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Anyone able to shed any light on what is Google's strategy regarding the Inbox/Gmail split?

therealmarv 8y ago
look here: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3269253/enterprise-applications/google-inbox-future.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/3269253/enterprise-app... Quote: "With respect to the upcoming Gmail announcement, there are no changes to Inbox by Gmail," a Google spokesperson tells me. "It remains a great product for users with specific workflows and one in which we test innovative features for email." My opinion: Does not sound confident for me... it will be a always beta product?!
- dag11 8y ago
  Gmail was in beta for over five years ;)
- vatueil 8y ago
  > My opinion: Does not sound confident for me... it will be a always beta product?! Asked if Gmail update meant changes to Inbox, Google said no. Sounds simple to me. As for being a "beta" product, to the extent that's true it's nothing new: from the start Inbox has always been a testing ground for new ideas, where the Gmail team could experiment without dealing with the entire Gmail userbase.
- discreditable 8y ago
  To me it seems like it might be a testing ground for features to bring to Gmail.
hknd 8y ago
It looks like that most of the (useful) features from inbox were moved to gmail, so I would assume that inbox will be gone at some point.
romanovcode 8y ago
They want to re-invent the email standards to have full control over them.
neolefty 8y ago
Hahaha you said "strategy". As far as I can tell Google is one big hackathon. Okay, not really. But if I had to choose a culture (since we're on the subject of false dichotomies), between a cutthroat stack-ranked empire and an idealistic hacker republic ...
Shooti 8y ago
Quote from GMail project lead: In a slight shift from how Inbox was characterized at launch, Bank says it now amounts to an experimental test bed for future Gmail features. “Inbox is the next-gen, early adopter version, whereas Gmail is the flagship that will eventually get the best new features,” according to Bank. https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/25/17277360/gmail-redesign-live-features-google-update https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/25/17277360/gmail-redesign-l...

look here: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3269253/enterprise-applications/google-inbox-future.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/3269253/enterprise-app... Quote: "With respect to the upcoming Gmail announcement, there are no changes to Inbox by Gmail," a Google spokesperson tells me. "It remains a great product for users with specific workflows and one in which we test innovative features for email." My opinion: Does not sound confident for me... it will be a always beta product?!

dag11 8y ago
Gmail was in beta for over five years ;)
vatueil 8y ago
> My opinion: Does not sound confident for me... it will be a always beta product?! Asked if Gmail update meant changes to Inbox, Google said no. Sounds simple to me. As for being a "beta" product, to the extent that's true it's nothing new: from the start Inbox has always been a testing ground for new ideas, where the Gmail team could experiment without dealing with the entire Gmail userbase.
discreditable 8y ago
To me it seems like it might be a testing ground for features to bring to Gmail.

hknd 8y ago

It looks like that most of the (useful) features from inbox were moved to gmail, so I would assume that inbox will be gone at some point.

romanovcode 8y ago

They want to re-invent the email standards to have full control over them.

neolefty 8y ago

Hahaha you said "strategy". As far as I can tell Google is one big hackathon. Okay, not really. But if I had to choose a culture (since we're on the subject of false dichotomies), between a cutthroat stack-ranked empire and an idealistic hacker republic ...

Shooti 8y ago

Quote from GMail project lead: In a slight shift from how Inbox was characterized at launch, Bank says it now amounts to an experimental test bed for future Gmail features. “Inbox is the next-gen, early adopter version, whereas Gmail is the flagship that will eventually get the best new features,” according to Bank. https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/25/17277360/gmail-redesign-live-features-google-update https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/25/17277360/gmail-redesign-l...