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Google's ADHD with products strikes again. It's really hard to get excited over new Google offerings because they just go away when Google gets bored of them, time and time again.
It's likely not google get bored, but users didn't adapt product on large enough scale.
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Doesn't simple tagging solve all the same problems?
Tagging requires constant manual intervention, I gave up trying to use tags years ago.
Oh wait. That's bundles...
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Marking emails as done is just as easy in gmail as it was in inbox (I switched back a while ago). In inbox, swiping to "done" is equivalent to applying the archived label, which you can (in android and web, though apparently not ios), have swiping/closing the email do.
How do you mark a large list of emails as archived/deleted in Android?
> Outside of some of the bundling features Bundling (in the inbox) is THE reason for using Inbox. It's the only unique feature. It's the thing that changed how I use email. If I use folders it's the kiss of death for any email that a rule sends to that folder. I want a single list but with some items collapsed. Email went from unthreaded to threaded (reducing the complexity massively. Bundles takes that one step furt…
Same thing here !! I don't want to go back to gmail, now it looks like a complete mess compared to Inbox. Should I start writing a replacement client ? :///
Please do.
These are really unfortunate news! :( My stress level just went up after opening gmail.com after few years since I switched to Inbox. Being used to just swiping emails that I didn't need to attend, I didn't realize they were still in "unread" status. Now when I opened Gmail, I see: Social 190 Updates 4,856 Forums 3,329 Promotions 4,214 The worst part is that I cannot see which of those "Unread" emails are pinned in I…
what's wrong with leaving emails unread?
I then cannot distinguish between truly unread emails and the emails that I swiped as Done in Inbox, but still left unread in Gmail.
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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).
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It's likely not google get bored, but users didn't adapt product on large enough scale.
It is a cycle. Google drops a product due to low uptick, so users don't take on further products. There are three products that I can think of that have lasted: search, email, ads (which is search, really). [edit] oh, and maps!
I don't mean to throw out the same old "you can't get attached to Google products because they kill them at any time" thing, but holy shit, this one feels like a real kick in the balls. Email is one of my most important workflows and I've spent a great deal of time over the past few years attaching myself to the zero inbox mindset through the bundles feature and having my reminders as first class citizens in the inbo…
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…