Comments on: Backpack http://bencrowder.net/blog/2006/04/backpack/ I make stuff. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:35:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ben http://bencrowder.net/blog/2006/04/backpack/#comment-507 Ben Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:50:26 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2006/04/06/backpack/#comment-507 Ah, that works! Thank you very much -- I had no idea it was there. (Ostensibly I saw it whenever I clicked on that dropdown, but I guess I'm not very observant. :)) While I haven't yet had a chance to try it out, your description of it sounds like it'll fit my needs perfectly. (And the idea of sorting things via "tags" appeals to me. I'm willing to give up folders if I can get tags in return.) Thanks again, Ben Ah, that works! Thank you very much — I had no idea it was there. (Ostensibly I saw it whenever I clicked on that dropdown, but I guess I’m not very observant. :)) While I haven’t yet had a chance to try it out, your description of it sounds like it’ll fit my needs perfectly. (And the idea of sorting things via “tags” appeals to me. I’m willing to give up folders if I can get tags in return.)

Thanks again,
Ben

]]> By: Dan Hanks http://bencrowder.net/blog/2006/04/backpack/#comment-506 Dan Hanks Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:44:35 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2006/04/06/backpack/#comment-506 Take a look at the Gmail 'label' feature. You can apply as many 'labels' (think tags) to an email thread as you'd like. I've slowly been importing genealogically-related emails into a Gmail account and 'labelling' (tagging) them with the surnames they're related to. You can then show all emails with a particular label. The one downside to their implementation is that you can only tag email threads, not necessarily individual emails themselves, but that's still mostly sufficient for me. But I agree with you, my control-freak mind wants to put everything in its own place. I think the 'labels' thing is probably better though, as (usually) most email clients wont let you put an individual message into two folders, whereas adding 2 tags to a message is doing essentially that. I believe Gmail's filtering capabilities will also let you assign labels to incoming emails based on criteria you specify. HTH, -- Dan Take a look at the Gmail ‘label’ feature. You can apply as many ‘labels’ (think tags) to an email thread as you’d like. I’ve slowly been importing genealogically-related emails into a Gmail account and ‘labelling’ (tagging) them with the surnames they’re related to. You can then show all emails with a particular label. The one downside to their implementation is that you can only tag email threads, not necessarily individual emails themselves, but that’s still mostly sufficient for me.

But I agree with you, my control-freak mind wants to put everything in its own place. I think the ‘labels’ thing is probably better though, as (usually) most email clients wont let you put an individual message into two folders, whereas adding 2 tags to a message is doing essentially that.

I believe Gmail’s filtering capabilities will also let you assign labels to incoming emails based on criteria you specify.

HTH,

– Dan

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