Even though my two previous post are on Google products, I have no intention of making this a Google focused blog. With that being said...Don Reisinger has a good post over on webware that is a great run down on what makes Gmail so much better than other email programs. I just wanted to expand a little.
He does not really get into labels, which are one of my favorite features. I've heard others complain about Gmail and it's lack of "folders". But the "label" is so much more powerful. It only takes a short time of using them to quickly realize how horrible and limiting the "folder" structure is. The ability to give an email multiple labels (like storing it in multiple folders) is great.
Through filters (which he mentions) I can also have an email labeled automatically when it arrives in my inbox. Any email sent to my work address, is automatically labeled with "Strasburg". Depending on who it came from it may also get labeled with that person's name as well. That's all done before I even see it. Once I read it I will most likely give it another label based on the project it pertains to. This email now has three labels attached to it (like putting the same email in 3 different folders). I can go to any of those labels (like a folder) and find the email.
Best of all, I can do a quick search on multiple labels to narrow it down. So I can just look at emails for a certain project, or I can look at just the emails from a specific person on that project.
Labels are the 2nd best thing about Gmail. The best is the threaded conversation display. I won't go into that, since Don does a pretty good job of explaining it. But it changes everything. If you have never given Gmail a try, open up a free account and give it a run for a week. That's how I got hooked.
Gmail is different...but it's good different.
Next post is on something besides Google. Maybe bacon.
He does not really get into labels, which are one of my favorite features. I've heard others complain about Gmail and it's lack of "folders". But the "label" is so much more powerful. It only takes a short time of using them to quickly realize how horrible and limiting the "folder" structure is. The ability to give an email multiple labels (like storing it in multiple folders) is great.
Through filters (which he mentions) I can also have an email labeled automatically when it arrives in my inbox. Any email sent to my work address, is automatically labeled with "Strasburg". Depending on who it came from it may also get labeled with that person's name as well. That's all done before I even see it. Once I read it I will most likely give it another label based on the project it pertains to. This email now has three labels attached to it (like putting the same email in 3 different folders). I can go to any of those labels (like a folder) and find the email.
Best of all, I can do a quick search on multiple labels to narrow it down. So I can just look at emails for a certain project, or I can look at just the emails from a specific person on that project.
Labels are the 2nd best thing about Gmail. The best is the threaded conversation display. I won't go into that, since Don does a pretty good job of explaining it. But it changes everything. If you have never given Gmail a try, open up a free account and give it a run for a week. That's how I got hooked.
Gmail is different...but it's good different.
Next post is on something besides Google. Maybe bacon.
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