[wodenokoto]

So it looks like labels are like “multi-folders”, and unlike gmail, there is no mix of labels and folders. It’s either or.

[huhtenberg]

Folders can be implemented by having a set of labels of which only one can be assigned to any given message. Then use folder names/paths as these labels and, voila, you got folders.

So perhaps it's something that is coming...

[bad_user]

Except everything will get duplicated in Archive ;-)

[tyingq]

All labels might actually be better.

[bad_user]

Gmail does not have a mix of labels and folders. It's all labels in Gmail.

[wodenokoto]

You're right. The "move message" icon is, however, of a folder[1], so I guess over time I came to the misunderstanding that I was working with folders!

[1] https://it.stonybrook.edu/sites/default/files/kb/8618/images...

[slightwinder]

GMail has a feature to emulate hierachies from labels, basically folders. Maybe that's what he meant.