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Why is "defer" different from "snooze"? Both indicate picking a time to deal with the email.
by msellout 11y ago
Why is "defer" different from "snooze"? Both indicate picking a time to deal with the email.
- krisdol 11y ago"defer" is more corporate-speaky
- apancik 11y agoDefer forces you to book a time in your calendar instead of "snoozing" the message just so that it reappears later. Actually, snoozing was one of the most exciting features I saw in Mailbox, but after using it heavily I realised I get plenty of messages on Monday morning back to inbox and I just snooze them again. It turned to be a complete disappointment for me
- radisb 11y agoHow about making "defer" be snooze with a hard limit of 2 or 3 times max? This I think would work because you could snooze if really you cant/dont want to deal with a message immediately but eventually you would have to. Or maybe have up to X "snooze slots" so that you cant snooze everything and you snooze things that truly dont deserve to be deleted. And you would have to empty a slot by dealing with a snoozed message to be able to snooze a new one.
- orky56 11y agoDefer seems to ambiguously capture both snooze and delegate.
- robotresearcher 11y agoDefer only means to put off until later. There's no delegate meaning. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/defer http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/defer
- orky56 11y ago2nd definition further down has this: verb (used without object), deferred, deferring. 1. to yield respectfully in judgment or opinion (usually followed by to): We all defer to him in these matters.
- robotresearcher 11y agoOK I agree that's closer to delegate, while not the same. You couldn't substitute 'delegate' into that sentence, for example.
- vidarh 11y ago"Snooze" to me implies delaying for a unit of time that you may choose to repeat. From their description of "Defer" it seems you pick a specific date/time and add it to your calendar.