Martijn van der Meulen: Ive used Google Inbox for one day now Do people remember Google Wave? It was announced five years ago, and quite a radical approach to handling collaborative communication. Google called it equal parts conversation and documentation. It was interesting, but simply too much. It was too confusing, there was too much to do, it didnt feel streamlined or intuitive. It was shut down not long after, but it made a compelling case for next-generation email. This morning a kind Googler sent me an invite for Google Inbox, a new email app for Android, iOS and the web. Of course, I had heard a rumour a few days ago (goo.gl/5oMT42) talking about how Google was working on giving Gmail a visual overhaul as part of a project called Bigtop. But the project was unveiled properly much faster than I expected. Last night The Verge said that it feels like the future of email (goo.gl/Bxatj5), and CNET called it Googles new killer email app (goo.gl/pZqaq4). The expectations are high, so after accepting the invite I actively started using Inbox, trying to find out if its really next-generation email. Inbox categorises the emails that you receive, and presents them in a different way than youre used to. Its intelligent, and its behaviour reminds me of Google Now. If it thinks a message is important it will make sure that you see it. But less important messages will be bundled together. When I look at my Gmail inbox right now I see six Amazon confirmation emails underneath each other. And an email confirming an In-App Purchase I did in my own game to test something. When I go to Inbox its all shown as just one clean message, and I can slide left and right to see all my individual purchases. Its clean, its fast. I can confidently say that Im quite organised with my Gmail. I always aim for inbox zero, all the emails Ive dealt with are archived and anything... https://plus.google/117942128044189433498/posts/GKRxtYJXVHi
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 06:41:57 +0000
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