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Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Ganti Murty — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:05:26 -0000

Hi Andy,
Recently I am getting emails to my gmail address. It has my name as the sender
and my name as the receiver and I have never sent these emails.
What does this mean. a) compromised gmail account B) My computer has spy-ware
c) Something I do not know

Thank you for trying to "improve" the Gmail.
I also very much liked the way you handled the moronic comment posted on "June 9th, 2008 at 10:59 pm " Ganti

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Goran Web Design — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:42:26 -0000

Richie, not sure what you are saying, you can add images to send.

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Richie — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:13:23 -0000

I'm surprised, no one has mentioned the ability to insert images into emails.

This to me has been the biggest flaw/frustration I've had with Gmail.

Yes, I know there is a work-around, but for Gmail to be out this long and to still not have added something so basic, surprises me to no end...

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Maya — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:51:27 -0000

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Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Fairy — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:27:51 -0000

Interesting thought, not a function that I've ever believed I needed ... would be a rare thing, perhaps if I knew I was not going to have access to a PC it might be handy a couple of times a year. Otherwise drafts normally suffice, with manual intervention to send at a time of my choosing.

A function mostly used by online businesses, I would imagine, eg, notifying cards or donations as gifts would be the obvious areas of need (with a nominated send date, rather than the ambiguous "do not deliver before").

Don't really see it as a high priority one for Gmail (given how many other things are "needed"), but would be interesting to know if others have a burning need for the capability.

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

JM — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:23:16 -0000

Gmail needs a "do not deliver before" (or an easier way to find it if it exists already). It's easy enough to use Google Calendar to send scheduled reminder email to myself, but I want to be able to write email in advance and schedule when it is delivered to other people too.

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Andy Beal — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:23:43 -0000

@Pavan - I use Gmail extensively. Either you didn't fully read my post, or you're the one not familiar with how Gmail works.

I almost deleted your comment for violation of our comment policy. By all means disagree with me, but do so intelligently and without calling me a moron.

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Fairy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:37:23 -0000

Gee, so much for people freely expressing their thoughts about the functionality of a free app.

No one has said anything moronic, they're just mentioning their irritations with Gmail, no reason to get all histrionic about it.

You seem to think that labels and stars are highly sophisticated organizational tools, which is blatantly false. It's nice that they're sufficient for your needs, but many other people find them limited in scope and flexibility. They have a different opinion, in other words, which is hardly a crime warranting your hysterics.

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Pavan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:59:16 -0000

what are you? A moron or something!
Clearly you barely even care to tweak browse through Gmail features.

Like when you said , you press archive it vanishes, well then dude thats what the button does!! It archives it in the background. There is an option to just apply a label without pressing "archive".

And then you talk about "important" or whatever, there is something called "stars" present in gmail. I guess you missed it.

And then there is number 3. Seriously dude, if I ever get your email adress, you dont think I can forward all the junk mail to you ? They dont need a confirmation mail to forward the emails from a particular domain name. You would end up with a lot of spam, if not for that filter. What you want is to create a filter of your own saying that particular emails should never be marked as spam.

I agree with you on the drag and drop. But when you are giving your "expert" opinions, have the minimum sense to sift through all the services, the providers are offering.

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Goran Web Design — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:57:08 -0000

I find that I keep loosing email in my Gmail account with the search and all. There is not enough space for the tags. I pop Gmails mail and use it as the best spam filter on the market. But I do agree that it is sometimes too harsh.

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

james — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:04:03 -0000

I guess I don't feel so bad about not trying it then. I remember seeing a tip in gmail somewhere about doing that, but I tend to just skim my spam folder quickly before I delete anyway (I'm sure I still miss an occasional thing).

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Andy Beal — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:02:05 -0000

@James - I tried that, and it didn't work. :-(

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

james — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:58:35 -0000

I believe you can actually whitelist by simply adding the e-mail address to your list of contacts...

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Keylogger Guy — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:43:50 -0000

Yeah. The #1 and #2 things are most important. The rest if moments you talking about aren't critical I think.

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Top Rated — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:20:33 -0000

I agree whole heartedly with number 1 and 2. Its just arrogant on Googles part to believe their spam filter is so good, that it's smarter than I am.

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Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Gidseo — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:18:04 -0000

If they'd just get rid of the 'sent on behalf of' bit... it's not like I haven't validated the address.

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Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Fairy — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:06:06 -0000

Drag and drop, desperately needed.

Mult-level folders for archiving mail.

And I'd really like to know who the genius is at Google who decided that people don't archive outgoing mail.

Oh, sure, I can put a label on outgoing mail, and it appears under the designated folder, but there it stubbornly sits (these days, hundreds of them) in the out box, as if I'd never archived it at all. If I file a mail I expect it to GO to the folder, I don't want two instances of it cluttering things up!

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Warenwirtschaft — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:01:59 -0000

With google already dominating the search market, i would never use gmail for my emails. There are many other services available and google already has forgotten the meaning of "don't" in "don't do evil".
Ne need to feed the big octopus

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Web Marketing Man — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:18:40 -0000

Would like to see drag and drop functionality, along with skins. Skins for gmail could lead to a whole little mini industry blossoming.

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

giedrius — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:08:29 -0000

I disaggree with 3! Many people I know use gmail as spam protection, forwarding extra emails to other email boxes. At least default option should be filter the spam in the box.

A way to overcome it is to create a mailing list instead a box. for example, support@trackurl.com would have only one recipient -> you. The emails in email list are NOT passed through mail filters.

Also, showing that support requests land in spam box, means that they are formated incorrectly, or are similar to spam messages. Gmail anti-spam does not like too many links, and web-generated emails land much more often in spam than other.

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

ios12android9 — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:12:17 -0000

I think forwarding not filtered mails isn't possible because in this case you easily can run DoS on gmail.

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Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

PS3 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:41:00 -0000

Second go at this comment, must learn to add 2 + 8 (:

I've got the red tab "New in Google Labs" but not had the will to open it and be disappointed yet!

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Nicole Price — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:53:24 -0000

Cafc's comments need serious consideration. This is a major frustration in selecting recipients from the whole list of addresses that one has.

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Cafc — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:53:02 -0000

I'm surprised no one asks for a better way of quickly selecting multiple addressees, either to compose a new email or to forward one. The current dynamic option is a nightmare if you have many contacts yet only want to select a few of them :-P
Yes, we have email groups, but the topics are different, so it doesn't make sense to create a new group for each new occasion!
A pop up window, using your mouse/cursor to check your desired set, is still the fastest way known to mankind to quickly select a few emails among a list of hundreds...

Re: Why Gmail’s 13 New Options Suck and 6 We Desperately Need

Jayson — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:40:26 -0000

WOW - yeah it doesn't seem like any of the new features they're coming out with would be of much use to most people ... some of them would help decrease productivity :)

I think the rotating quote feature would be useful to a few people but that may be just because I'm tired of reading some quote they've had since email.

I do think your 6 recommendations are right on - think some of them are the exact reason why I haven't been using Gmail for all emails already. It's just not as user-friendly as Outlook...yet