Show HN: Signal – Edit emails in your Gmail inbox

Re:Show HN: Signal – Edit emails in your Gmail inbox by canistr on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @04:42PM (#6407986)

I like the idea of re-naming these as a form of mini-notes.

But now that Gmail is getting into providing context for emails (such as flight check-ins), I'd like it if the auto-generated emails could also learn based on summaries I provide. Kind of like a filter rule based on what I've done in the past to re-name the email to what I'm looking for.

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Re:Show HN: Signal – Edit emails in your Gmail inbox by tehwebguy on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @04:49PM (#6408025)

This is such a great idea. Like if you could somehow turn the massive emails chocked full of garbage from airlines into something that just says:

  MCO > JFK 9/18 1:00 PM EFZG94

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Re:Show HN: Signal – Edit emails in your Gmail inbox by jedberg on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @08:22PM (#6409044)

Tripit has saved me so much time (and helped my marriage too) by solving this problem. I just started using it this summer when I was doing a lot of international travel.

Now, I just forward the email to tripit and I have an item in my calendar (that is shared with my wife) that has just the relevant info (flight time, number, conf #, etc) so I can see it any time and so can she.

No more looking at those awful emails (which I just archive as soon as I forward it).

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Re:Show HN: Signal – Edit emails in your Gmail inbox by Sulfolobus on Thursday September 19, 2013 @09:59AM (#6411616)

I'm a big fan of the Google Now cards that pop-up with live flight details and information like when I have to leave in order to get to check-in on time with current travel conditions. It seems to be getting this straight from my gmail account.

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Re:Show HN: Signal – Edit emails in your Gmail inbox by finnh on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @06:32PM (#6408624)

... and that's why i use tripit

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Re:Show HN: Signal – Edit emails in your Gmail inbox by gsundeep on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @04:55PM (#6408069)

This is where we see Signal moving forward - automatically summarizing emails based on your previous editing patterns.

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Re:Show HN: Signal – Edit emails in your Gmail inbox by canistr on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @05:25PM (#6408250)

I was thinking of filter controls a la gmail style where I can automatically put things into folders or archive/whatever. More control directly in the hands of the user but still allowing your algorithms to do the heavy lifting.

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Re:Show HN: Signal – Edit emails in your Gmail inbox by phalanx101 on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @04:53PM (#6408051)

I love this idea. I'd love it even more if they had an API and I could pull my todo list into my terminal.

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Re:Show HN: Signal – Edit emails in your Gmail inbox by kartikt on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @05:02PM (#6408126)

One of our goals is to present you the same information on your phones so having the API is definitely part of the plan!

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