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Email is a just such a communication medium. It requires both prose at length, and also quick response. Even though the type of information passed around is usu
by noway421 5y ago
Email is a just such a communication medium. It requires both prose at length, and also quick response. Even though the type of information passed around is usually binary: OK/NOT OK, or a status update.
Gmail offers a way to reduce the "prose at length" to a few buttons. And it adds the pleasantries for you.
You can think of it as a workflow automation tool. Your email chains are tickets and you're moving them through different statuses.
Notwithstanding, personal/intimate email is different and spending time writing a beautiful letter is a thing of its own.
- dannyw 5y agoAbsolutely. While there's benefits and drawbacks to every technology, auto-complete in Gmail saves me so much time. If I'm sending to a relative or family member for example, or even a professional contact, then I'm not going to be lazy and auto-complete. But when someone says "Does that sound good to you?" it's great to push a button that replies "Sounds great, thank you!" Maybe I would have naturally written "That sounds great, thank you [name]", but what's the difference?
- azinman2 5y ago> Maybe I would have naturally written "That sounds great, thank you [name]", but what's the difference? Social graces?