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I like the idea but https://inbox.google.com https://inbox.google.com already solved this for me.
by bartj3 10y ago
I like the idea but https://inbox.google.com https://inbox.google.com already solved this for me.
- DragApp 10y agoHey Bartj3. Inbox (Google) is awesome. What we're trying to do is visually improve your experience managing your emails. By default the columns are 'To Do', 'Doing' and 'Done' but this is just an example and can be changed. The idea of Drag is to be a universal way to manage your emails. Whether that's a To Do list or simply a better way to categorize your emails. Some of our internal team are simply creating multiple lists so they're visually available (to be dealt with) in a more intuitive way than Inbox or traditional Gmail. Love to hear your thoughts. Always good to get feedback from users of like-minded products/features.
- nebabyte 10y agoq: What does your app have that existing offerings in this space ([0] [1] [2]) do not? Just did a quick search so I'm not necessarily informed on the subject, but as chris9397 points out there isn't much information to work with from the post. [0] https://yanado.com https://yanado.com [1] https://www.sortd.com https://www.sortd.com [2] https://www.streak.com https://www.streak.com
- palerdot 10y agoPersonally, I find inbox intimidating and confusing. When I set a reminder it is disappearing from the inbox! Also, downloading files from inbox is a real pain. Honestly, there is lot more room for someone to give a elegant solution to organising emails.
- DragApp 10y agoGreat to hear Palerdot. I agree with a lot of your point and for me, so many people like to use their emails/inbox in different ways so Drag is trying to provide the simplest way to do that, just with a slightly different layout.
- aembleton 10y agoThe only reason I ever use the Gmail app is to download files on Android because Inbox refuses for some files such as .gpx files.
- eco 10y agoGMail also lets you download all attachments as a zip instead of downloading them one by one. That's the only reason I hop over to GMail.
- 1123581321 10y agoI've been a full-time Inbox user since I got access and really like it. All of your reminders are viewable in https://inbox.google.com/snoozed https://inbox.google.com/snoozed Occasionally I'll set two reminders because I forgot I already set one, but overall I'm doing more and replying to things at the right time without much effort, so it's been a successful switch for me.
- palerdot 10y agoI use inbox only in mobile. Regarding reminders, technically I'm not snoozing that email. I would like that email to show up with the reminder time. Still, it is tricky for such an app to get stickiness from all kind of users.
- 1123581321 10y agoIn mobile, hit the hamburger menu in the upper left. Snoozed is the second item from the top, right below Inbox. But yes, it's a little surprising that you can't put a date on something without hiding it from the Inbox, now that I've tried it. I think it's the right choice, but I see what you're saying.
- AbacusAvenger 10y agoI remember hearing about the Android version of this feature but never actually saw it anywhere. And I didn't know that there was a desktop version of it. I wonder why they don't advertise it a bit more.
- scrollaway 10y agoI like the Inbox UI but I'm scared of using it. I'm pretty thorough about using labels on desktop gmail and I don't want Inbox screwing those up for me. Anyone in a similar situation?
- pavanred 10y agoI tried Inbox for a few weeks but then reverted back to Gmail. I used labels quite well too. I loved Inbox classifying my mail, it was a breeze to find emails from trips etc, removing clutter, I liked the remind me later feature too. After a few weeks of usage one thing that bothered me was that Inbox was slower. I continued to use it until I found that I had missed a few mails because Inbox had classified them incorrectly. I figured I'd rather use Gmail and make sure I didn't miss any mail, even if I have to sift through a few more mails. It basically comes down to what you prefer to tolerate type 1 or type 2 errors. And, search has always been good.
- tokenizerrr 10y agoIn my experience inbox does not modify the way anything is stored, just alter the representation. The same labels as gmail are used so you should just be able to switch back and forth.
- scrollaway 10y agoWhat happens in Gmail when I mark something as done in Inbox though? FME, it gets archived, which I really don't want.
- tokenizerrr 10y agoThe inbox label gets removed (which is called done in inbox and archive in gmail)
- vidarh 10y agoI doesnt screw them up, and the Inbox UI has a "gmail" link that gets you gmail view of the same inbox for when you want to do something the Inbox UI makes difficult.
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- alimoeeny 10y agoOnly if inbox let you not load images automatically. The same way Gmail behaves, you choose if you want to see the images.
- Kiro 10y agoWhy?
- 91bananas 10y agoTracking pixels.
- Kiro 10y agoI suppose you're aware but all the pixel does is tracking whether you open it or not since Google preloads and proxies it. It's never served from the original server.
- djeikyb 10y agoI like opting in to read notifications. Using a tracking pixel for this is a privacy violation (albeit minor).
- Kiro 10y agoYup, fair point. Still wanted to emphasize that the tracking pixel is way less intrusive than it used to be when you're using Gmail nowadays.
- 91bananas 10y agoCorrect, that level of tracking alone is enough to make me want images off by default.
- disordinary 10y agoI forgot that inbox even exists.