9/22 Gmail's "conversation feature" drives me nuts! Is there a way to
disable that and make Gmail act like every other e-mail client on the
planet? WTF thought this was a nice thing to have on by default?
\_ Umm, why don't you just use another email service then...
\_ Umm, I do, which is how I have something to compare to. I get
mail in at least 4 places only one of which is Gmail. I
rarely use my Gmail account, but I decided to try it again
today just to see how it was running and what features it
has added. I like to stay current with this stuff for the
same reason that people have accounts on flickr, snapfish,
photobucket, and shutterfly. This "feature" of Gmail annoys
the crap out of me.
\_ Well, it is kind of central to their design of the product.
So if you don't like it and can't deal with it, use something
else. This need to "stay current" with different email
services is also somewhat mystifying. Do you like to
"stay current" with different word processors too? I mean,
there is some benefit to being familiar with whatever, but
it seems like there are many more worthwhile things to spend
your time learning.
\_ That's nice. I run Windows, Mac, and Linux but I guess
some people just learn Windows, are happy with it, and
that's that. So, yes, I do use different Word
Processors (OpenOffice and Word), mail clients (Mail.app,
Thunderbird, kmail, and Outlook), etc. You might find
you like to watch TV, golf, or whatever your hobby is
that I find a waste of time. If you learn C++ does
that mean you shouldn't spend time learning Java or ruby
or python or whatever even if it turns out you think the
language sucks once you invested time in it?
\_ So a mail program is like a language? "Keeping
current" with gmail means figuring out all the cool
things they do with javascript. It doesn't mean knowing
how to read your email.
\_ I think you are wrong here. There are features
that can make you more productive if you know
about them. If you know "vi" then why learn
"emacs"? You already know a text editor, right?
\_ If you need to "stay current" with mail readers
you aren't smart enough to stay current. It's
a flipping mail reader. It reads mail. A
moron can figure it out within 10 minutes.
\_ Spoken like someone who doesn't know very much.
"It's a friggin text editor. It edits text. A
moron can figure it out within 10 minutes."
Point here is that you don't know what
features are available until you spend
that 10 (or whatever) minutes trying it out!
\_ You keep that "gmail power user" on your
resume. Let us know how it works for you.
\_ Keep reading your e-mail using PINE and
let me know how it works out for you.
\- what is weird are the people under say 30
who learned vi rather than emacs.
\_ Options -> sign out of chat.
\_ There doesn't seem to be any way to turn it off. It drove
me crazy at first, but now I love it.
\_ Same here. At first I hated it, now using my yahoo account
feels like going back to elm. |
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