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Re: Inbox by Gmail: now in more places

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Post by jakebasile »

kyrra wrote: post #26
jakebasile wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a source of frustration for me. I like the idea of Google Now, but as an Apps user, it is almost worthless as you cannot use Gmail cards. Gmail cards are the source of interesting things like flight status, package tracking, etc. Even more, I routinely have issues where upcoming appointments don't show up although I do not know if that is caused by being an Apps user. I truly don't get the delay on both Inbox…

My guess: data for their Apps customers are backed by completely different set of servers/infrastructure. This probably allows them to tell large potential customers that if GMail proper is ever hacked, their data would be safe (as it's part of some different system). It may also give them extra time to pen test new systems to make sure it isn't hackable before deploying it to the people that do trust it with their c…

That's feasible. It still strikes me as odd that even if Apps Gmail is indeed on different infrastructure that it would have a completely different API. All other Gmail clients (web,app,etc) work on Apps Gmail, in addition to vanilla IMAP.

I'd feel a lot better if they'd just explain what the hold up was, or if they don't plan on expanding to Apps customers. I'd be disappointed but at least I wouldn't be completely in the dark.

Re: Inbox by Gmail: now in more places

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Post by soylentcola »

[deleted] wrote: post #18
ArekDymalski wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> every other non-gmail google product which has done invitations has died Ingress haven't died yet.

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Been playing it for a couple of years now. Not sure how much of that was beta but it's definitely older than 6 months.

Re: Inbox by Gmail: now in more places

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Post by riyadparvez »

blfr wrote: post #10
buro9 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some things have just never arrived for paying customers. Such as Google Now for Apps users, which would make more sense for things like travel reminders as most of my travel is business related.

Google Now works for Apps users. It just has a limited feature set from what I gather, which is even weirder.

Why is it weird? You can't simply mine the private data of paying customers which is needed for Google Now.

Re: Inbox by Gmail: now in more places

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Post by junto »

nullrouted wrote: post #22

I tried Inbox when it first started and I can say I pretty much hate it. It seems like it is a change just for changes sake. It doesn't seem to make me more productive in my inbox, only more frustrated that I can't seem to find the things I want. Everything seems jumbled and just is a mess. If they make it the default I can see myself actually going back to a desktop client and using something else for a mobile clien…

I had the opposite experience. I managed to go through my entire 5 years worth of old emails and get down to inbox zero.

I love the snooze and pin features. The Android app is awesome. Swip to archive is such a nice way to deal with email, which (in my case) is 90% scan and bin. The web app isn't so awesome, mainly because of the lack of gestures.

Reminders added in Google Now show up in Inbox as well so I can be walking down the road and remember I need to do something tomorrow, and just add it to Google Now just by talking into my phone. 9 times out of ten I don't even have to spell correct the narrated text.

Inbox was the one single reason for me not dumping Gmail for Fastmail, which I was planning to do for privacy reasons.

Re: Inbox by Gmail: now in more places

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Post by bmurphy1976 »

I really like the Inbox app. It's email workflow directly matches how I've managed my email for the longest time. That said, it's missing one big important feature for a lot of us power users: a unified inbox.

I get a lot of email through the day and I need to get through it quickly. I also have 4 active email accounts. Having to constantly juggle the UI to switch between these accounts is a productivity killer and annoyance.

I get it, some people don't want and/or need the unified inbox and it can be dangerous in the wrong hands. I'm not that person.

Dropbox's Mailbox app is a nice alternative (it's what I currently use). I feel the Inbox app is better constructed, but Mailbox has the features I need today and it works.

Re: Inbox by Gmail: now in more places

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Post by TeMPOraL »

Inbox is amazing. However, at some point the Android app started constantly crashing (even while being in the background) and now I have it crash every 30 seconds and no clue what's going on. Anyone else seen similar behaviour?

Re: Inbox by Gmail: now in more places

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Post by Mahn »

dimillian wrote: post #27

This is the best way to manage your mail ever. I get a good amount of mail everyday, I use Inbox since day 1, and this is just too good. I can quickly scan a tag/inbox, and if I doesn't see anything relevant, just click on done, goodbye. See something you wants to do later? Just pin it. It'll stay on top. Everyone should give it a try. The product is very well done, and if you care enough about your mail to try new t…

Personally I'd love to try it, but all my work email is on Google Apps, not GMail, so no dice. I wish they had prioritized this because for me Inbox makes no sense for a low volume personal email account, which is what I use GMail for.

Re: Inbox by Gmail: now in more places

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Post by twoodfin »

moskie wrote: post #17

I still prefer Priority Inbox that's been around a few years now. I gave Inbox a shot, and it's very pretty, but I ultimately didn't find it as useful. Maybe I need to find the right settings to get Inbox to work the way I want, but... I'd be just as happy to not do that and stick with Priority Inbox. What I like about Priority Inbox is that it shows me important emails, regardless of the type ("type" meaning the dif…

Agree completely with this. I love the "mark and sweep" aspect of Inbox, but after a couple of months with it, I think I have to go back to the old interface.

Inbox with a "Priority" bundle would be perfect.

Re: Inbox by Gmail: now in more places

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Post by acdha »

CSDude wrote: post #4
hobo_mark wrote: post #3

It still strikes me how Google Apps users, who actually pay for GMail & Co., are always the last ones to get the new stuff.

Well they test it on the free users, and give the Apps users a more stable version later.

They already allow Google Apps admins to control whether Google Labs or experiments are available, not to mention specific controls about the various other apps. This could be handled exactly the same way to allow domain admins to control whether users can use Inbox.
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