What the **** have you done to Gmail? - Gmail-Users

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reid

More options Jul 3, 10:11 am

From: reid <reid.burrou...@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 07:11:02 -0700 (PDT)

Local: Fri, Jul 3 2009 10:11 am

Subject: Re: What the **** have you done to Gmail?

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For me it is better to keep these types of features in the labs and
not impose them on users. This service was wonderful for it's
efficiency and cleanliness. Now you have to keep clicking constantly
to get things done. So far the new drag and drop while I like the
idea is clumsy and requires too many clicks. It is the constant
configuring this and that in the mail service. For me I like to pick
one type of service and stick pretty much to that. This should be a
lab. There are plenty of places to screw around constantly on the
internet. Can you please leave Gmail clean and tidy.

On Jul 3, 1:02 am, "Zack (Doc)" <z...@tnan.net> wrote:

> Ian,
> As a regular reader of this group, and a participant in several other groups
> about GMail, I can assure you that this is not something from a focus group,
> and the basic functions of this change (hiding select labels, and
> drag-n-drop labeling) are two HIGHLY requested features. While I may not
> agree exactly with the way they did it, I'm learning to use it, and
> submitting suggestions to Google (through proper official channels) to
> improve the functionality of the system.

> The only label I haven't found the ability to hide/unhide is the Inbox
> label, which makes some sense to me anyway. You can go in to configure
> which of your labels you want showing in the pane, and with Keyboard
> shortcuts, you don't even have to have the list open to switch to any of the
> labels you want.

> You have to remember that all labs are experimental features and they are
> destined to either become a standard feature, or get removed. They created
> the "lab" option as a way to quickly test new ideas, and expose them to the
> larger audience to see how they'll be received. Since this was so highly
> requested, I'm sure it wouldn't have been a lab long anyway.

> If you like having them all show, then just configure them that way. If
> you'd like to hide them all, then configure it that way. They obviously
> cannot please everyone, so if the way they did it is so offensive to you,
> and you cannot bring yourself to suggest it to them (as a true Beta tester
> should), then changing to another carrier is probably the best solution for
> you. I hope you find what you're looking for.

> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 20:23, Ian Bambury <ianbamb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Why would I want all my labels and system labels to disappear into a
> > More... link?

> > And more importantly, why the hell have I had this imposed on me? No
> > Lab Feature, no 'would you like...?', no ability even to turn the
> > stupid 'feature'/'enhancement' off. I don't get the chance to hide
> > stuff, you just disparu it and don't give a toss what I want.

> > Google, get a grip. Don't turn into MS and impose stupid, unwanted,
> > unasked, for pain-in-the-arse changes that some focus group said is
> > 'cool' when all people want is usability.

> > You are one step away from losing at least one customer.

> > Ian

> --

> Edith Sitwell <http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/27717.html> - "Good
> taste is the worst vice ever invented."

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