On 10/11/07, Robert Hoekman, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In Gmail I label every incoming email and then I hit the archive > > button to make it disappear out of my inbox. This seems more > > cumbersome than having folders or folder-like containers. > > How exactly do messages get into folders in your other email client? > Magic? ;) You have to do something to make that happen. The same is > true in Gmail. I'll say it again: >
I could select my email and choose "Add to folder "MyFolder". In Gmail I have to label it first and then hit "Archive". Setting up filters? Even more complicated... > Use filters. > > > An option to > > change the inbox view to one with all labeled emails hidden could be a > > solution. > > If messages were labeled and archived as they came in (as they very > easily can be), you don't need this option. You're suggesting a > feature that creates a band-aid to a problem that has already been > solved. > > 1. Click "Create a filter" > 2. Enter your criteria (e.g. "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]") and click Next > 3. Choose "Skip the Inbox" and "Label as: <yourLabel>" > 4. Click "Create filter" (or "OK" or whatever it says) > > Now, whenever a mesage comes in that meets the criteria, it skips the > inbox and appears as unread under the label you specified. It's > *exactly* like filtering incoming email into folders. There's > absolutely no difference. > > I can't help you with the hierarchy issue (and I disagree that > hierarchies are a better way to organize things), but this should help > you with filtering. I know the filter tool. Setting up filters means extra work, a lot of users don't bother I bet. You had to write a whole paragraph to explain how they work. I don't want my emails to skip the inbox before I haven't read them. Setting up filters mean you know what kind of emails you will receive. In a lot cases I just don't know. These are valid issues. > > -r- > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
