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Google Announces Inbox, a New Take On Email Organization

Posted by Soulskill on from the will-be-in-beta-for-the-next-eight-years dept.

Z80xxc! writes: The Gmail team announced "Inbox" this morning, a new way to manage email. Inbox is email, but organized differently. Messages are grouped into "bundles" of similar types. "Highlights" pull out and display key information from messages, and messages can be "snoozed" to come back later as a reminder. Inbox is invite-only right now, and you can email inbox@google.com to request an invite.

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  1. More changes I don't want ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'd be just as happy if they'd leave gmail alone. It was fine years ago without all the ****. That said, I might be a crusty old fart and in need of shaking up.

    1. Re:More changes I don't want ... by blackjackshellac · · Score: 5, Insightful

      No, considering how badly they fucked up Google Maps, I think you're right to be cautious.

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    2. Re:More changes I don't want ... by TWX · · Score: 5, Insightful

      One could thread messages before webmail if one's mail client had support for it. Hell, Usenet and Fidonet clients could thread messages, as could public message boards. That technology dates back to the dawn of the personal computer, and may well have existed on big-iron machines before that.

      That's kind of what pisses me off about modern "innovation", it's reimplementing something that already existed, much of the time, and trying to call it novel or new. There are very few legitimate new technologies these days.

      Even when they're going on about VPC and being able to spawn apps, that's just X Consortium all over again. From 1984.

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  2. You have slashdotted an inbox by MerlynEmrys67 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The error that the other server returned was:
    550-5.2.1 The user you are trying to contact is receiving mail at a rate that
    550-5.2.1 prevents additional messages from being delivered. For more
    550-5.2.1 information, please visit
    550 5.2.1 http://support.google.com/mail... dy7si138331wib.0 - gsmtp

    And at google's scale - impressive

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  3. oh fuck no ! ! ! by jordanjay29 · · Score: 5, Informative

    You're not forced into any of those features. You don't have to use the tabs, Unread/Important-first inboxes, or threaded view. Please take a look at the settings page for once and stop your bitching.

  4. Re:Automated digesting by scubamage · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Excuse me Dave, but the crown prince of Nigeria requires your assistance immediately. Also, there is a marked amount of concern about your penis size, you may wish to speak with a medical professional."

  5. Why do I still read these comments by Mikelikus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The level of naysayers, resistance to change in Slashdot is the most I have seen in forever and I have been reading Slashdot for quite a while now.
    Could you please, please, try it before saying that it is just like [insert failed google product here] or [insert very successful google product that you don't like here].

    I know this is quite a culture shift for Slashdot, but sometimes it's too much.

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