[pajju]

Great read, and I'm expecting this to happen sooner too.

Think it something like -- the core-emailing is there within gmail, but extend the functionalities via services. Some external app uses to build services on top of emailing.

Something like -- Hootsuite on top of twitter, Hootsuite manages and adds value by its own apps.

Think: we have Gmail powered apps? A link on top like: my-installed-apps -- to easily navigate and find newer apps for your workflows.

[amirmc]

I'm working on stuff like this but from the ground up. You can't get any meaningful innovation until you can allow people/devs a way to access the system at a deeper level than Gmail will allow.

[pajju]

Yeah agreed. I remember the saying -- Be a bitch yourself, but don't be someone else's bitch. :)

Build and think platforms and API's. Not consume API's :)

[pajju]

I just discovered these apps which extend Gmail's possibilities--

Look at Streak (http://streak.com),

Right Inbox (http://rightinbox.com).

ActiveInboxhq (http://www.activeinboxhq.com/index.php)