Your Feature requests to GMail and YMail

paul33 · 5 Sep 2009, 05:30 AM

here my wishes:

GMail

1. allow folders, there are people out there who wants/ folders and not labels,,,allow both option. do not "force" gmail lovers to use labels .
2. give users the option to disable conservation view.
3. Better integration of calender and other services to email (it should be opend in a tab at mail page,like contacts)

YMail

1. Better integration of calender and notepad to email (it should be opend in a tab at mail page,like contacts)
2. make more mail apps to be able to bring users back to yahoo from gmail.
3. Make an option (through an apps i.e.) to play mp3 in mail attachments, like in gmail, a great function.
4. Make themes like gmail.....the couple of themes (unique colors) yahoo has at moment are too less.....
even in this simple case ymail is unnecessary behind gmail

both services are great....

jeffpan · 5 Sep 2009, 11:07 AM

Gmail:

Open local domains like gmail.cn, gmail.ca etc.

YMail:

improve the speed, very slow here (though yahoo.com.cn is fast).

David · 5 Sep 2009, 12:30 PM

I don't think it reasonable to ask Gmail to provide folders, unless of course, all the companies that provide only folders are asked to provide labels.

Fair's fair... as they say, in some places

soromak · 5 Sep 2009, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by David

I don't think it reasonable to ask Gmail to provide folders, unless of course, all the companies that provide only folders are asked to provide labels.

Fair's fair... as they say, in some places

imho, with folders on gmail, it is not a rocket science but only the matter of one step more to obtain the effect of folders - i think it is not so difficult to add the label name (corresponding to folder) and click button Archive. Moreover it works great with gmail filters as well (condition_for_message_ add label and archive - the same effect of condition_for_message_ fill to folder...).
And if you want the message to be in 2 folders you add 2 labels and do Archive so each time you click on a proper label (folder) you see that message. And the message size is counted towards your quota only once, not twice like in typical folder approach...And if you use imap client you have the folders as well....

sheprd · 6 Sep 2009, 03:10 AM

1. I woulds like for the address book to display a small list on the compose screen to simpllify adding address to outgoing mail
2. Add an ad free version of Gmail at a very modest cost.
3. Add the Forward link at top of screen in plain sight.
I'm speaking of Google Apps mail.

PS If I had option of Labels OR Folders, I would choose Folders.

malcontent · 6 Sep 2009, 04:16 AM

Ymail: SSL for Webmail

paul33 · 6 Sep 2009, 04:37 AM

jeffpan you are right.
gmail shoul open national domains (gmail.cn, gmail.fr)

yahoo should ad ssl , abolutely right.
furthermore it must take more advantage of zimbra technology.

B4its2L8 · 6 Sep 2009, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by paul33

yahoo should ad ssl , abolutely right.
furthermore it must take more advantage of zimbra technology.

I don't understand how Yahoo can be adding so many new features/services and not offer those services in secure email sessions -- not even for its paying customers !

What other premium email services don't offer secure sessions ?

sd

xmailer · 6 Sep 2009, 06:49 AM

Agreed. But at least it helps explain why they call themselves "yahoos".

steveone · 6 Sep 2009, 06:48 PM

I agree point 4 for Y!mail

beq · 7 Sep 2009, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by sheprd

3. Add the Forward link at top of screen in plain sight.

My gripe with the big webmail services (Gmail/Google Apps, New Yahoo Mail/Business Email, Live Hotmail, AOL/AIM Mail, etc) is that they don't let you forward an email as an attachment, nor forward multiple emails at once. For the most part, you can only forward one email at a time, and then only as inline text. Forwarding as attachment is useful to retain the headers of the original email.

Gmail does let you forward a whole conversation thread at once, but only as inline text, and you cannot arbitrarily select different messages/threads to forward at once.

And Yahoo Mail Classic does let you forward an email as an attachment if you hold down Ctrl when clicking the Forward button (though you still can't forward multiple emails at once). I'm not sure why the New Yahoo Mail interface hasn't included this functionality, and I doubt the New Yahoo Mail redesign currently being rolled out will have it either.

On the other hand, Yahoo's Zimbra allows you choose a default forwarding method (attachment vs several inline options), and you can still change to a different method each time you forward a message. Furthermore, you can select multiple messages to forward at once, and they will automatically be included as attachments. Nice.

xmailer · 7 Sep 2009, 08:13 AM

While I might likely have numerous "requests", or suggestions, for improvements to any email service, perhaps too numerous to even begin to decide which might be most important to me, since you mention forwarding options, with either Gmail or Yahoo (or any other service lacking it) a "redirection" feature, such as Fastmail.fm and many, if not all, implementations of the Horde interface have, might be a nice addition.

beq · 7 Sep 2009, 09:05 AM

I agree, I've also found the redirect (sometimes called bounce) feature at FastMail and both Tuffmail's SquirrelMail and Horde IMP useful on several occasions, at least for internal purposes. Unfortunately Tuffmail's Horde DIMP (Dynamic IMP) doesn't seem to have redirect.

paul33 · 8 Sep 2009, 11:08 PM

maybe im blind, but i discover for the first time, that i can not sort emails in my gmail inbox by criterias like time, sender and so on.....

xmailer · 8 Sep 2009, 11:17 PM

If you're blind, maybe we both are. But I think one of the most "glaring" shortcomings to Gmail has always been the inability to change the sort order of the message listings. In fact, I think I'd be hard pressed to even think of another webmail interface which I've ever seen which doesn't allow the user any options whatsoever for that.

Another shortcoming which I'm not sure I've ever seen in any other webmail interface I've ever used is the complete lack of any indication of the sizes of the messages anywhere in the interface, the closest to that being the sizes shown of individual attachments to messages only when they're opened, which can be of somewhat limited usefulness, say, if one is specifically looking for larger messages, something for which there isn't even any search criterion available as far as I know.

5 Sep 2009, 05:30 AM	#1
paul33 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 179	Your Feature requests to GMail and YMail here my wishes: GMail 1. allow folders, there are people out there who wants/ folders and not labels,,,allow both option. do not "force" gmail lovers to use labels . 2. give users the option to disable conservation view. 3. Better integration of calender and other services to email (it should be opend in a tab at mail page,like contacts) YMail 1. Better integration of calender and notepad to email (it should be opend in a tab at mail page,like contacts) 2. make more mail apps to be able to bring users back to yahoo from gmail. 3. Make an option (through an apps i.e.) to play mp3 in mail attachments, like in gmail, a great function. 4. Make themes like gmail.....the couple of themes (unique colors) yahoo has at moment are too less..... even in this simple case ymail is unnecessary behind gmail both services are great....

5 Sep 2009, 11:07 AM	#2
jeffpan The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Macao Posts: 2,422 Representative of: tls-mail.com	Gmail: Open local domains like gmail.cn, gmail.ca etc. YMail: improve the speed, very slow here (though yahoo.com.cn is fast).

5 Sep 2009, 12:30 PM	#3
David Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada. Posts: 10,355	I don't think it reasonable to ask Gmail to provide folders, unless of course, all the companies that provide only folders are asked to provide labels. Fair's fair... as they say, in some places

6 Sep 2009, 03:10 AM	#5
sheprd The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: VA, USA Posts: 2,789	1. I woulds like for the address book to display a small list on the compose screen to simpllify adding address to outgoing mail 2. Add an ad free version of Gmail at a very modest cost. 3. Add the Forward link at top of screen in plain sight. I'm speaking of Google Apps mail. PS If I had option of Labels OR Folders, I would choose Folders.

6 Sep 2009, 04:16 AM	#6
malcontent Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 285	Ymail: SSL for Webmail

6 Sep 2009, 04:37 AM	#7
paul33 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 179	jeffpan you are right. gmail shoul open national domains (gmail.cn, gmail.fr) yahoo should ad ssl , abolutely right. furthermore it must take more advantage of zimbra technology.

6 Sep 2009, 06:49 AM	#9
xmailer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 5,485	Agreed. But at least it helps explain why they call themselves "yahoos".

6 Sep 2009, 06:48 PM	#10
steveone Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Milan, Italy. Posts: 47	I agree point 4 for Y!mail

7 Sep 2009, 08:13 AM	#12
xmailer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 5,485	While I might likely have numerous "requests", or suggestions, for improvements to any email service, perhaps too numerous to even begin to decide which might be most important to me, since you mention forwarding options, with either Gmail or Yahoo (or any other service lacking it) a "redirection" feature, such as Fastmail.fm and many, if not all, implementations of the Horde interface have, might be a nice addition.

7 Sep 2009, 09:05 AM	#13
beq Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA Posts: 895	I agree, I've also found the redirect (sometimes called bounce) feature at FastMail and both Tuffmail's SquirrelMail and Horde IMP useful on several occasions, at least for internal purposes. Unfortunately Tuffmail's Horde DIMP (Dynamic IMP) doesn't seem to have redirect.

8 Sep 2009, 11:08 PM	#14
paul33 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 179	maybe im blind, but i discover for the first time, that i can not sort emails in my gmail inbox by criterias like time, sender and so on.....

8 Sep 2009, 11:17 PM	#15
xmailer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 5,485	If you're blind, maybe we both are. But I think one of the most "glaring" shortcomings to Gmail has always been the inability to change the sort order of the message listings. In fact, I think I'd be hard pressed to even think of another webmail interface which I've ever seen which doesn't allow the user any options whatsoever for that. Another shortcoming which I'm not sure I've ever seen in any other webmail interface I've ever used is the complete lack of any indication of the sizes of the messages anywhere in the interface, the closest to that being the sizes shown of individual attachments to messages only when they're opened, which can be of somewhat limited usefulness, say, if one is specifically looking for larger messages, something for which there isn't even any search criterion available as far as I know.