Etacts (YC W10) launches Gmail Contextual Gadget

It would be nice if on the front page they addressed my privacy concerns in some way. I live in my Google account (gmail/docs/analytics, etc) and I'd like to know what information the app is going to have access to.

Something like Android's pre-install screen would be nice.

Re: Etacts (YC W10) launches Gmail Contextual Gadget

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Post by capt_rubba » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 5:28 PM UTC

Congrats on the launch guys! Do you have anything planned for Android? The reason I'm not mentioning iPhone here is because Android's default/primary contact list is in GMail, so it would probably make sense to integrate into Android contacts app and their alerts?

Re: Etacts (YC W10) launches Gmail Contextual Gadget

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 5:29 PM UTC

capt_rubba wrote: post #5

Congrats on the launch guys! Do you have anything planned for Android? The reason I'm not mentioning iPhone here is because Android's default/primary contact list is in GMail, so it would probably make sense to integrate into Android contacts app and their alerts?

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Re: Etacts (YC W10) launches Gmail Contextual Gadget

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Post by rclaycoke » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 5:34 PM UTC

capt_rubba wrote: post #5

Congrats on the launch guys! Do you have anything planned for Android? The reason I'm not mentioning iPhone here is because Android's default/primary contact list is in GMail, so it would probably make sense to integrate into Android contacts app and their alerts?

+1 for Android support. A "summary alert" once a week would be nice.

Re: Etacts (YC W10) launches Gmail Contextual Gadget

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Post by cominatchu » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 5:38 PM UTC

texasrgr453 wrote: post #4

It would be nice if on the front page they addressed my privacy concerns in some way. I live in my Google account (gmail/docs/analytics, etc) and I'd like to know what information the app is going to have access to. Something like Android's pre-install screen would be nice.

That is good feedback and we should make that more clear. To answer your question, the domain admin (when he installs the gadget for the domain) gives us access to each email header as you open the email. To install Etacts, the user clicks through an openid+oauth login screen that details which services we use (gmail and google contacts).

Re: Etacts (YC W10) launches Gmail Contextual Gadget

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Post by cominatchu » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 5:39 PM UTC

capt_rubba wrote: post #5

Congrats on the launch guys! Do you have anything planned for Android? The reason I'm not mentioning iPhone here is because Android's default/primary contact list is in GMail, so it would probably make sense to integrate into Android contacts app and their alerts?

Thanks for the feedback, we do have an Android app planned.

Re: Etacts (YC W10) launches Gmail Contextual Gadget

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Post by cominatchu » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 5:39 PM UTC

jrnkntl wrote: post #2

So it's like Rapportive but with the recent conversations and at the -bottom- of the email?

We also allow you to quickly set reminders on individuals with whom you'd like to stay in touch.