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In general, I think it would have been smart to offer tabs to high volume users. When I only have 10 new things, tabs are ... stupid.

(Amusingly it put an old girlfriend's "my new page is at" in promotions.)

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I'm not really a high volume user (0 unread most of the time) but I have tons of tabs and filters. I really only want to be notified of a new email when it's from someone I personally know.

I'm not saying there should be no tab/filter options (I used filter/folder options before tabs arrived). I'm just suggesting sticking the 3 defaults on everyone was a bad idea. Just adding the "+" and directing to a how-to would have been IMO appropriate.

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