Thursday, November 28, 2013

Does Anyone Prefer Gmail E-Mail Threads? I Thought Not

<p>Since e-mail began, it was always sorted the same way. Every e-mail received ended up in an inbox including replies, forwards and everything else. Google has attempted to change all that by sorting emails in the form of a conversation thread. The idea is to make e-mail more like a text message conversation, but, honestly, does anyone prefer this?</p><p>This would make sense if all your e-mail conversations were actual conversations, but they aren't. Often, particularly for business, these are quick call and response moments in time and being able to sort them that way makes it easier to find and track them later.</p><p>Here are a few reasons why the e-mails sorted by conversation concept is a bad idea.</p><p>E-mails are not text messages.</p><p><a href="http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2013/11/does_anyone_prefer_gmail_e-mai.php">Keep reading...</a></p>

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