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Still lightly salted they killed off Inbox, but at least they rolled most of its useful features back into Gmail.

by gburdell3 8y ago

jonawesomegreen 8y ago
I REALLY liked Inbox and I've been having a hard time going back to normal gmail. It's frustrating.
- rickyc091 8y ago
  I'm using it until they completely kill it off. Wondering what happens to all my reminders and saved links?
iEchoic 8y ago
Gmail hasn’t felt like a replacement to Inbox to me. Inbox had an amazing way to only push me notifications about emails I actually care about, and the Trips tab was amazing for quickly grabbing flight and hotel information parsed from emails. Gmail’s notifications feel spammy and the Trips tab is gone.
- gburdell3 8y ago
  I only used the default filters in Inbox (Primary, Promotions, and Social) and those seem to have made their way back over to Gmail for me. I was able to turn off notifications for the Promotions and Social folders and it (mostly) works the same now as Inbox did. The trip overviews are sorely missed though.
aliljet 8y ago
Inbox. Sigh, it really feels like inbox users were sold a bill of goods by the CEO of Google (https://gmail.googleblog.com/2014/10/an-inbox-that-works-for-you.html https://gmail.googleblog.com/2014/10/an-inbox-that-works-for...) and for five years with no directive otherwise, most of us committed to a product that certainly wasn't free (my data is for sale because I used this tool). Today, I open their app which my data paid for and I'm greeted with a giant middle finger. Something seems wrong. Some random PM didn't promise me this product. The CEO did. This relationship with a giant service provider (Google) feels more like the relationship I loathe with the average monopolizing telecom. I've been taken advantage of and my commitment in the end to this, as I learn, unclear experiment has generated enormous benefits for Google and today results in a frustrating realisation that I wasted my time trying for years to make it work. One day, I really do hope there's a way I can take my email address and leave Google. Number portability deserves an analog in the email world.
- jodrellblank 8y ago
  One day, I really do hope there's a way I can take my email address and leave Google. Number portability deserves an analog in the email world. It has one; register your own domain, then you can move it to any registrar and provider you like. The analog going the other way would be if you took a Google desk phone number where people had to dial Google's offices into their phone system and then dial your extension, and you wanted to take your (Google office + extension) number elsewhere. That kind of service doesn't exist in the phone number portability world either.
  - aliljet 8y ago
    The problem? I've got an address under Google's gmail domain that's extremely broadly attached to my identity. Rest assured, I now regret having my identity attached to some corporation, but myself and probably millions of others are sitting in the same boat...
    - gregknicholson 8y ago
      Register a domain you like and start the transition now. It doesn't have to be quick. Gmail has an option to forward all incoming mail to another address, so when you do eventually leave you won't miss any mail.

Still lightly salted they killed off Inbox, but at least they rolled most of its useful features back into Gmail.

jonawesomegreen 8y ago

I REALLY liked Inbox and I've been having a hard time going back to normal gmail. It's frustrating.

rickyc091 8y ago
I'm using it until they completely kill it off. Wondering what happens to all my reminders and saved links?

iEchoic 8y ago

Gmail hasn’t felt like a replacement to Inbox to me. Inbox had an amazing way to only push me notifications about emails I actually care about, and the Trips tab was amazing for quickly grabbing flight and hotel information parsed from emails. Gmail’s notifications feel spammy and the Trips tab is gone.

gburdell3 8y ago
I only used the default filters in Inbox (Primary, Promotions, and Social) and those seem to have made their way back over to Gmail for me. I was able to turn off notifications for the Promotions and Social folders and it (mostly) works the same now as Inbox did. The trip overviews are sorely missed though.

aliljet 8y ago

Inbox. Sigh, it really feels like inbox users were sold a bill of goods by the CEO of Google (https://gmail.googleblog.com/2014/10/an-inbox-that-works-for-you.html https://gmail.googleblog.com/2014/10/an-inbox-that-works-for...) and for five years with no directive otherwise, most of us committed to a product that certainly wasn't free (my data is for sale because I used this tool). Today, I open their app which my data paid for and I'm greeted with a giant middle finger. Something seems wrong. Some random PM didn't promise me this product. The CEO did. This relationship with a giant service provider (Google) feels more like the relationship I loathe with the average monopolizing telecom. I've been taken advantage of and my commitment in the end to this, as I learn, unclear experiment has generated enormous benefits for Google and today results in a frustrating realisation that I wasted my time trying for years to make it work. One day, I really do hope there's a way I can take my email address and leave Google. Number portability deserves an analog in the email world.

jodrellblank 8y ago
One day, I really do hope there's a way I can take my email address and leave Google. Number portability deserves an analog in the email world. It has one; register your own domain, then you can move it to any registrar and provider you like. The analog going the other way would be if you took a Google desk phone number where people had to dial Google's offices into their phone system and then dial your extension, and you wanted to take your (Google office + extension) number elsewhere. That kind of service doesn't exist in the phone number portability world either.
- aliljet 8y ago
  The problem? I've got an address under Google's gmail domain that's extremely broadly attached to my identity. Rest assured, I now regret having my identity attached to some corporation, but myself and probably millions of others are sitting in the same boat...
  - gregknicholson 8y ago
    Register a domain you like and start the transition now. It doesn't have to be quick. Gmail has an option to forward all incoming mail to another address, so when you do eventually leave you won't miss any mail.