Bianka,

You wrote: "I do miss the folders. I like archiving, getting rid of emails
in the inbox. I don't understand why the folder model is supposed to be
broken."

What is different between old-style folders and archiving labeled gmails
then clicking on the labels to see them?  My inbox is as empty as I want it
to be, my older saved email is organized the way I want it, and I get
smarter "folders" that can "share" emails.

I also use Outlook (for work) and the folders often frustrate me.  I would
like to organize many times across 2 or 3 overlapping but non-hierarchical
dimensions (e.g., client, product, idea).  Outlook does not support that.
Windows doesn't either.  And what I would give for labeling in Windows.

The real-life use of folders is just as broken for me and many other
paper-averse geeks.  So it doesn't work as a metaphor for me either.

ph






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