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I find the sidebar very confusing. I can not click on the INBOX folder for example.
Yeah I'm with you, that was the first thing I clicked, and... nothing.
Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
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Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
#32You'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.
Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
#33Why creating a new program instead of contributing to an existing mature one?
Also, I cannot open your website, does not seem to work without JavaScript.
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#35“ This demo is optimized for desktop screens (1000px+).” Opportunity missed with me, not everyone browses HN on their desktop. At least have some screenshots of your app so I am motivated to check later.
This is great feedback. I'll be working on the mobile version right now!
Here's a video, if folks just want to see how it looks: https://x.com/define_app/status/2030023425150910907?s=20
Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
#36I really hope the OP reads the following comment. And, Hey, I promise, I wouldn't willingly... go *out of my way ON A late FRIDAY EVENING (EST)* -- as I low key peruse HN on some sh* mobile browser at a dinner event -- This is really awesome. It took me a second, but then I realized I'm inline tinkering with the product. Don't let these "pitter, patter" HN minor critiques get in the way of delivering a novel product…
Thank you so much, your comment made my day!
That's a great feedback, I'll explore a dark mode option.
Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
#37Please I’d rather have a bad mobile view than a blocker! I know it seems bad but you can always just tell the user to zoom out, a mobile view is coming!
Or even a video alternative for mobile would be good.
Great points, here's a video: https://x.com/define_app/status/2030023425150910907?s=20
Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
#38Please I’d rather have a bad mobile view than a blocker! I know it seems bad but you can always just tell the user to zoom out, a mobile view is coming!
I'm learning this the hard way lol 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!
Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
#39Well done! I do hope AI will really allow folks to build products with better UX. The problem traditionally is that the UX gets "stuck" - gmail, google maps, they cannot really change because of user's expectations and the big orgs that run them as products. And building new things from scratch was fairly expensive. But now with AI (and modern UI tooling) the equation is at least partially changing.
Agree! I was fairly surprised with this PoC. I was expecting AI to write 80% of the code but because it's frontend heavy, I would say it was 50%.
Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
#40Why creating a new program instead of contributing to an existing mature one? Also, I cannot open your website, does not seem to work without JavaScript.
Yea, this is a React application.