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Jay replied on September 29, 2009 19:58 to the problem "Why can't I turn off conversation threading in gmail; it's fatal for my business!" in Google:

Sending a message to 300 contacts, only to have all replies considered one conversation is exactly what's wrong with their implementation of conversation view. It's unfortunate that Google doesn't listen to user feedback.

Jay replied on August 01, 2009 12:08 to the problem "Omnia turns on at every hour" in YomoMedia:

Fellow Omnia user here. I'm not seeing this problem. I have Yomo set to update every 30 minutes. It's not turning on. I have the i910 (Verizon version).

Jay replied on August 01, 2009 11:56 to the idea "make finger-friendly" in YomoMedia:

I forget that touchscreens have only been used for a short time... I suspect we'll see a lot more. I'd love to see everything finger-friendly, even config menus.

Jay shared an idea in YomoMedia on July 30, 2009 00:21:

make finger-friendly

YomoMedia needs to be touch-friendly using fingers.

Jay replied on July 09, 2009 20:16 to the problem "Why can't I turn off conversation threading in gmail; it's fatal for my business!" in Google:

Google doesn't listen to user feedback. They will likely never get rid of their beloved conversation view. Google feels compelled to be different, even when they know the conventional is better. Don't you see, Google is the only company on the planet who "gets it" when it comes to how email is "supposed" to work. Everyone else is wrong. I'm very concerned about their just announced OS -- apparently they've seen the light and now understand how an OS is "supposed" to work which means everything we've learned in the last few decades is wrong.

Jay replied on July 05, 2009 13:04 to the question "What about us Windows Safari users?" in Xmarks:

I'm also hoping Xmarks will support Safari for Windows.

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Jay replied on March 21, 2009 00:48 to the problem "Why can't I turn off conversation threading in gmail; it's fatal for my business!" in Google:

Quick comment to Yogi. You said "...They may or may not be a lot of things, but they're certainly not stupid. If an unthreading option were easy to implement, surely it would have been done...". This is not a difficult change to implement. Not threading is "normal" behavior for email servers and clients. And because Gmail's IMAP access is non-threaded, it tells me that conversation view is a client-side function. Changing the behavior in the client isn't rocket science, Google just has no desire to do this because they feel a need to make you do things their way.

Jay replied on February 04, 2009 13:05 to the problem "Why can't I turn off conversation threading in gmail; it's fatal for my business!" in Google:

Yesterday Google updated Gmail with a "Move To" menu option that basically makes labels function more like folders. They still haven't done anything about conversation view though. =(

Jay replied on February 04, 2009 13:00 to the problem "Why can't I turn off conversation threading in gmail; it's fatal for my business!" in Google:

Peter/Frogman, Microsoft stopped supporting Hotmail in Outlook Express at least a year ago. Regular Outlook shouldn't have a problem. Outlook Express has been replaced with the freely available Windows Live Mail (not to be confused with Windows Mail that's included with Vista). Windows Live Mail supports Hotmail and it functions beautifully -- also syncs with your Hotmail Calendar. Also free POP3 access is coming (to US users) this month.

Jay replied on February 03, 2009 19:59 to the problem "Why can't I turn off conversation threading in gmail; it's fatal for my business!" in Google:

That's another downfall of Gmail... You can't label individual messages inside a conversation, only the whole conversation. One of the underlying problems is that Gmail doesn't treat individual messages as individual messages.

Jay replied on February 03, 2009 19:19 to the problem "Why can't I turn off conversation threading in gmail; it's fatal for my business!" in Google:

I actually like Gmail's labels instead of traditional folders. The reality is that labels and folders do the same thing, they are just presented differently to the user. Instead of moving messages into folders, you just apply a label. Then you select the label instead of selecting a folder. The big advantage of labels is that you can apply more than one label to a message.

Jay replied on February 03, 2009 13:00 to the problem "Why can't I turn off conversation threading in gmail; it's fatal for my business!" in Google:

This is the most commonly requested change to Gmail, so Google is aware of it. They haven't done anything about it because they want Gmail users to do things the way they dictate. One of my biggest complaints about conversation view is that Google decides which messages belong to a conversation, but don't provide a way to break a conversation or train Gmail if they get it wrong (I constantly get messages grouped together that shouldn't be).

Jay replied on January 29, 2009 17:43 to the problem "Why can't I turn off conversation threading in gmail; it's fatal for my business!" in Google:

There is actually an option to exclude IMAP folders via Gmail settings. I haven't lost messages because of conversation view, but I don't like the Gmail decides how I'm supposed to read my messages. Seriously, who is Google to decide what messages belong together? It's fine if it takes an educated guess, but there must be a way to change this.

Jay replied on January 27, 2009 13:52 to the problem "Why can't I turn off conversation threading in gmail; it's fatal for my business!" in Google:

They can make conversation view 100x better by simply hiding sent messages, so it only groups the incoming messages.

Jay reported a problem in Mozilla on January 21, 2009 19:32:

Download window doesn't disappear

Under Vista x64 and Ubuntu x64, the downloads window in Firefox does not disappear after downloads are complete. I have preferences configured to clear the download list, which should cause the window to disappear. I believe this to be a bug in 64-bit Firefox. This works as expected on 32-bit versions of Firefox.

Jay replied on January 21, 2009 19:19 to the problem "Why can't I turn off conversation threading in gmail; it's fatal for my business!" in Google:

I don't believe Google when they say most people love conversation view. They need a reason to justify their R&D costs, and instead of admitting the truth, they claim people love it. But conversation view is a "feature" users either love or hate, and I suspect you can find more people who dislike this feature than like it. And for every review that praises Gmail, you can find one that faults Gmail for this feature. Unfortunately Google is a stubborn company who refuses to offer an alternative.

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