The Mail Pilot Public Beta

Post by ljoshua » Fri, Sep 28, 2012, 9:57 PM UTC

modarts wrote: post #8

mapleoin wrote: post #3

From the about page: Email is in need of a fresh start. No one wakes up in the morning and thinks, “I can’t wait to check my email!” Am I the only person who has no problem managing their email? I'm a software developer and have 4 email accounts that I check regularly all from the same Thunderbird email client. I have filters and folders for mailinglists. I have different accounts for different personas (personal, wo…

That underlies a major issue i'm seeing more of in the tech startup scene: Coming up with solutions to problems a large majority of users don't face. Blog after blog proclaiming that "Email is broken", "It's time to rethink email" etc, etc. No. Your users don't think that at all. They are happily chugging along, oblivious to the crises manufactured by neckbeards. Your value proposition needs to be reframed in terms o…

Post by tanepiper » Fri, Sep 28, 2012, 10:13 PM UTC

kadjar wrote: post #2

So.. there's no way to try it without dropping $60? It looks nice, but I don't even buy operating systems without trying them first, let alone subscription services.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Sep 28, 2012, 10:23 PM UTC

mapleoin wrote: post #3

From the about page: Email is in need of a fresh start. No one wakes up in the morning and thinks, “I can’t wait to check my email!” Am I the only person who has no problem managing their email? I'm a software developer and have 4 email accounts that I check regularly all from the same Thunderbird email client. I have filters and folders for mailinglists. I have different accounts for different personas (personal, wo…

Post by 46Bit » Fri, Sep 28, 2012, 10:40 PM UTC

ljoshua wrote: post #11

modarts wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That underlies a major issue i'm seeing more of in the tech startup scene: Coming up with solutions to problems a large majority of users don't face. Blog after blog proclaiming that "Email is broken", "It's time to rethink email" etc, etc. No. Your users don't think that at all. They are happily chugging along, oblivious to the crises manufactured by neckbeards. Your value proposition needs to be reframed in terms o…

These are solutions to problems faced by middle- and upper-management, so there are real customers out there that have this real problem. The difficulty, however, is getting this cool, shiny solution into their existing corporate email workflow.

Post by amirmc » Fri, Sep 28, 2012, 11:53 PM UTC

46Bit wrote: post #17

ljoshua wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These are solutions to problems faced by middle- and upper-management, so there are real customers out there that have this real problem. The difficulty, however, is getting this cool, shiny solution into their existing corporate email workflow.

Exactly. People seem to be designing entirely consumer focused experiences around a problem that's main pained group and largest collection of cash is the upper echelons of corporations.