Last updated 2/26/15
For a long time the 'Subject:' line in an email was the precursor to the message. Though somewhat unnecessary it was a good way to sort your emails and find an email from a colleague that you lost long ago.
But it is now 2015 and text messaging is the ubiquitous form of communication. These little bundles of thoughts get sent from phone to phone all day and it has lead to a change in our thinking: We don't need a subject line.
Now, the obvious question is how will we find the correct email without the subject line. And the solution is already here. Our search capabilities are way better than the ones used in 2001 in Outlook.
With today's search technology you can find any message you want and it's faster and easier than reading through subject lines. So I am going to have to announce to all those that don't want it to happen; the subject line is gone. Don't look for it in future email browsers or Outlook/Thunderbird.
It's antiquated and it needs to go.
For a long time the 'Subject:' line in an email was the precursor to the message. Though somewhat unnecessary it was a good way to sort your emails and find an email from a colleague that you lost long ago.
But it is now 2015 and text messaging is the ubiquitous form of communication. These little bundles of thoughts get sent from phone to phone all day and it has lead to a change in our thinking: We don't need a subject line.
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Now, the obvious question is how will we find the correct email without the subject line. And the solution is already here. Our search capabilities are way better than the ones used in 2001 in Outlook.
With today's search technology you can find any message you want and it's faster and easier than reading through subject lines. So I am going to have to announce to all those that don't want it to happen; the subject line is gone. Don't look for it in future email browsers or Outlook/Thunderbird.
It's antiquated and it needs to go.
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