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It did? Using an open format? I've never heard of that. Do you know the name of the feature?
You keep harping on the "open format". So what? That doesn't change any of the talking points here.
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It did? Using an open format? I've never heard of that. Do you know the name of the feature?
> It did? Using an open format? As much as Web 2.0 enthusiasts loathe the fact, Microsoft actually invented XMLHTTPRequest. See http://stackoverflow.com/a/12067786/112125
I think it's pretty well aware Microsoft (or should I say a select few working on IE at Microsoft) invented "AJAX"
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Both Microdata and JSON-LD are open formats.
The format may be open, the ability to use it isn't - you need to register with Google[1] or they won't display actions on your e-mail. This appears to be necessary for security reasons. Imagine if every e-mail provider did the same thing! [1] https://developers.google.com/gmail/schemas/registering-with...
Still really great that Google signed up partners for the rollout. It's a bit of a chicken vs. the egg problem for technologies like this and it seems they have some cool email providers on board to help with the adoption.
Regardless of the outcome, this is great for consumption of emails and for users who have trouble dealing with their high volume of email.
I'm expecting "this email designed for gmail" badges soon.
The feature appears to be independently implementable in other clients, so if it takes off and those badges start appearing, then other e-mail clients can follow. And some "designed for gmail" badges may actually be a good thing — maybe that would force Microsoft to do something with grotesque HTML rendering in the latest Outlook.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Outlook#HTML_renderin...
new tool for phishing. perfect.
so it actually could help to SOLVE the phishing issue. especially if other mail providers sign on.
Can the response include who is clicking the action? For example, if you want to take a quick poll from within an email that is sent to multiple people, can you identify who is voting for what?
The fact that this was posted on the Google Apps blog is telling- I imagine that Google wants to roll this out to Apps users before general Gmail users. I'm surprised by the reaction in here- yes, it's an addition to the standard e-mail system. Do we really want that system to stand absolutely still? If that's the case, why are we cheering so much web browser development? Surely a browser from 1997 should be good eno…
That'll be a first. Historically, Google has deeply neglected Apps users. My Apps account didn't get G+ until almost a year after it became generally available.
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The feature appears to be independently implementable in other clients, so if it takes off and those badges start appearing, then other e-mail clients can follow. And some "designed for gmail" badges may actually be a good thing — maybe that would force Microsoft to do something with grotesque HTML rendering in the latest Outlook.
MS uses the Word HTML engine in Outlook since Office 2007. As well, CSS (even inlined) support when viewing mail seems to be pretty bad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Outlook#HTML_renderin...