![]() No matter when I’m writing to that person, if I’m running Rapportive, I’ll have my notes right there. It’s a simple idea, not unique to Rapportive, and not as graphically sexy as links to social networks, but it’s extremely helpful to have an easily accessible place to jot down notes about the person I’m writing to. Rapportive Notes, however, are a nice useful feature. right into their sidebar, so my friend’s latest thoughts are right in front of me as I write to him. It would be better if Rapportive would import the tweets/LinkedIn updates etc. page of the person I’m writing with, or I can easily find it. Even when it works, sometimes it’s not helpful… I usually already know the LinkedIn/Twitter/Flickr etc. I’ve had mixed results with this feature – Rapportive can’t find information on many of the people I’m communicating with. With the plugin running, you get information about the recipient pulled from various social networks. There are two major features that Rapportive adds to Gmail: Automatic Research and Notes. Then you have to find the Rapportive link, log in and give the app access to GMail. The install process for Firefox is ok (yes, it does require a browser restart). Rapportive is a GMail/browser plugin that has been heavily influenced by the Outlook plugin Xobni (see below). There are still several problems with GMail (I really wish I could filter by date for one), but Priority Inbox makes it a much more useful tool. Justin Hall’s Ideas about PMOG’s and email as a game are still very interesting to consider. The HTML5 GMail game Galactic Inbox is lame. GMail folks talk about a couple of other tweaks here. I also really like their changes to Archiving, so it’s much easier to auto Archive messages. I added my “Follow Up” label to the Priority Inbox, so I still get the automated filtering that Priority Inbox provides, but emails I’ve marked as “Follow up” are pulled out of the “Everything Else”bucket and highlighted for me. Google has recently added several customization options here. Out of the box, Priority Inbox has three sections. The most useful recent change is the ability to customize your sections. I wrote about it when it first came out but it’s already been tweaked and adjusted to make it more usable. ![]() If you are one of the 170 million GMail users worldwide, you already have a new Inbox, called “Priority”. ![]() Here’s the first of a series of posts on the the major email innovators, what makes them interesting, and why they might work for you. Innovation is finally coming to email! After decades of status quo, huge companies and scrappy startups are improving on the most used communications software in the world.
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