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Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser

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You've got a shot at building a new Sparrow here. This looks really nice. Unsure that every email message needs a tab on the top, too—I think you could almost just rely on the left sidebar and treating the emails there as tabs. That, and some j/k shortcuts to quickly flip through the emails in your inbox would be great.

This is great feedback. Not sure about the top tabs as well as I spend most of my time inside an IDE, I got used to those. Maybe I'll add a hide option in settings?

Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser

#42

Love the social feeling of UX. I screen through 100s of emails every day and if you are interested in some pointers for potential uses I would die for on our current corporate set-up... Visual ques that are extracted from the email context -Due in 3 days >> has a timer with a 3 day countdown -Urgent- action immedaitely >> adds an urgency mark to the email Emails that can get diarized, then brought back up automatical…

Yes!!! This is gold, thank you so much for sharing! This message is printed in my desk now :D

Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser

#43

On Android, you need to request the desktop version, rotate the phone to landscape, and refresh; assuming you have a tall enough screen (in px). If it was like Cursor with BYOK, custom instructions, and the ability to have it automatically draft replies when I open an email, and integration with popular suites like Google and Outlook (even if via MCP or CLI) and integration with whatever else I want to integrate it w…

Thank you for helping folks with instructions, I really need to start exploring a mobile version! :)

> with whatever else I want to integrate it with, you'd have something special. What integrations would I need to have to avoid a deal breaker for you?

Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser

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> [email's] underlying experience didn’t evolve much In stories of architecture, this is the beaten path that becomes the walkway. > Is it worth continuing to explore this idea? It has to be worth it to you. If you open-source it, you get to articulate what's important and shift from doing to leading. That's a forcing function to state values that inspire people. For me, UI is a frustrating 1:N problem, where 1 desig…

Thank you so much for taking the time to provide such incredible feedback, I really appreciate it.

> I'd like a UI that settles per user or use-case: automatically pruning things I don't use and hoisting things I do, often adapting use-case driven patterns. This is an incredible idea, thanks for sharing!

> AI is more about queueing up and automating interactions with a given intent. This is what I'm aiming for!

> (intent and context: sound familiar?) Oh yea :)

Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser

#45

> This demo is optimized for desktop screens (1000px+) Could reword this: demo only available on... Better would be to make it mobile responsive before it trends on hackernews.

Oh great feedback, fixed!

I'm learning this the hard way. I really value the attention to detail and a mobile version of this feels like almost like a different product. But yea, I need to start working on a mobile version asap!

Here's a video with the demo: https://x.com/define_app/status/2030023425150910907?s=20

Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser

#49

This is beautiful product design. I will say, I do wish there was a conversation list when looking at folders--having conversations listed on the sidebar can get a bit busy.

Oh interesting feedback. Can you elaborate on what you mean by " conversation list when looking at folders"?

Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser

#50
Founder here. I hear you on not having a mobile version available.

I really value the attention to detail and a mobile version of this feels like almost like a different product. I need to start working on a mobile version! :)

Here's a video, if folks just want to see how it looks: https://x.com/define_app/status/2030023425150910907?s=20

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