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Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by mawburn »

fernandopj wrote: post #47

I'm a happy and heavy user of Inbox, this came as a shock to me. I guess I'll wait and see by January how is Gmail, but I'm not looking forward. > By retiring Inbox, is Google losing a valuable ability to experiment with new email functionality in a way that’s tough to do with a billion-user mainstay? I also agree with this. If Google decided to let Inbox go, same way as with Wave, then the next "email UX experiment"…

I really hated Inbox. I thought it was one of the worst ideas they had come up with in years. But, after seeing the amount of support that it has in this thread, I'm sad it's going just for the thing you mentioned. They could have kept this as an experimental ground to give the rest of the users good features that weren't so disruptive to what we are used to.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by strunz »

fori1to10 wrote: post #125
klandergren wrote: post #110

Inbox changed my relationship with email and it is unbelievably frustrating to hear it is being shuttered. I was a better digital person because of the app: I never forgot to reply, I kept years of ideas and small notes in reminders, and I could quickly triage and clear all incoming mail. These things in particular made Inbox stand out: * UI - simple, uncluttered mobile and desktop experience with uncomplicated keybo…

Most of these things are available in the new Gmail interface.

No they aren't. No automatic bundling of trips and purchases, no reminders (what happens to Inbox reminders?), and the UI is not as uncluttered and simple.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by alphakappa »

__sr__ wrote: post #141
noja wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Trips was the killer feature. I hope they port it. The ability to collect all my related information (a particular trip for example) into a single view was genius.

Alternatively, you can try Tripit[1] which has more features, but there is definitely more friction involved as you either need to grant access to your email account or manually forward emails. [1] https://www.tripit.com

Everything that tripit does, Kayak does too. I just email all my bookings to trips@kayak.com and it does the rest. (They offer direct email integration, but giving access to my inbox feels icky, and I wouldn't want other people's trip info to end up in my itinerary anyway)

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by Big_crimpin »

Rebelgecko wrote: post #98
riku_iki wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's likely not google get bored, but users didn't adapt product on large enough scale.

I wonder what scale would have been enough. According to the play store it has over 10 million installs

Could that just mean 1 million people installed it 10 times?

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by schintan »

Ajedi32 wrote: post #189
emodendroket wrote: post #175

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not too familiar with it; how is this different from setting a "skip the inbox" filter?

Bundles don't skip the inbox; that's the point. Stuff in your inbox is stuff you haven't had a chance to deal with yet; prematurely moving emails out of your inbox that you haven't had a chance to look at would break that workflow.

not a inbox user, but cannot something similar be done with gmail tabs ?

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by __sr__ »

alphakappa wrote: post #193
__sr__ wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Alternatively, you can try Tripit[1] which has more features, but there is definitely more friction involved as you either need to grant access to your email account or manually forward emails. [1] https://www.tripit.com

Everything that tripit does, Kayak does too. I just email all my bookings to trips@kayak.com and it does the rest. (They offer direct email integration, but giving access to my inbox feels icky, and I wouldn't want other people's trip info to end up in my itinerary anyway)

Well, there are alternatives like TripCase, Kayak and many others. TripIt just happens to be the one I’ve used for actual trips.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by [deleted] »

__sr__ wrote: post #153
thieving_magpie wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't mean to be too sarcastic here but what's the point? Google will just shut that down in a few weeks too.

Yet, sadly, accidental sarcasm occurs alarmingly often... :-) In all honesty, feel free to use something like Tripit — see my response to the parent.

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Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by Ajedi32 »

schintan wrote: post #195
Ajedi32 wrote: post #189

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bundles don't skip the inbox; that's the point. Stuff in your inbox is stuff you haven't had a chance to deal with yet; prematurely moving emails out of your inbox that you haven't had a chance to look at would break that workflow.

not a inbox user, but cannot something similar be done with gmail tabs ?

Maybe. Can you add custom search queries as tabs? Something like "in:label AND in:inbox" would probably be a reasonable substitute (though perhaps a bit more clunky).

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by cmnt »

klandergren wrote: post #110

Inbox changed my relationship with email and it is unbelievably frustrating to hear it is being shuttered. I was a better digital person because of the app: I never forgot to reply, I kept years of ideas and small notes in reminders, and I could quickly triage and clear all incoming mail. These things in particular made Inbox stand out: * UI - simple, uncluttered mobile and desktop experience with uncomplicated keybo…

Totally agree. I add that Inbox doesnt use the read/unread notion (only with bold). Indeed, most of mails can be process without open them.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by emodendroket »

Ajedi32 wrote: post #189
emodendroket wrote: post #175

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not too familiar with it; how is this different from setting a "skip the inbox" filter?

Bundles don't skip the inbox; that's the point. Stuff in your inbox is stuff you haven't had a chance to deal with yet; prematurely moving emails out of your inbox that you haven't had a chance to look at would break that workflow.

I mostly use filters for stuff like newsletters where I might look at it and I might not, depending on my mood, but it isn't urgent.
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