- On a reply or when sending a message (email), have the ability to send to a Circle much like things can be sent to email groups today. I could type "Family Circle" and when I send the "email" the message would post to Google+ to that circle. It should also be possible to direct a message to an individual on to the G+ platform. Any combination should be allowed; I should be able to send one message to one person via a G+ post, to another's email, and to a full circle. (Signature lines and quoted text being replied to should not be allowed when posting to G+.)
- My "from" option in Gmail should have an option to send it from my Google+ account so a reply to my email comes in to G+ as a limited post to me.
- If I choose to send from my Google+ account to a Circle it essentially becomes only a Google+ post; not an email. But, a history of the message/post should be kept in Gmail. Comments on my post would then follow my email notification settings inside G+.
- Add/integrate Google+ profile and profile data to the new area in Gmail, top right, that shows recent interactions and contacts details. The person's profile image, recent posts, and other things could be shown. This could be done for everyone, not just contacts. You could see what circles they are in and also manage the circles right there to be able to add people you do not have in circles or change what circles people are in. When mousing over the sender of an email you have open, it would display a pop up like today, but show this information.
- Gmail could automatically tag emails received from from people you have in your circles with the circle name(s).
- Have the ability to highlight an image, text, or link form an email and click on Share in the +bar. What was highlighted would automatically be pulled in to the share window for fast posting. Similar things can be done from chat to post to G+
- Have the Chat that is inside Gmail show the circle chat friends we see in plus.google.com
My vision is for Google to blur the line between emailing, messaging, and posting into one seamless communication platform.
I agree with all of these points and I can't believe they don't at least have a way to post to the stream via email yet. Shouldn't that have been one of the first things they programmed?
ReplyDeleteThere is a workaround to post to the stream via email via Google Voice SMS. You just have to register a GV number, associate it with your G+ profile, and send email (from your Google address) to the address that correlates to the SMS address. It's limited in the ways posting via SMS is limited (plain text, maximum allowed characters, etc), but it's kind of handy. Shoot me an email if you'd like more info or some pointers.
ReplyDeleteGoogle has even made it easier to integrate google+ with gmail. Sign up for gmail and there is a walk-through for creating your plus account.
ReplyDeleteI receive notification in my Gmail from Facebook that someone has made a comment. I don't need to sign in to facebook, I just reply and it is posted right there on their post, underneath that comment in chronological order.
ReplyDeleteGoogle plus.. does not allow me to reply any comments from right there in my gmail, It made me click the.. "see post.." to take me to that page and there I can make my comment. meanwhile I have to find my way back to my inbox.
And Google+ thinks it is going to rival Facebook? My entire family is on facebook, and facebook has listed them as.. brother, sister, cousin, etc.. Facebook tells me its their birthday next week. Facebook is a juggernaut in keeping the tight circles.. tight! while google plus is playing with a wider and often irrelevent social circle.
Google plus is still finding a footing in all this social business and its not fully established as anything.
Should I be going back to facebook now?