’s a sore point, I didn’t say all black people are lazy though” What a joke of a reply. You should be ashamed of yourself.

I didn't say most. And having a career choice in common is not at all comparable to something unchangeable like your race.
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