Show HN: Aura, Native OS X Notifications for Gmail and Google Apps

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Post by kitx » Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 1:57 AM UTC

Show HN: Aura, Native OS X Notifications for Gmail and Google Apps
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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 2:24 AM UTC

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Post by kitx » Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 2:24 AM UTC

Happy to answer any questions, this has been a little side project of mine with Swift and Google's Gmail API.

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Post by huslage » Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 2:49 AM UTC

kitx wrote: post #3

Happy to answer any questions, this has been a little side project of mine with Swift and Google's Gmail API.

Why in-app purchase instead of just making the app $5?? This is akin to a demo version and it's a bit misleading to call it Free.

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Post by kitx » Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 2:58 AM UTC

huslage wrote: post #4

kitx wrote: post #3

Happy to answer any questions, this has been a little side project of mine with Swift and Google's Gmail API.

Why in-app purchase instead of just making the app $5?? This is akin to a demo version and it's a bit misleading to call it Free.

My reasoning was that most people only have one email account and thus would be fine with the free version.

As to why in-app purchase, I wanted people to be able to use it first without payment. In-app purchase has been growing in popularity on the App Stores lately and I think this is why. I also feel it's cleaner not to have two separate versions on the App Store.

But thanks for the feedback, I guess you're right. It's misleading to call it free. I will amend the landing page to make it clearer.

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Post by jd3 » Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 6:39 AM UTC

Interesting service. I definitely prefer my e-mail notifications to come right from SeaMonkey, but I could see this being useful for those who don't use a separate mail client and prefer to not have their gmail open in a separate tab 24/7.

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Post by geekrax » Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 6:48 AM UTC

kitx wrote: post #3

Happy to answer any questions, this has been a little side project of mine with Swift and Google's Gmail API.

Does it poll the email servers frequently or it's receiving IMAP notifications directly?

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Post by elithrar » Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 6:50 AM UTC

Does this work with Inbox (as in, clicking on the notification opens the Inbox UI, not Gmail)?

Re: Show HN: Aura, Native OS X Notifications for Gmail and Google Apps

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Post by geekrax » Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 6:53 AM UTC

Interesting. Not a huge fan of marketing it as "Absolutely Free" and not mentioning the charge for multiple accounts.

I currently use Checker Plus for Gmail Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/checker-plus-for-g.... Does the job very well.

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Post by otisfunkmeyer » Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 7:16 AM UTC

kitx wrote: post #5

huslage wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why in-app purchase instead of just making the app $5?? This is akin to a demo version and it's a bit misleading to call it Free.

My reasoning was that most people only have one email account and thus would be fine with the free version. As to why in-app purchase, I wanted people to be able to use it first without payment. In-app purchase has been growing in popularity on the App Stores lately and I think this is why. I also feel it's cleaner not to have two separate versions on the App Store. But thanks for the feedback, I guess you're right.…

I don't find it misleading, just to offer an alternate point of view.