Will gmail be better if we get to organize mails in folders like yahoomail ?

@vivek2006 (1418)
India
January 13, 2007 4:18am CST
Do you think gmail will be better if it provides users with the facility of organizing mails in different folders, much like yahoomail ? Their special facilities like labels are not as good as having your own folders,do you think the same. I think it'll make gmail one step ahead of yahoomail as it already has larger storage space than yahoomail.
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@asteriskec (1074)
• Philippines
13 Jan 07
I agree, especially since Gmail already has the "unlimited" storage space to boot. I even have yet to figure out how to use those labels! LOL
@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
13 Jan 07
I absolutely agree with your view about the unlimited storage space. It has got features which make gmail unique and thats why even with big mail providers like yahoo and hotmail, it has still been in the front running along with these big names. But only one feature thats not been included is creating your own folders, i think this feature if introduced will have a big impact.
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• Philippines
16 Jan 07
I wonder why Gmail thought of using labels instead?
@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
17 Jan 07
I think they tried to be different but still have an option like my folders. But i don't think labelling has been that good, i'd luv to have my folders in gmail.
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• India
15 Jan 07
Definitely, The folder management. in gmail, will give a self PC look to us. Which will be more fascinating to all of us. Its just like we are accessing the PC with the small Hard Disk with growing space. Thanks for starting this discussion.
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@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
17 Jan 07
Thats what i believe will make gmail more special than what it's already. With such huge storage space it will definitely like an extra hard drive for the users.Thanx for replying with your valuable thoughts.
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• India
27 Jan 07
Thanks.
@sweetie88 (4556)
• Pakistan
13 Jan 07
Once, i registerred on gmail but never used it now. I read urs this post and think that urs idea is good. If gmail is n't giving this option and facility then they should give it and i think that if they act upon on urs this idea then obeviuosly the number of their members will increase and its good for them.
@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
13 Jan 07
Yeah thats what i think as gmail already has so many users worldwide and if they include special features like my folders they'll go one step further in their achievements.Specially people who have to go to yahoomail, even when their favourite is gmail,just because they want to organize their mails in my folders,i think they'll stick to gmail all the time. Though i like both yahoo and gmail but i think all facilities should be provided in their service.
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• India
27 Jan 07
I too agree with you there is scope for improvement in gmail. Its options like labels and archive make us spend more time moving mail than what we have in my folders in yahoomail. So i believe they should make labels similar to my folders option so that we don't have to archive mails after labeling. They can have mails move to a particular label folder and removed from inbox.
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@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
28 Jan 07
Thats a good idea to have the mails move to a particular labels and removed from inbox without archiving. I would like similar kind of improvement in this feature of gmail. So that we save time in organizing mails in a particular label or folder whatever gmail wants to call it.
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@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
5 Mar 07
That archive option sybolises their caption that we don't have to delete any mails. Thats why they've created a all mails section where all mails are stored. But i feel thats not really necessary.
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• India
8 Feb 07
Yeah they don't need to have this kind of feature named as my folders. They can keep the same option name labels, just change that archive thing with it where we won't have to archive after labelling, the mails should move to a particular label after labelling and removed from inbox.
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• India
16 Jan 07
With a whopping 2.8 gb space...It will be the greatest email service in a decade. :)
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@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
17 Jan 07
Yeah thats what i believe too but they need to keep improving. Their competitors are no kids, yahoo, hotmail are all big names and i think they shouldn't be leaving such things like my folders because they wanna be different. They can find some new names for same kind of option and introduce it in a new way.
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• India
26 Jan 07
hi i think that g mail is good becoz we attach files very fastly in it.and it has more storage capacity . give me ur views abt. it and enjoy money making
@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
26 Jan 07
Yeah i too like it for its huge storage space. Its good that you brought another of its feature to everyone's note that its easier to attach files in gmail much faster.
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• France
13 Jan 07
still i think gmail is the best
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@mcrowl (1050)
• New Zealand
26 Jan 07
I thought there was a need for folders on gmail too until I started exploring how to use the labels, and now I find that works perfectly well. Something no one seems to have mentioned is the way gmail links up 'conversations'. When you get a reply to an email both emails come up together, linked. And certainly the search engine on it is superb - as long as you put in the complete word! The only thing that niggles me is that there isn't a keyboard shortcut to delete an email. I hate having to use the mouse for anything more than I need.
@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
11 Feb 07
I've too started using labels and getting familiar with it. Though i feel when we label the mail should move to that label but after that we have to archive it to remove from inbox. I really like all other features of gmail like linking same conversations in one mail and the search engine is the best. It loads so fast, better than any other mailbox. I like gmail for all the new features it provided and gave a new look to emailing.
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@sahyd2don (2942)
• India
26 Jan 07
I like 2 features of yahoomail one is what you said and the other is the saperate id to avoide getting spams.I miss those features a lot when i use Gmail.
@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
26 Jan 07
What did u mean by separate id to avoid getting spams. Tel clearly and let all know about it.
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• India
26 Jan 07
Ya gmail is still better than yahoo. Actually gmail is very fast to access than yahoo. Only one drawback of gmail is it does not allows us to keep our email in organized directories
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@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
27 Jan 07
I'm of the same view and many others who have replied to this discussion. Lets see if more people are of the same view so they can have their say and send a message to gmail that it needs to improve as well.
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• India
19 Jan 07
i never tried about organizing my mail. i think there is no such facility in gmail.
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@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
20 Jan 07
Yes there isn't such facility but all gmail users want it. Maybe you don't want it as you said you never had to try and organize mails but these features make user interface easier and better. Everyone has different priorities and i think gmail looks to satisfy all its customers and i hope they better some features for you,me and all.
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• India
13 Jan 07
gmail is better. but still it have lot of bugs
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@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
13 Jan 07
Yes they shouldn't have left these things unnoticed. When they decided to offer such huge storage space then they should have taken care of these small but necessary features. I hope they get this feature for their users soon.
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• India
1 Feb 07
ya it will be better than the yahoo
@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
2 Feb 07
thanx for sharing your views and ideas. I've said this many times, i too feel gmail will gte better than yahoo with this feature.
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• United States
8 Feb 07
There are: the folders are "labels" -- you can add any amount of labels to each conversation, and can always sort each message into the different labels, which are EXACTLY like folders, except that you can have more than one label per conversation. So let's say you have a label for your dog and a label for your mom. If you had a conversation about your dog with your mom, you'd be able to label it both "dog" and "mom" and find the conversation under each label instead of having to decide to place it in one folder.
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@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
9 Feb 07
I have done both filtering and labelling in gmail and its good if we wanna have more than one label for a mail. I though do feel a bit different while using both label and archive to sort mails as its just move mails in yahoomail. But having said that there are many pluses too with these fetaures like labels, archive and filter. Though in the ever growing competition all should keep improving and so should gmail.
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@kibito (183)
• Bulgaria
20 Jan 07
i realy dont like yahoomail, especialy with this beta version ... for example its realy hard to delete my letters ... gmail is great for me and im using it a lot ;)
@vivek2006 (1418)
• India
21 Jan 07
I'm not too fond of yahoo mail beta version either coz it requires flash 8 or more otherwise u cannot have access. Though i really like yahoo's older version and gmail too for such huge storage space of more than 2800 mb. I think both are good, its just that new features that make user's work easier should be introduced whenever possible.
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• India
8 Feb 07
Using the 'Filter' and 'Label' together gives you the similar behavior as the yahoo folder. Go to Settings- create new filter. There u can specify the various filtering conditions like - from, to , subject or mail containing/not containing specific words etc...Then select Apply label for this filtering condition. You can either choose existing label or create a new one. With this all your incoming mails are applied appropriate labels.