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While I appreciate some aspects such as reliability, I have felt let down by other issues as the product has evolved. The big one being they suddenly tied gmail
by exodust 13y ago
While I appreciate some aspects such as reliability, I have felt let down by other issues as the product has evolved. The big one being they suddenly tied gmail login to youtube, google search and other things. Activities I consider fundamentally separate activities from "emailing on the web".
Unwanted sign-in across services I consider unrelated, from a user point of view. Yep, cool technology and social media strategy and all, now how do I switch that feature off?
What we need is a checkbox: []'Gmail only sign-in', in settings, so when you open youtube in a new tab, you're not signed in automatically unless you choose to be.
And why is choice so unpopular in human user interface design these days? Why is 'opt-in' considered a barrier to business?
Ok ok, so 2004... I remember sending feedback into Google back then "we need a delete button". Google had been advertising as a feature that you "don't need to delete email ever", and you actually couldn't because there wasn't a delete button. They added one later, and you could even re-label it "bin" if you wanted. :-)
- acheron 13y agoIIRC you could always delete, but for a long time it was only available from a pull-down menu that was not especially obvious. Finally they gave in and moved it to its own button.
- exodust 13y agoI've dug a little more, and while it was possible to delete emails, you couldn't delete a whole folder at once. Looking back at comment threads from 2004, I can see a lot of people asking for a delete button and the option to delete everything in a label at once. Also, my mistake.. the "trash" folder is renamed "bin" according to your English language setting (British vs US).