This makes more sense if you consider that in GMail, "Inbox" is just a label.
Those new buttons have two quite different actions. By clicking on the label, you view all conversations with that label. This was also true in the old interface, except it had a hyperlink instead of a button. And clicking on the "X" removes the label from this particular conversation. I'm not sure there's room on one button for two such different actions. Anyway, removing the "Inbox" label is also what the message about archiving refers to. Other email clients use the word to refer to a different action, so yes, that's confusing too. There is an Archive button in the UI, with bolded text to boot. It's exactly where you'd expect to find a Delete button. This was one of the most controversial features of GMail at the start, that they made it hard to truly delete messages. The change in paradigm from folders to labels, especially "Inbox", does seem to take some getting used to, on the developers' part as well as the users. I like the new paradigm a lot, though, and will be excited once they've ironed out all the wrinkles. Kivi -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Maissan Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:29 PM To: 'Leonardo Vernazza'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Bad Changes In The New GMail Version I've also noticed a new "Inbox" button in the email header with an "X" icon. Visually it appears to be a single button, but is actually two. "Inbox" returns me to the list of emails in my inbox, while the X "removes the inbox label". Once the "inbox label" has been removed the email vanishes from my inbox. A dialog informs me that it has been "archived", but there is no reference anywhere in the UI to an archive. It's unfortunate. I've always liked the Gmail interface. Chris ____________________________________________________________ ____ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ____________________________________________________________ ____ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
