On Gmail's labels - Your Opinions

Hello,

I have a question about Gmail's labels. I personally believe
that this
concept is not quite finished.

Gmail's labels basically work like tags right? i mean this
is the way
i see it. I can apply one or two labels to one single email
to easily
find it.

But then if I use GMail's label the way I use my tags over
at Flickr,
then one message would have 4 or 5 different tags, right? So
in the
end my GMail inbox would have "at least" 100
different tags for the
thousands of messages! from "holiday",
"Christmas", "present" to
"birthday", "meeting",
"project"... Can you imagine your inbox with
100 different tags? that would largely affect the usability
of the
application!

So to me it sounds like : yeh you can have tags but don't
use them to
much"... in other words... the concept is not really
finished and this
is the reason why I believe GMail should have smart folders
along with
the labels.

What do you think? Have I clearly understood the way labels
should be
used? Did I miss something?


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I think you are missing the point. I imagined tags as broad
categories, so it never occurred to me that you could have
hundreds.
The key is to remove labeled messages from the inbox, and
use the
search functionality to find the messages you are interested
in.

At the time I am writing this, I have 30 labels and 47425
conversations. With a good set of labels, starring
important
conversations, and use of the search function, I can find
most
anything within a short time.

Fuzzy

On 3/20/07, Guillaumeb <guillaume.belfioregmail.com> wrote:

> I have a question about Gmail's labels. I personally
believe that this
> concept is not quite finished.
>
> Gmail's labels basically work like tags right? i mean
this is the way
> i see it. I can apply one or two labels to one single
email to easily
> find it.
>
> But then if I use GMail's label the way I use my tags
over at Flickr,
> then one message would have 4 or 5 different tags,
right? So in the
> end my GMail inbox would have "at least" 100
different tags for the
> thousands of messages! from "holiday",
"Christmas", "present" to
> "birthday", "meeting",
"project"... Can you imagine your inbox with
> 100 different tags? that would largely affect the
usability of the
> application!
>
> So to me it sounds like : yeh you can have tags but
don't use them to
> much"... in other words... the concept is not
really finished and this
> is the reason why I believe GMail should have smart
folders along with
> the labels.
>
> What do you think? Have I clearly understood the way
labels should be
> used? Did I miss something?

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I third that... I'm at about 25 labels.  Labels should be
more generic
and between multiple labels and searches you get more
specific.

On 3/21/07, Ryan Morehart <morehartgmail.com> wrote:
> I'm with Fuzzy on this. The most tags I put with a
conversation is 3 and I
> usually only use one. I only have around 20 labels
total.
>
> The reason that you have to use a lot of tags with
Flikr is that they are
> the only way to search for pictures. With email, you
can search in the
> actual text of the conversation, so you don't have to
be nearly as precise
> about labeling.
>
> Ryan
>
> On 3/20/07, Guillaumeb <guillaume.belfioregmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a question about Gmail's labels. I
personally believe that this
> > concept is not quite finished.
> >
> > Gmail's labels basically work like tags right? i
mean this is the way
> > i see it. I can apply one or two labels to one
single email to easily
> > find it.
> >
> > But then if I use GMail's label the way I use my
tags over at Flickr,
> > then one message would have 4 or 5 different tags,
right? So in the
> > end my GMail inbox would have "at least"
100 different tags for the
> > thousands of messages! from "holiday",
"Christmas", "present" to
> > "birthday", "meeting",
"project"... Can you imagine your inbox with
> > 100 different tags? that would largely affect the
usability of the
> > application!
> >
> > So to me it sounds like : yeh you can have tags
but don't use them to
> > much"... in other words... the concept is not
really finished and this
> > is the reason why I believe GMail should have
smart folders along with
> > the labels.
> >
> > What do you think? Have I clearly understood the
way labels should be
> > used? Did I miss something?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>  >
>

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OK the fact that Flickr photos can only be searchable with
tags
because they do not contain text is a good point actually...
did not
think about that !

On Mar 21, 2:05 pm, "Zack (Doc)" <z...tnan.net> wrote:
> I third that... I'm at about 25 labels.  Labels should
be more generic
> and between multiple labels and searches you get more
specific.
>
> On 3/21/07, Ryan Morehart <moreh...gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm with Fuzzy on this. The most tags I put with a
conversation is 3 and I
> > usually only use one. I only have around 20 labels
total.
>
> > The reason that you have to use a lot of tags with
Flikr is that they are
> > the only way to search for pictures. With email,
you can search in the
> > actual text of the conversation, so you don't have
to be nearly as precise
> > about labeling.
>
> > Ryan
>
> > On 3/20/07, Guillaumeb <guillaume.belfi...gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hello,
>
> > > I have a question about Gmail's labels. I
personally believe that this
> > > concept is not quite finished.
>
> > > Gmail's labels basically work like tags
right? i mean this is the way
> > > i see it. I can apply one or two labels to
one single email to easily
> > > find it.
>
> > > But then if I use GMail's label the way I use
my tags over at Flickr,
> > > then one message would have 4 or 5 different
tags, right? So in the
> > > end my GMail inbox would have "at
least" 100 different tags for the
> > > thousands of messages! from
"holiday", "Christmas",
"present" to
> > > "birthday", "meeting",
"project"... Can you imagine your inbox with
> > > 100 different tags? that would largely affect
the usability of the
> > > application!
>
> > > So to me it sounds like : yeh you can have
tags but don't use them to
> > > much"... in other words... the concept
is not really finished and this
> > > is the reason why I believe GMail should have
smart folders along with
> > > the labels.
>
> > > What do you think? Have I clearly understood
the way labels should be
> > > used? Did I miss something?


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