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Graph Your Inbox (clean Chrome extension adds stats to Gmail)

49 points by aresant 16y ago

sushi 16y ago
Looks like a pretty nice extension which I might use if I was not so concerned about someone having access to my emails. It's precisely the same reason I don't use Rapportive or any such social CRM. I understand it's not in the interest of startups but I am rather little too apprehensive when it comes to my emails.
- WesleyJohnson 16y ago
  I too am careful about what extensions I install and tend to look at their source to see what they're doing and what external urls they're using (if any) for piece of mind. Aside from downloading and inspecting the source directly, there is also an extension that allows you to inspect other extensions right on the Chrome Extension Gallery so you don't need to install or download them to see what they're up to. https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bbamfloeabgknfklmgbpjcgofcokhpia https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bbamfloeabgknfkl...
- SpikeGronim 16y ago
  I appreciate the concern re:Rapportive, but I love it! Particularly when it tells me about the authors when I am reading a technical list. Let's hope they don't get hacked and disclose all of our emails...
  - samstokes 16y ago
    Sam from Rapportive here: even if we got hacked, we couldn't possibly disclose your emails, because we don't have them. We don't read your emails and our servers don't have access to them. Also, thanks for the plug :)
- frombz 16y ago
  (I'm the author), I don't blame you for being concerned, but I can assure you that no personal data leaves your computer. The processing happens by accessing Gmail metadata and processing on the client-side. Feel free to inspect the source (which is in JS, although it has been minified) or watch outgoing requests.
shrikant 16y ago
I don't like emails in my inbox - most of my Gmail filters are set to skip inbox and archive immediately. Would this extension manage stats around emails that don't appear in the inbox as well?
- tomerico 16y ago
  Yes, it works using search. e.g. you could search for all conversations with a specific contact to see your conversations frequency across the years.
abraham 16y ago
There is also a dated (yet still pretty awesome) python script that creates a number of graphs. http://code.google.com/p/mail-trends/ http://code.google.com/p/mail-trends/
abraham 16y ago
It graphed over 30,000 conversations from my inbox. Impressive for a chrome extension. http://www.flickr.com/photos/4braham/4987527717/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/4braham/4987527717/ [edit] It would be around 60k if I included my old address as well.
jfeldstein 16y ago
Sweet. I really enjoy seeing people play with email search as a way to dig up info on yourself. We put a lot in there, it's nice to see Google isn't the only ones making any use of it.
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49 points by aresant 16y ago

sushi 16y ago

Looks like a pretty nice extension which I might use if I was not so concerned about someone having access to my emails. It's precisely the same reason I don't use Rapportive or any such social CRM. I understand it's not in the interest of startups but I am rather little too apprehensive when it comes to my emails.

WesleyJohnson 16y ago
I too am careful about what extensions I install and tend to look at their source to see what they're doing and what external urls they're using (if any) for piece of mind. Aside from downloading and inspecting the source directly, there is also an extension that allows you to inspect other extensions right on the Chrome Extension Gallery so you don't need to install or download them to see what they're up to. https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bbamfloeabgknfklmgbpjcgofcokhpia https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bbamfloeabgknfkl...
SpikeGronim 16y ago
I appreciate the concern re:Rapportive, but I love it! Particularly when it tells me about the authors when I am reading a technical list. Let's hope they don't get hacked and disclose all of our emails...
- samstokes 16y ago
  Sam from Rapportive here: even if we got hacked, we couldn't possibly disclose your emails, because we don't have them. We don't read your emails and our servers don't have access to them. Also, thanks for the plug :)
frombz 16y ago
(I'm the author), I don't blame you for being concerned, but I can assure you that no personal data leaves your computer. The processing happens by accessing Gmail metadata and processing on the client-side. Feel free to inspect the source (which is in JS, although it has been minified) or watch outgoing requests.

shrikant 16y ago

I don't like emails in my inbox - most of my Gmail filters are set to skip inbox and archive immediately. Would this extension manage stats around emails that don't appear in the inbox as well?

tomerico 16y ago
Yes, it works using search. e.g. you could search for all conversations with a specific contact to see your conversations frequency across the years.

abraham 16y ago

There is also a dated (yet still pretty awesome) python script that creates a number of graphs. http://code.google.com/p/mail-trends/ http://code.google.com/p/mail-trends/

abraham 16y ago

It graphed over 30,000 conversations from my inbox. Impressive for a chrome extension. http://www.flickr.com/photos/4braham/4987527717/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/4braham/4987527717/ [edit] It would be around 60k if I included my old address as well.

jfeldstein 16y ago

Sweet. I really enjoy seeing people play with email search as a way to dig up info on yourself. We put a lot in there, it's nice to see Google isn't the only ones making any use of it.

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