Comments on: Gmail Label Improvements Reduce Need for Folders (and Sub-folders) http://smarterware.org/2291/gmail-label-improvements-reduce-need-for-folders-and-sub-folders Use your head (and great software) Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:37:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: winchester169 http://smarterware.org/2291/gmail-label-improvements-reduce-need-for-folders-and-sub-folders/comment-page-1#comment-675 winchester169 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:10:46 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=2291#comment-675 "He also said that user requests for subfolders have declined over time, which means users are getting more comfortable and having their needs fulfilled with straight-up labels." Of course not. Users found Folders4Gmail and have given up on the corporate conglomorate from fixing it. We found the fix ourselves. If F4G never came out the would now be flooded with requests. Silly beancounters don't realize this. “He also said that user requests for subfolders have declined over time, which means users are getting more comfortable and having their needs fulfilled with straight-up labels.”

Of course not. Users found Folders4Gmail and have given up on the corporate conglomorate from fixing it. We found the fix ourselves. If F4G never came out the would now be flooded with requests. Silly beancounters don’t realize this.

]]> By: lupatini http://smarterware.org/2291/gmail-label-improvements-reduce-need-for-folders-and-sub-folders/comment-page-1#comment-674 lupatini Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:21:41 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=2291#comment-674 Would be testing this feature for the interface of the Wave? Is coming! ;) Would be testing this feature for the interface of the Wave? Is coming!

;)

]]> By: somecallmechief http://smarterware.org/2291/gmail-label-improvements-reduce-need-for-folders-and-sub-folders/comment-page-1#comment-672 somecallmechief Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:59:19 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=2291#comment-672 One less reader. ttfn, smarterware. One less reader. ttfn, smarterware.

]]> By: Jason Krellner http://smarterware.org/2291/gmail-label-improvements-reduce-need-for-folders-and-sub-folders/comment-page-1#comment-671 Jason Krellner Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:38:54 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=2291#comment-671 On the Folders4Gmail website (in Userscripts.org), the author says he is going to publish an update that fixes this issue. On the Folders4Gmail website (in Userscripts.org), the author says he is going to publish an update that fixes this issue.

]]> By: Ernesto Miquel http://smarterware.org/2291/gmail-label-improvements-reduce-need-for-folders-and-sub-folders/comment-page-1#comment-670 Ernesto Miquel Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:56:16 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=2291#comment-670 Where's "all mail"? It's gone now!!! At least the "G, A" shortcut still works, but I can't believe they removed "all mail". Where’s “all mail”? It’s gone now!!! At least the “G, A” shortcut still works, but I can’t believe they removed “all mail”.

]]> By: J Wood http://smarterware.org/2291/gmail-label-improvements-reduce-need-for-folders-and-sub-folders/comment-page-1#comment-669 J Wood Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:00:53 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=2291#comment-669 I wonder if fewer people were asking Google for subfolders because more people were using Folders4Gmail or Better Gmail. I used subfolders specifically to keep my labels/interface uncluttered. Their attempt to keep the interface clean and simple has nearly tripled the number of labels I get to see on my screen now. I wonder if fewer people were asking Google for subfolders because more people were using Folders4Gmail or Better Gmail.

I used subfolders specifically to keep my labels/interface uncluttered. Their attempt to keep the interface clean and simple has nearly tripled the number of labels I get to see on my screen now.

]]> By: augmentedfourth http://smarterware.org/2291/gmail-label-improvements-reduce-need-for-folders-and-sub-folders/comment-page-1#comment-668 augmentedfourth Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:00:38 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=2291#comment-668 Well, I got it... no "always show labels with unread" (which, given how it works, would be better than "only") like I would have liked. Everybody <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cjFLZmdPbnl3QnZlV0oxOHlWRmVGTXc6MA" rel="nofollow">ask them for it</a>! :) Well, I got it… no “always show labels with unread” (which, given how it works, would be better than “only”) like I would have liked. Everybody ask them for it! :)

]]> By: Quasigrue http://smarterware.org/2291/gmail-label-improvements-reduce-need-for-folders-and-sub-folders/comment-page-1#comment-667 Quasigrue Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:31:24 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=2291#comment-667 Looks like this has rolled out to my account...and I can't just discount the idea that I might just be playing the 'change is bad' card...but honestly, I think I prefer how Folders4Gmail works with labels. I checked over at arendvr.com, they acknowledge F4G is broken and said to check back in a couple days. I'm the same way with bookmarks, I'll continuously obsess over organization and nesting everything in logical categories and sub-categories, and that's carried over to Gmail. That's my happy place. :) Looks like this has rolled out to my account…and I can’t just discount the idea that I might just be playing the ‘change is bad’ card…but honestly, I think I prefer how Folders4Gmail works with labels. I checked over at arendvr.com, they acknowledge F4G is broken and said to check back in a couple days.

I’m the same way with bookmarks, I’ll continuously obsess over organization and nesting everything in logical categories and sub-categories, and that’s carried over to Gmail.

That’s my happy place. :)

]]> By: Jonathan http://smarterware.org/2291/gmail-label-improvements-reduce-need-for-folders-and-sub-folders/comment-page-1#comment-666 Jonathan Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:19:30 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=2291#comment-666 I also don't have this yet for one of my accounts. For another I do. They must be rolling things out incrementally. I also don’t have this yet for one of my accounts. For another I do. They must be rolling things out incrementally.

]]> By: augmentedfourth http://smarterware.org/2291/gmail-label-improvements-reduce-need-for-folders-and-sub-folders/comment-page-1#comment-665 augmentedfourth Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:22:25 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=2291#comment-665 I don't have this on my Gmail yet. Is there a setting to "only show labels with unread", or do you have to hide/show everything manually? Only showing unread would be fantastic, since labels are pretty much just filter-based alternate inboxes for me. By the way, it looks like signing in here with OpenID means I don't get to choose an icon in my profile settings. Maybe it's because I'm using my blogspot URL as an OpenID and they don't provide an icon? I don’t have this on my Gmail yet. Is there a setting to “only show labels with unread”, or do you have to hide/show everything manually? Only showing unread would be fantastic, since labels are pretty much just filter-based alternate inboxes for me.

By the way, it looks like signing in here with OpenID means I don’t get to choose an icon in my profile settings. Maybe it’s because I’m using my blogspot URL as an OpenID and they don’t provide an icon?

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