You'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.
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
#42Love the social feeling of UX. I screen through 100s of emails every day and if you are interested in some pointers for potential uses I would die for on our current corporate set-up... Visual ques that are extracted from the email context -Due in 3 days >> has a timer with a 3 day countdown -Urgent- action immedaitely >> adds an urgency mark to the email Emails that can get diarized, then brought back up automatical…
Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
#43On Android, you need to request the desktop version, rotate the phone to landscape, and refresh; assuming you have a tall enough screen (in px). If it was like Cursor with BYOK, custom instructions, and the ability to have it automatically draft replies when I open an email, and integration with popular suites like Google and Outlook (even if via MCP or CLI) and integration with whatever else I want to integrate it w…
> with whatever else I want to integrate it with, you'd have something special. What integrations would I need to have to avoid a deal breaker for you?
Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
#44> [email's] underlying experience didn’t evolve much In stories of architecture, this is the beaten path that becomes the walkway. > Is it worth continuing to explore this idea? It has to be worth it to you. If you open-source it, you get to articulate what's important and shift from doing to leading. That's a forcing function to state values that inspire people. For me, UI is a frustrating 1:N problem, where 1 desig…
> I'd like a UI that settles per user or use-case: automatically pruning things I don't use and hoisting things I do, often adapting use-case driven patterns. This is an incredible idea, thanks for sharing!
> AI is more about queueing up and automating interactions with a given intent. This is what I'm aiming for!
> (intent and context: sound familiar?) Oh yea :)
Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
#45> This demo is optimized for desktop screens (1000px+) Could reword this: demo only available on... Better would be to make it mobile responsive before it trends on hackernews.
I'm learning this the hard way. 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 asap!
Here's a video with the demo: https://x.com/define_app/status/2030023425150910907?s=20
Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
#46I am user of Arc(even now!) and I really love it. Feels different in a good way. I can see it's PoC, but have you touched backend even in concept?
Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
#47I'm no expert in this niche but I really do like the design of your project. Great work :)
Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
#48Not only would I use this, I’d love to contribute if you have a repo.
Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
#49This is beautiful product design. I will say, I do wish there was a conversation list when looking at folders--having conversations listed on the sidebar can get a bit busy.
Re: Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser
#50I really value the attention to detail and a mobile version of this feels like almost like a different product. I need to start working on a mobile version! :)
Here's a video, if folks just want to see how it looks: https://x.com/define_app/status/2030023425150910907?s=20