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I never really understood inbox, and definitely didn't know that it was gone. I had some vague awareness that GMail was being rebranded as "Inbox" or something

• jefftk 7y ago
  Inbox was an experimental alternate UI for Gmail. Over time many of the Inbox features were added to Gmail, and eventually Inbox was turned down. (Disclosure: I work for Google, speaking only for myself)
  • FreakyT 7y ago
    By “many”, Google meant exactly two. The snooze function, and an Archive icon that appears on hover. Of all the Inbox features to migrate, those were all we got. I was so disappointed when they dumped me back into what was essentially a legacy product. It would be like if Apple randomly decided to forcibly downgrade every device to iPhone OS 1.0. “You really didn’t need any of those non-phone functions anyway!”
    • jefftk 7y ago
      In addition to Snooze and Hover Actions, there's Undo Send, Smart Reply, and Nudges which were all built and tested on Inbox before being added to Gmail.
      • FreakyT 7y ago
        Undo Send was definitely a Gmail "labs" feature long before Inbox existed [1]. You're right about the other two though. Nudges are nice. Ridiculous, though, that a useless gimmick feature like smart reply made it in but not actually useful features, like travel bundles or even the "finance" category. [1]: https://mashable.com/2010/08/22/how-to-undo-send-in-gmail/ https://mashable.com/2010/08/22/how-to-undo-send-in-gmail/