Super Priority Inbox

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10 points·cwan··7 comments

While superficially this seems like a useful tool, assigning layer after layer of "priority" never seems to work out as intended.

Every layer of priority added increases the chance of your actual inbox effectively becoming an ignored "spam" folder. Any mail that isn't correctly classified as "super priority" will be missed. How much time do you really spend deciding if you need to respond to this person immediately or read later?

I prefer to use classification for context. I want to see all mail associated with client X even if it's from/to multiple addresses. Or all mail associated with system Y. If an email is Ultra-Hyper-Priority that will change the second I respond to it. But a year from now I might like to know how I responded to a similar question/context in the past.

Looks like he figured out how to do something like a Super Priority Inbox. But what I really need is a Super Super Priority Inbox.

Just activate the Multiple Inboxes gadget on Labs. Then you can create n priority inboxes with whatever you want showing up. If you then can't find a way to filter your super super super super priority emails from the rest of the junk, then you might have bigger problems :)

"We need to go deeper" - Leonardo Di Caprio

Can't you simply train Priority Inbox by flagging the messages from the people you want to always appear in PI as "important"? It seems to learn pretty quickly, at least for my small subset of email.

I simply use filters to keep only the necessary stuff in my Inbox.

Seriously - four sections is not enough.

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