I didn't know you could get gmail in pig latin.

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I'd do backflips for folders. Then I might actually use it exclusively. Oh, and for the love of god...IMAP.

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Folders? Why?

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could be wide of the mark here, but found this while farting around before work:
http://gwt.google.com/samples/Mail/Mail.html

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If you want folder then gmail definitely isn't for you.
I hope that gmail sticks to the labels (tags) for organization as it is a much more versatile and powerfull system. There are 3 things that differentiate gmail from the other webmail services and, in my opinions make it better:
- first, is the already use of labels instead of folders.
- second, is the sparsity of the interface.
- third, the threaded messages.

As for the changes I would like to see:
- Just clean up the interface a little, there are a few options and menus that could be done a little better, and make it a little more "ajaxy", with drag and drop of the labels.
- Better integration with other Google services (Calendar, Reader, Notebook, for ex.) could be better implemented.
- And of course tasks or to do lists would be welcomed.
-Finally, Google Gears for offline Gmail access.

As for some of the suggestions I have seen floating around, I don't find that more space is really necessary, >2.5Gb is more than enough for my needs, and IMAP is kinda of redundant for gmail, as I prefer its web interface to that of any desktop client.

For the rest keep it like it is because I believe that's exactly how gmail users want it.

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This seems to come quick on the heels of recent coverage Y! got with their new feature release. Coincidence?

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If they offer IMAP, I'll immediately switch every email account I have to GMAIL.

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I really still after 3 years don't understand why people want folders. If anything labels/tags work the exact same way as folders, plus more. I think labels make organization so much better and easier than trying to use folders.

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I dont know about a Hello Kitty skin but folders would be an awesome addition. Anything cosmetic will also be a big improvement. I have been loving on them recently from the new google office apps and it is high time to add them to Gmail.

It seems like forever since we got any new additions! Come on Google hook us up!

Karl Gechlik of http://www.askTheAdmin.com

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Seriously, did nobody else notice the "translate to" language is pig latin, which is not one of the languages offered by gmail? This has the stink of a fake.

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Brad, you're still not offering a reason for why you'd want folders. I can't think of anything you can't do with labels.

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I really can't think of any reason why I would need labels over hierarchical folders. The vast majority of messages that I keep are going into only one folder. They don't need more than one label. If you really need to add more than one label to a message, odds are you can find it just as easily with a good search tool.

The point is that not everybody wants to be forced to use labels. I'm certainly not going to manually tag several years' worth of email with labels when they are already in folders.

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I could care less about folders. Labels work just fine for me. However, I would like to see sorting. Sort by sender, date, subject, etc.

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I would like to see the "forward" mail be as smart as hotmail.

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Well think about it, you arent forced to label something more than once so that cancels out one complaint about labels, bienvenunet. You arent losing anything but you are gaining something by having labels as opposed to folders. Do they work exactly the same YES they do work exactly the same but labels can just do more IF and ONLY IF you want them to do more.

READ THESE WORDS, CAREFULLY... "LABELS ARE THE SAME THING AS FOLDERS!!!!!!" The name of a folder and the name of a label are still just one link you click. They both bring to a separate page. If they changed it to say Folders instead of labels and didnt change any functionally then someone coming in and seeing it would never know the difference. Just the fact that it gives you the ability to add the same file to multiple folders at one time.

Now if someone can actually give me an explanation on a disadvantage or even a difference between how they both work. Then please tell me. I havent see anyone actually tell us why they want folders over labels. What do folders do that labels can't?

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i just gotta have a hello kitty skin. pretty please :)

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