August 14th, 2013 at 8:35 PM
It's decent. The emails that I really need to read are in the Primary tab. As for the reminding emails (eg. forums, social networks, promotions), I see a colorful sticker-looking icon on the tab when I receive something new for those categories, so it's not a problem for me.
This might have some downsides for website and forum owners. Most likely less gMail users will keep themselves updated with all of the emails websites send them. For example, you wouldn't see right away that John sent you a private message at Forum.com. Heck, some people might ignore the tabs.
I know a lot of people who dislike receiving such emails (and they do not know about the option in the user control panel of the forum to disable it), so this might be a good feature for them. Now Joe doesn't have to read 200 emails FaceBook sent him in under 24 hours,
This might have some downsides for website and forum owners. Most likely less gMail users will keep themselves updated with all of the emails websites send them. For example, you wouldn't see right away that John sent you a private message at Forum.com. Heck, some people might ignore the tabs.
I know a lot of people who dislike receiving such emails (and they do not know about the option in the user control panel of the forum to disable it), so this might be a good feature for them. Now Joe doesn't have to read 200 emails FaceBook sent him in under 24 hours,
