Cecil B. DeMille and the Google Android Gmail App

3 pointsby chrisjj10 mesi fa4 comments

Cecil B. DeMille once filmed a pretty important battle scene ... or tried to. At completion he called to the cameraman “Did you get all that?”. The cameraman waved and shouted back, “Ready when you are, C.B.!

This was clearly the inspiration for the Google designers of the Android Gmail app. I click Send on an /important/ /time-critical/ message that would have gone immediately on the old Gmail web site, and the app dutifully closes... with not a hint of warning. When one hour later the recipient tells me /the message was not received/, I open the Gmail app... which pops up "Sending...".

The difference is of course that Cecil had three backup cameramen, whereas I trusted Google's /flagship mail app/ so didn't send the same message via three other Google products too... /i /i

Good **ing grief. It is not rocket science.

4 comments

gumboshoes10 mesi fa

Check to see if you have delayed sending enabled. It's a feature that allows you to recall a message by canceling the send. I think the max delay is 30 seconds, which I use, as I am prone to prematurely sending.

chrisjj10 mesi fa

Thanks but see "one hour later".

CTOSian10 mesi fa

enshitification and bloat this is what we get today

chrisjj10 mesi fa

The warning I missed was "Outbasket". Why on earth would the user want that? S/he wouldn't.