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I will desperately miss the clean inbox paradigm when Inbox goes. I am struggling to go back to the old way of managing my email with no done button and poorly

I will desperately miss the clean inbox paradigm when Inbox goes. I am struggling to go back to the old way of managing my email with no done button and poorly configured categories. I feel like I have to do it now or I won't adjust in time for Inbox being sunsetted early next year.

tonmoy 8y ago
I recently made the transition and it wasn’t that bad. My brain adjusted to hitting archive instead of done. And the gmail app archives when you swipe right. The categories needed a little manual adjusting, but works good enough after the tweaking
- tempestn 8y ago
  You can actually even customize what the right and left swipes do. I have left for mark as read and right for archive.
joshuamorton 8y ago
I'm a bit curious, what features are missing? The done button is the archive button in normal Gmail, and I think the new Gmail has the magical categories, although I don't use them. If you're using bundles, that's the one big feature that isn't ported, but it doesn't immidiately sound like you are.
- senoroink 8y ago
  > The done button is the archive button True, but the point of Inbox was to treat your email like a todo list. By definition, it is the same, but training millions of Inbox users that this is new behavior makes it hard to grok. > If you're using bundles, that's the one big feature that isn't ported, but it doesn't immidiately sound like you are. Every Inbox is probably using bundles whether they remember or not. It becomes incredibly powerful when you have a trip coming up and your flight, hotel, rental car, etc. is all bundled up together.
- Vinnl 8y ago
  The other feature I'm going to miss is reminders. Now I'll have to start emailing stuff to myself again, which is quite a few more steps. (Unless of course I'm missing something, in which case I hope someone here corrects me.)
  - crazysim 8y ago
    Recurring reminders. Can't do that with emailing stuff to yourself.
  - dillondoyle 8y ago
    Gmail has smart reminders, or maybe I dont understand. I rely on gmail important filter. If I sent an email but there isn't a response back after like 4/5 days gmail puts a reminder into my important section. It's super helpful because I have a hard time remembering the smaller things.
    - Vinnl 8y ago
      I don't think that's what I'm looking for. I want to enter reminders that don't necessarily arise from an email. For example, if I'm asked in the morning to get some groceries, I'd set a reminder in Inbox about that that would arise at the end of my work day. Now in Gmail, as far as I'm aware, I'd have to email that reminder to myself, and then snooze that email until the end of my workday.
      - kd5bjo 8y ago
        I've been using https://www.followupthen.com/ https://www.followupthen.com/ for this sort of thing
        Vinnl 8y ago
        Hmm, that looks nice, but not necessarily faster than snoozing an email I sent to myself when already in my email interface...
- cauthon 8y ago
  Bundles for me. I get so much mailing list and advertising spam that my personal Gmail is almost unusable without bundles
- vidarh 8y ago
  Bundles is the big one. Whenever I log in to normal Gmail now instead of Inbox I immediately get put off and reminded I really need an alternative to Gmail that won't let Google mess with my email interface any more.

tonmoy 8y ago

I recently made the transition and it wasn’t that bad. My brain adjusted to hitting archive instead of done. And the gmail app archives when you swipe right. The categories needed a little manual adjusting, but works good enough after the tweaking

tempestn 8y ago
You can actually even customize what the right and left swipes do. I have left for mark as read and right for archive.

joshuamorton 8y ago

I'm a bit curious, what features are missing? The done button is the archive button in normal Gmail, and I think the new Gmail has the magical categories, although I don't use them. If you're using bundles, that's the one big feature that isn't ported, but it doesn't immidiately sound like you are.

senoroink 8y ago
> The done button is the archive button True, but the point of Inbox was to treat your email like a todo list. By definition, it is the same, but training millions of Inbox users that this is new behavior makes it hard to grok. > If you're using bundles, that's the one big feature that isn't ported, but it doesn't immidiately sound like you are. Every Inbox is probably using bundles whether they remember or not. It becomes incredibly powerful when you have a trip coming up and your flight, hotel, rental car, etc. is all bundled up together.
Vinnl 8y ago
The other feature I'm going to miss is reminders. Now I'll have to start emailing stuff to myself again, which is quite a few more steps. (Unless of course I'm missing something, in which case I hope someone here corrects me.)
- crazysim 8y ago
  Recurring reminders. Can't do that with emailing stuff to yourself.
- dillondoyle 8y ago
  Gmail has smart reminders, or maybe I dont understand. I rely on gmail important filter. If I sent an email but there isn't a response back after like 4/5 days gmail puts a reminder into my important section. It's super helpful because I have a hard time remembering the smaller things.
  - Vinnl 8y ago
    I don't think that's what I'm looking for. I want to enter reminders that don't necessarily arise from an email. For example, if I'm asked in the morning to get some groceries, I'd set a reminder in Inbox about that that would arise at the end of my work day. Now in Gmail, as far as I'm aware, I'd have to email that reminder to myself, and then snooze that email until the end of my workday.
    - kd5bjo 8y ago
      I've been using https://www.followupthen.com/ https://www.followupthen.com/ for this sort of thing
      - Vinnl 8y ago
        Hmm, that looks nice, but not necessarily faster than snoozing an email I sent to myself when already in my email interface...
cauthon 8y ago
Bundles for me. I get so much mailing list and advertising spam that my personal Gmail is almost unusable without bundles
vidarh 8y ago
Bundles is the big one. Whenever I log in to normal Gmail now instead of Inbox I immediately get put off and reminded I really need an alternative to Gmail that won't let Google mess with my email interface any more.