On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:37:29 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/29/08 15:14, Celejar wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:36:11 +0000 > > Brad Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:04:20 -0500 > >> "H.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Hello H.S., > >> > >>>> I just discovered the other day that gmail doesn't have folders! > >>> I guess they replaced that with labels. > >> Which does nothing to improve wading through a list of messages. :-( > > > > Why not? Whenever you would move a message into folder X, just label > > it X. Clicking on label X (or entering 'label:X' in the search box) > > will then limit the view to all X messages. The only difference > > between folders and labels, AFAIU, is that a message can be in only one > > folder, but it can have multiple labels. Am I missing something? > > (Evolution has something similar, but also still has folders.) > > Because with folders the messages are just *there*. No need to > click this, click that, search this, search that. > > Here's a link to a screenshot of my nested folders and threaded > email. It's Icedove, but Evo, Sylpheed & KMail, Iceape etc would > all look essentially the same. Outlook would, too, if it knew how > to thread (or I could figure out how to turn it on). > > http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson/Email_screenshot.png > > If gmail can do that, then *please* send me a screenshot! Point conceded. I don't actually use the Gmail webmail interface much (I download via POP and use Sylpheed). It is still true that Gmail's labels can be useful for sorting mail, although it's certainly a different (and arguably inferior) paradigm than the classic folder hierarchy. > Ron Johnson, Jr. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
