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Re: A Request for a Startup: Gmail 'Waiting For Reply' Tab

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post #18

Building a platform on top of a Google product, specifically Gmail, is a recipe for disaster. I sincerely hope that nobody who cares about their money or sanity does so.

Rapportive is an example of a company which seems to rely fairly heavily on heavy integration into Gmail.

(Todoist is another example of something that integrates heavily that comes to mind)

Re: A Request for a Startup: Gmail 'Waiting For Reply' Tab

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post #21
post #18

Building a platform on top of a Google product, specifically Gmail, is a recipe for disaster. I sincerely hope that nobody who cares about their money or sanity does so.

Rapportive is an example of a company which seems to rely fairly heavily on heavy integration into Gmail. (Todoist is another example of something that integrates heavily that comes to mind)

There are enough horror stories regarding businesses built on Twitter &c to serve as cautionary tales, but Google and Gmail in particular are notoriously anti-developer. It is a nightmare to work with Gmail because, and I'm not even exaggerating, they actively prevent you from integrating with Gmail. Moreover, Google provides zero support and quite honestly hates you and everything about you.

No person considering a startup today should consider building it atop somebody else's platform. Even forgetting Google, it just doesn't make sense. You do not want to be beholden to a company that could not give less of a shit about you, and in all likelihood has never even heard about you.

Re: A Request for a Startup: Gmail 'Waiting For Reply' Tab

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post #8

Anyone want to take my money? :) I'll front a payment for the first month right now! (Serious)

Here is a code snippet that does the opposite of what you want. To achieve what you are looking for, just change the conditions around to mark the email messages as you desire.* This one will mark any received emails that you have not responded with an "AwaitingReply" label. As I mention in my Gist comment, I used this a lot to make sure we didn't have any emails slipping through the cracks. https://gist.github.com/c…

Thank you! Just updated my gist to credit that.

I just made a chrome extension to solve my problem

Re: A Request for a Startup: Gmail 'Waiting For Reply' Tab

#27
post #3

Couldn't you just give those conversations an Unreplied label? It will show up on the left. Gmail's labeling system is probably the most useful but overlooked feature they have.

Okay, done, here it is:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gmail-waiting-for-...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7327409

Src added to gist

https://gist.github.com/cjbarber/9297034

Thanks to:

https://gist.github.com/colinloretz/9299685 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7326950

Re: A Request for a Startup: Gmail 'Waiting For Reply' Tab

#28
Check out ActiveInbox: http://activeinboxhq.com. Been one of their happy customers for a long time now. When reviewing an email, I hit 'waiting' on their action bar, and then they show up as a radar list (their take on multiple inboxes). Loved it so much I paid for it.

Re: A Request for a Startup: Gmail 'Waiting For Reply' Tab

#29
post #8

Anyone want to take my money? :) I'll front a payment for the first month right now! (Serious)

Go to http://activeinboxhq.com and give it a try. They let you set "Waiting On", Actions (with due dates), and are generally really well supported. $25/yr for the pro account and it works on two addresses (work and personal).

They'll take your money.

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