Seems to be a mixture of Google Now, Gmail, and Mailbox so far. I like the tightly coupled integration of email and reminders. Would love to be able to manage my inbox and todos in one app.
I'm using the iOS version and it's got the full material design aesthetic going (completely expected from Google). Really nice onboarding, empty states, and animations. The compose button has a nice Path-like animation that allows you to choose from a couple of your favorite contacts in 1-touch or compose an email / create a reminder.
The 'Bundled in the inbox' section (Travel, Purchases, Finance, Social) looks very promising. Having the relevant flight info at my fingertips will be really nice. I guess only time will tell if these features are enough to switch me over from Mailbox on mobile. If there is one company who I think could do it it'd be Google.
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Here's a few first thoughts:
There's a lot of things from Google Now and tabs, combined with some functionality to make your inbox your to-do list.
This really helps you sort email quickly. It takes advantage of the tabs in Gmail to create "bundles" to let you find email quickly.
They've changed some terminology around, "archive" is now "done." They have a feature called "Pin" which is like star-ing an email, but Inbox-only as far as I can tell. Most of these are quick to pick up.
*EDIT:* Here's a list of common terms between Gmail and Inbox: https://support.google.com/inbox...
The one real problem I have is that it's for @gmail.com addresses only. If you do serious work on a Google Apps email address, you'll just have to hold tight and switch between two apps for now.
First impressions of Inbox: really slick, love the material design, will probably be my new default mail app, the web app is just like mobile.
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Can't wait to try this out. I wonder if its just organization or also focusing on actions you need to take on each message.
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@grosen It's more than organization; lots of action-oriented enhancements to act on content within the messages. The time management tools (snooze messages, for instance) are also key. As @kennethn said, it's totally changed how I manage my inbox in the last few months.
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@rklau@grosen@kennethn See thats not fair... now I'm dying to get my hands on it. High praise.
Any word on when this will be available for Google Apps users? :(
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Love the look and feel so far, but I'm confused about several things in terms of transition from gmail to inbox. Some early thoughts:
1. does done = archive? what does marking something as done actually do? do I have to take an action on every email by explicitly marking it as done?
2. why don't my starred gmail messages automatically transfer over as pins? Maybe it's just me but the way I use stars is to mark messages that need me to take action on them.
3. Purchases tab is amazing - level above what gmail used to do with the auto track package button. I wish I didn't even have to click on it though - it would be nice to have the expected delivery date as a glance.
4. Some things are misclassified, i.e. marked as Travel or Purchases when they shouldn't be, and I can't seem to fix it.
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