Great suggestion, Kramlinger,! I'll work on making a podcast of Inbox by Gmail with VoiceOver. Would others also find this useful? Thanks!
On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 4:44 PM Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. < kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote: > A podcast demonstrating this with VoiceOver would be more helpful. > > > > *From:* viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Kevin Chao > *Sent:* Saturday, April 16, 2016 4:59 PM > *To:* 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone > *Subject:* 10 Super Efficient Ways Inbox by Gmail Saves You Time > > > > > > http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-super-efficient-ways-inbox-gmail-saves-time/ > 10 Super Efficient Ways Inbox by Gmail Saves You Time > > Gmail is good as ever, but could Inbox by Gmail > <https://inbox.google.com/> be the better choice for you? > > Inbox by Gmail is Google’s most recent approach to email organization and > management. It takes some getting used to, but if it’s capable of giving > you a simpler email workflow > <http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-simple-tricks-reduce-email-stress/>, it’s > worth adopting. And now you don’t even need an invite to use Inbox! > > TIL you can mute in @inboxbygmail <https://twitter.com/inboxbygmail> by > pressing M. > > — Josh Todd (@JoshTodd) April 6, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/JoshTodd/status/717766579694346240> > > To help you decide whether you should switch over to Inbox completely, > we’ll show you some of the ways in which it’ll make email better for you. > But first, let’s show you where everything is in Inbox’s interface. > Where Inbox Options Are > > You’ll find all of Inbox’s options and settings in one of five locations: > > - *The toolbar that appears when you hover over a message* – This is > where you’ll find the options to pin an email, snooze it, mark it as done > (or move it to the inbox) > > [image: Image removed by sender. inbox-message-toolbar] > > - *The pop-up menu that appears when you click on the Move to… icon* > (three dots arranged vertically) in the toolbar shown above > - *The icon-driven menu hidden behind the Compose button* – You’ll be > able to see the menu when you hover over the big red plus (+) icon at the > bottom right in Inbox > - *Inbox’s Settings dialog* – To bring this up, click on the hamburger > icon at the top left in the Inbox interface, and in the fly-out sidebar > that appears, click on *Settings* > > [image: Image removed by sender. inbox-settings] > > - *Individual bundle settings* – To bring up the *Settings* dialog for > any bundle, hover on its link in the sidebar and click on the gear icon > that appears next to it. > > [image: Image removed by sender. inbox-bundle-settings] > > Now let’s see how Inbox saves you, the user, both time and effort. > 1. Turns Your Emails into To-dos > > With Gmail, you can send emails as tasks to your to-do list > <http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-instant-ways-turn-emails-tasks/> app, but > with Inbox, your email *is* your to-do list. Inbox treats it as such > because it understands that most emails need you to take some kind of > action. > > Inbox allows you to mark emails as “done” instead of “read” or “archived”. > That may be a simple change of wording, but it does put a different spin on > email management. > > I'm loving Inbox by Gmail. Making emails "actionable" made the experience > amazing for a To-Do List junkie like me – Mark "Done"#InboxbyGmail > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/InboxbyGmail?src=hash> > > — Ashley Mitchell (@amitchellidea) October 29, 2014 > <https://twitter.com/amitchellidea/status/527549923546243072> > > *Emails that you mark as done get shunted out of your way.* It’s like > checking tasks off your to-do list and is the equivalent of archiving in > Gmail. You can also pin important emails to the top of your inbox for > quick access to them. > 2. Sorts Email Right for You > > Inbox takes the onus of sorting your email and does a pretty good job of > it. * It places similar emails in groups called Bundles.* > > When you’re setting up Inbox for the first time, you’ll get a prompt to > choose which type of emails you’d like to see grouped into a separate > bundle. Trips, Promos, Updates, Forums, and Finance are some of the bundle > types that you can choose from. > > [image: Image removed by sender. inbox-settings-dialog] > > Use the *Create new*… sidebar link if you’d like to create a custom > bundle. You can go back and tweak your bundle preferences anytime via Inbox > settings. > 3. Highlights Just the Data You Need > > From flight times to car rental info to order confirmations, Inbox is > familiar with the kind of data that you’re usually looking for in your > inbox. That’s why it keeps that *important data highlighted at all times > in scannable cards for easy identification.* > > [image: Image removed by sender. inbox-card] > > Inbox also makes it easy to tell if an email has attachments, photos, > inline images, links to videos, etc., by making their thumbnails visible in > your inbox. > > [image: Image removed by sender. inbox-thumbnails] > > If you mention a link, a phone number, or an email address while creating > a reminder in Inbox, its *Assist* feature brings up extra information > that it thinks you might need. We’re sharing this tweet as an example: > > Another win for @inboxbygmail <https://twitter.com/inboxbygmail>. I set > this reminder for myself a month ago, and Inbox knows when my pharmacy > opens! pic.twitter.com/pUMliylPnc <https://t.co/pUMliylPnc> > > — Danger Manley (@DangerManley) March 30, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/DangerManley/status/715168434829529088> > > You’ll appreciate that *Inbox is smart enough to not display sensitive > data like license keys in cards*. > 4. Speeds up Email Replies > > For any email that’s currently open, Inbox lists three text snippets > beneath the message. These are replies crafted by Inbox to save you some > time. Click on any of the snippets and a new draft appears with that > snippet pasted in the body of the reply email. You can review and edit the > email before you hit *Send*. > > [image: Image removed by sender. inbox-smart-reply] > > Inbox notes the changes you make and learns from them, crafting better > response options with each iteration. It also works its way up to more > complex sentences as you keep using the *Smart Reply* feature. Smart > replies are available on the web and on mobile. > > The @inboxbygmail <https://twitter.com/inboxbygmail> auto-replies are > creepily accurate. AI is making impressive strides. And saving me time. :-) > > — Bart Verkoeijen (@bgever) April 8, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/bgever/status/718340373165289473> > > 5. Speeds up Searches > > The problem with email searches > <http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-advanced-gmail-search-operators-you-should-know/> > is that you still have to look through the results to find key information. > Inbox knows that this can be time consuming and does its best to push the > right information to the top. *Then* it shows you other relevant results > in two groups: *Top results* and *All results*. > > When I searched for *flight time* in Inbox, right at the top it showed me > the most relevant card that matched my query — a card highlighting the > flight number as well as the departure date and time for the earliest > upcoming flight. Handy! > > [image: Image removed by sender. inbox-smart-search] > 6. Acts as Your Travel Assistant > > Tracking travel plans > <http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/stress-free-travel-prevent-mistakes-minimize-anxiety/> > has never been this smooth. Inbox has a dedicated bundle called a trip > bundle that *gathers all emails related to each of your trips in one > place*. Click on Trips in the sidebar to view trip bundles for upcoming > trips as well as completed ones. Click on any of them and there’s all the > right data you need! > > I am travelling soon! Who wants to meet? Let me know ?? > > ps love how @inboxbygmail <https://twitter.com/inboxbygmail> > automatically creates itineraries pic.twitter.com/83NEVqCCUW > <https://t.co/83NEVqCCUW> > > — Antal János Monori (@anthonymonori) April 7, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/anthonymonori/status/718005649154711558> > > You can even *share trip summaries with family and friends quite easily*. > All you have to do is open a trip bundle, click on the *Share trip* icon > (right-facing curved arrow), fill in the recipient’s email address, and hit > *Send*. Inbox takes care of adding the trip summary to the email when you > click on *Share trip*. > > [image: Image removed by sender. Trip-Info] > 7. Prompts You to Create Reminders > > When you receive an email that Inbox identifies as a to-do, it suggests > adding a reminder for it. You can accept its suggestion by clicking on *ADD > REMINDER*. This way you don’t need to follow up on emails that require > action. All you have to do is accept Inbox’s reminder suggestions and get > on with your work till Inbox prompts you again to take action. > > [image: Image removed by sender. inbox-reminder-suggestion] > > Reminders that you create in Inbox and tie to a specific time and location > show up as cards in Google Now <https://www.google.com/landing/now/>. Also, > *when you add a reminder in Google Now or in Google Keep > <http://keep.google.com>, it turns up in Inbox*. You’ll find it under > Reminders in the sidebar. > > [image: Image removed by sender. inbox-reminder-from-keep] > 8. Keeps Emails out of Sight Till You Need Them > > Emails that you don’t need right now are often a distraction because you > have to bypass them to get to the ones you do need. To help tackle this > problem, Inbox also allows you to snooze emails for later. > > *Snoozing an email hides it temporarily* and moves it back to your inbox > when you’re ready for it. If you still aren’t, feel free to hit *Snooze* > again. > > You can pick from snooze times like *Next week*, *Someday*, and *This > weekend* or add a custom snooze date, time, and place. > > [image: Image removed by sender. inbox-snooze-email] > 9. Lets You Control the Frequency of Promo and Update Emails > > It’s annoying to have promotional emails or update emails trickle into > your inbox throughout the day. But with Inbox, you can opt to *display > the Promo and Update bundles in your inbox just once a day* or even once > a week. The catch is that you can’t change the time at which the bundles > appear in your inbox. The default is 7 AM and you’ll have to live with > that, for now anyway. > > To set the frequency for promo emails, open the *Settings* dialog for the > Promos bundle. There, under *Show bundle*, select the radio button next > to *Once a day* or *Once a week* and close the dialog. Repeat this > process for the Updates bundle. > > [image: Image removed by sender. inbox-promo-settings] > > In the bundle settings dialog, if you have set the *Bundle messages in > the inbox* option to *Off*, you won’t get the email frequency option, but > you *will* get one to automatically mark messages as done when they > arrive. > > *Note:* Promo emails include deals, offers, etc. and update emails > include notification emails like confirmations and alerts. > 10. Learns What You Need > > Inbox uses intelligent scanning to sort your emails, highlight key > information, and to provide suggestions for reminders, replies, and > searches. What’s great is that *the more you work with Inbox, the better > it gets at giving you relevant suggestions*. This is sure to save you a > lot of typing and correction as you continue to use Inbox. > > Also, you don’t need to learn or remember any special syntax to interact > with Inbox, because it recognizes natural language just fine. > > Inbox by Gmail now uses natural language recognition to suggest reminders > to add http://t.co/Aii7xayyUU pic.twitter.com/UACcl7ufng > <http://t.co/UACcl7ufng> > > — Ali Güçlü ? (@aliguclu) June 21, 2015 > <https://twitter.com/aliguclu/status/612672479585288192> > > Inbox Is Great, But… > > The quick and easy data access that Inbox provides is made possible by the > data-scanning mechanism built into it. This means that *Inbox trawls your > messages to bring up the information that’s most relevant to you.* > Creepy? It sure is, unless the lack of privacy > <http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/americans-given-privacy/> doesn’t bother > you much. This intrusion into every part of your life is the biggest > problem with Inbox, granted that it’s an intrusion that has your blessings > if you sign up for Inbox. > > Started looking at Inbox by Google. Became concerned about privacy. > Remembered I already use Gmail so I don't have privacy anymore. > > — Chris of ComicBookDB (@comicbookdb) November 7, 2014 > <https://twitter.com/comicbookdb/status/530743198717861889> > > Except for the privacy bit, none of Inbox’s cons seem to be deal breakers. *A > unified inbox feature would have been a useful addition* for managing > multiple Google accounts in Inbox though. For now, you’ll have to stick to > account switching just like you do in Gmail. A one-click delete option for > emails would also have been nice. > Unbox Inbox! > > You won’t know if Inbox is worth making your primary email client unless > you spend some time with it. Get started on that today. If it’s been more > than a year since you tried Inbox > <http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/google-inbox-review-breath-fresh-air/> and > went back to Gmail, give it another shot, because Inbox has evolved quite a > bit between then and now. > > The takeaway here is that if it’s efficiency that you’re looking for, > Inbox gives you an awesome deal. Not so much if privacy is your top concern > at all costs. > > *Have you switched to Inbox by Gmail? Has it changed your email workflow > for the better? Did you hate it and go back to regular Gmail? 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