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Re: Show HN: Shortwave: Enjoy Your Inbox

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Post by jdauriemma »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #17

From the article: > Inbox Zero might be impractical every day, but Inbox Organized happens without breaking a sweat. My experience is the absolute opposite. Organising mails is a strange game, and the only winning move is not to play. I get the information out of the emails as soon as I can, and put it into a system that is actually manageable. GTD had it right from the start. Thank you David Allen. You want harsh fe…

> Organising mails is a strange game, and the only winning move is not to play.

I laughed out loud at this, because you are 100% correct.

Re: Show HN: Shortwave: Enjoy Your Inbox

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Post by smallerfish »

I realize building on gmail gives you an acquisition audience :) and also that hosting your own email infrastructure is hard, but I think it'd be a far more compelling offering if this was standalone. Google have created the opportunity by cutting the free tier for grandfathered plans - lots of people are looking for alternatives to gmail. In all honesty I'll probably pay $6/mo to gmail for now, but I'm unlikely to stick with them long term. Come up with a compelling standalone platform that's better than Hey or Fastmail and I'll be interested.

Re: Show HN: Shortwave: Enjoy Your Inbox

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Post by gab007 »

Not for me, but.. A honest question - now, when G suite legacy free edition is closing down, here's a chance to offer a service that's not "piggy-backing" on gmail (or any other provider).

You could "re-create Inbox" by providing email hosting with same/similar features - already lined up on your page.

Re: Show HN: Shortwave: Enjoy Your Inbox

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Post by sigmaprimus »

buttocks wrote: post #15

Feedback: Email is just fine . It is mature and should just be left alone. It is not something that should be reinvented. The next thing should not be email at all . It should be something fundamentally different, not another iteration of email. Seeing some downvote criticism on this comment, let me clarify. I understand the value in working on an established set of federated protocols. Everyone has an email address…

I wonder if this is true or not, personally I don't use email enough to invest in a product like this ATM but have been kicking the idea of starting a home based business up for a while now and think something like this would fit quite well.

Saying Email is just fine or whatever is along the lines of the re-inventing the wheel argument yet every once in a while someone does exactly that and the world is a better place for it!

*Edit*

The one thing that makes me a bit nervous is signing up with my google account, I wish there was more information on the security behind doing this, in other words am I handing the keys to the kingdom over to a 3rd party by doing this? Is my google account subject to any vulnerabilities this app may or may not have? These questions make me reluctant to "Sign Up" especially for a trial.

Re: Show HN: Shortwave: Enjoy Your Inbox

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Post by Andrew_nenakhov »

jdauriemma wrote: post #21
BiteCode_dev wrote: post #17

From the article: > Inbox Zero might be impractical every day, but Inbox Organized happens without breaking a sweat. My experience is the absolute opposite. Organising mails is a strange game, and the only winning move is not to play. I get the information out of the emails as soon as I can, and put it into a system that is actually manageable. GTD had it right from the start. Thank you David Allen. You want harsh fe…

> Organising mails is a strange game, and the only winning move is not to play. I laughed out loud at this, because you are 100% correct.

How about a nice game of chess?

Re: Show HN: Shortwave: Enjoy Your Inbox

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Post by mosselman »

I am trying this out and I like the grouping and 'marking is done' feature. To be honest, you can't do much worse than the default gmail interface and ui, there is so much low hanging fruit there.

What I liked less is the tiny print and tiny UI elements of shortwave in general. I 'solved' this by zooming in a lot, but in general it is hard to see at a glance who e-mails are from, which seems like a pretty important thing.

The focus of the design seems to be about being pretty, not being functional as much as I'd have liked. Again, better than gmail in aesthetics, but the typography could use some attention.

Re: Show HN: Shortwave: Enjoy Your Inbox

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Post by owaislone »

The product looks great. One question: does it sync everything to shortwave servers? If I download the desktop app, will everything still be synced to the servers? I'd be fine with most of my email being copied by a service like this but thinking of emails like OTPs, account resets, bank/credit card and social security authorizations makes me a bit too uncomfortable. I wish this had a denylist of some sort to never some sync mail.
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