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Thanks fragmede! Specific responses: * Man, it never occurred to me that the straw poll looks like an ad but you're totally right. Not sure how to fix that.

by dreeves 16y ago

Thanks fragmede! Specific responses: * Man, it never occurred to me that the straw poll looks like an ad but you're totally right. Not sure how to fix that. * I agree about Delete vs Archive but that's not actually my list. * Good point about the split Inbox Zero link, though it's really just a compromise: I think Jeremy Zawodny's succinct post is better but Merlin Mann's site is more official (and Inbox Zero is Merlin Mann's idea so I can't not link to him). * Point taken about the weird mix of generality and specifics. I did want to give a full spec for the UI and tried to isolate that in the Nitty Gritty section (and the appendix). * I guess the "auto-expire 999" thing was like if you wanted to get yourself in the habit of picking an auto-expiration window for every single email. You're right though. I'll either make that point better or drop it. [done; better?]

fragmede 16y ago
* Before the poll, maybe you could add a new paragraph that calls the user to action - "Take my poll and find out how other readers do. * You're right, it's not your list, but it's a change you can make. Merlin Mann first raised the notion 4 years ago; Gmail's 'don't delete, archive!' has become ingrained since he published the original article. The added footnote is good though. * How about _Inbox Zero_ [footnote-linking-to-the-'offical'-site-and-a-mention-that-its-merlin-manns-idea]? * I was idly thinking about a UI over breakfast (as well as integrating an 'check-email-X-times-a-day'). When you go to check your email, instead of an inbox that shows old and new mail, there's just a button for 'process new mail'. Click that, and it'd show you one-by-one, new email and at the bottom, show 4 buttons with the choices, and force you to select one before moving to the next new email. (This actually looks feasible as web app for Gmail...) * I think I'd just drop '999', but mention that it could be a good habit to always pick an auto-expiration date. (3 months of auto-expire 999, and we're almost right back where we started.) (I'd definitely like auto-expire as a feature, but thats because I also use my email inbox as a calendary reminder service as well.) (Excuse #4 reads as a degenerate case of Excuse #1, with more procrastination and is the only excuse that applies to a 'slog' of messages) (email me if you want to keep iterating)
- dreeves 16y ago
  Making these changes and emailing you. Thanks so much for the help! That's a cool UI idea to force an action on every email.

by dreeves 16y ago

fragmede 16y ago

* Before the poll, maybe you could add a new paragraph that calls the user to action - "Take my poll and find out how other readers do. * You're right, it's not your list, but it's a change you can make. Merlin Mann first raised the notion 4 years ago; Gmail's 'don't delete, archive!' has become ingrained since he published the original article. The added footnote is good though. * How about _Inbox Zero_ [footnote-linking-to-the-'offical'-site-and-a-mention-that-its-merlin-manns-idea]? * I was idly thinking about a UI over breakfast (as well as integrating an 'check-email-X-times-a-day'). When you go to check your email, instead of an inbox that shows old and new mail, there's just a button for 'process new mail'. Click that, and it'd show you one-by-one, new email and at the bottom, show 4 buttons with the choices, and force you to select one before moving to the next new email. (This actually looks feasible as web app for Gmail...) * I think I'd just drop '999', but mention that it could be a good habit to always pick an auto-expiration date. (3 months of auto-expire 999, and we're almost right back where we started.) (I'd definitely like auto-expire as a feature, but thats because I also use my email inbox as a calendary reminder service as well.) (Excuse #4 reads as a degenerate case of Excuse #1, with more procrastination and is the only excuse that applies to a 'slog' of messages) (email me if you want to keep iterating)

dreeves 16y ago
Making these changes and emailing you. Thanks so much for the help! That's a cool UI idea to force an action on every email.