Re:Google is discontinuing Inbox
by coldtea on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:09PM
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>Inbox was obviously a place the gmail team used for experimentation
What was "obvious" about it? Here's how Google introduced it: "Inbox by Gmail is a new app from the Gmail team. Inbox is an organized place to get things done and get back to what matters. Bundles keep emails organized."
Do you see anything about it being an "experiment" to eventually throw away? Not to mention Gmail already had the Labs feature for experiments.
In fact, what 2 Google representatives had said at the time was:
""We hope, in the long run, that most of our users will be on Inbox." (Alex Gawley)
"We care deeply about Gmail and Gmail users, but in the long run, as we add more features to Inbox and respond to user feedback, we hope that everyone will want to use Inbox instead of Gmail. Ultimately, our users will decide." (Jason Cornwell, Inbox's lead designer)
Re:Google is discontinuing Inbox
by ulfw on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:58PM
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I couldn't have said it better myself! They tried to sell it as the possible evolution of Gmail. Not some 'experiment' that would partially flow into the Gmail they asked us to abandon for Inbox in the first place.
What was "obvious" about it? Here's how Google introduced it: "Inbox by Gmail is a new app from the Gmail team. Inbox is an organized place to get things done and get back to what matters. Bundles keep emails organized."
Do you see anything about it being an "experiment" to eventually throw away? Not to mention Gmail already had the Labs feature for experiments.
In fact, what 2 Google representatives had said at the time was:
""We hope, in the long run, that most of our users will be on Inbox." (Alex Gawley)
"We care deeply about Gmail and Gmail users, but in the long run, as we add more features to Inbox and respond to user feedback, we hope that everyone will want to use Inbox instead of Gmail. Ultimately, our users will decide." (Jason Cornwell, Inbox's lead designer)