I think I can now answer my own question. Within regular text in the Official Gmail Blog I finally noticed a link directing me to the gears where the change could be made. Except for happening onto that, I thought there would be a more obvious instruction like the one for trying the new composition page.
On Friday, July 5, 2013 12:54:54 AM UTC-7, Diane wrote: > > My impression from the blog is that the new inbox capability would just > "happen," but my Inbox looks the same. Did you do anything to get it? My > guess is no. > > On Sunday, June 30, 2013 6:49:40 PM UTC-7, justkenneth wrote: >> >> Diane, >> >> I'm using the new inbox capability which sorts the contents of your inbox >> into categories. It took some getting used to but I gave it a shot and I >> am now used to it. >> >> One thing I don't like is that the number of unread emails in your inbox >> displayed in the left sidebar is a total taken only from the Primary (or >> uncategorized) tab. The other unread emails in your inbox are excluded >> from that count. >> >> What's interesting is that you can select to display the Categories in >> your label list. And all emails which you've ever received that Gmail >> thinks are applicable to the categories you've selected to use are labeled >> with those categories. So categories are more than an inbox feature. >> They're a new global labeling system for your emails. I'm finding that >> they make some of my own labels and the filters which I use with them >> redundant. >> >> Kenneth >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 5:51 PM, DEP/Dodo <depf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Is anyone using these now? (See Official Gmail Blog.) >>> *~Diane* >>> >>> Take action right from the >>> inbox<http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/take-action-right-from-inbox.html> >>> >>> Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 >>> >>> A new inbox that puts you back in >>> control<http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-new-inbox-that-puts-you-back-in.html> >>> >>> Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to gmail-users...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to gmail...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
