Snooze function

[Per]

Hi,

Alarm Clocks have had this for decades, and I've always wondering why
somebody hasn't done it for email, because it's exactly what you need.

Basically, the Star system in Google Apps does a poor job of reminding
you that you need to deal with an email. I routinely find emails in
the Star folder that I forgot to deal with.

What you really need is the ability to simply SNOOZE an email, for a
preset amount of time, 1 day, 3 days, 7 days or 1 month. Then it
disappears, you don't have to do anything, nothing needs to be marked.
And when the time comes, the email WAKES UP and shows up in your inbox
again with an alarm clock icon next to it.

This is how you handle email. A LOT of email can't be dealt with right
away. No system exists in Google Apps to deal with emails later, and
most email solutions require you to park your email somewhere you'lll
never find it.

Snooze has already proven itself as a workflow on alarm clocks. It's
time you get a snooze function for email.

Best,

Per

[Chris Samios]

Brilliant idea! I'd also love something like this!

[Fred Calm]

Have you looked at the Firefox extension GTDInbox?
It facilitates using Gmail for David Allen's Getting Things Done
productivity system, letting you manage track projects, tasks and
actions, as well as integrating contacts with all the things
associated with them.

I just downloaded it but don't have experience with it yet. If it's as
good as it looks, it's pretty slick.

</Fred>

[Per]

Again, same answer as in the other posting. You seem to be promoting
tying yourself to a single computer, and therefore, I'm not quite sure
why you even personally use Google Apps. Using a browser extension BY
ITS VERY NATURE ties you to the computer you installed it. It makes no
sense.

Per

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[Fred Calm]

Of course, it's the same answer. You think good answers about a
workaround for a missing feature are capricious?

What happens if you install Firefox on a thumb-drive as a PortableApp
or a U3 application? Why, the browser and its extensions and other
customizations are available on just about any Windows machine you
plug the drive into. Not nearly so limiting as you assert.

Even without browser extensions, I find it useful to have a coherent
view of my email and contacts along with a consistent email interface
regardless of which machine I'm using. I mainly use just a couple of
machines, but if I'm at some other one and don't have my thumb-drive
with me or the kiosk doesn't allow it, Gmail is still a big win, even
without Firefox + extensions.

</Fred>