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>Pixel perfect + Retina + Cloud The trifecta of the mobile apps. Sync all your email and tasks with our cloud based mobile app. The trifecta of buzzwords perhaps.
Which, isn't a bad thing, but not exactly bringing anything new to the table...
It seems to somehow organize my emails as tasks, but how does that work in practice?
What happens when I get an email? Does it turn it into a task? Can other people still interact as usual with me by email without using this software? What about emails that really are not todo items?
Just my 0.02 - I do like ur UI stuff btw :)
"Email is not a messaging protocol. It's a todo list." Speak for yourself. My primary use case is to send and receive messages with others. If a message includes things to be done, I'll put them in a TODO list, like I'd do with any other messaging protocol. The reason why reinventing email always fails is because email isn't broken.
I think the reason why reinventing email always fails is that it is generally skin deep.
But he certainly knows how to get the tools that he wants made for him.
"Email is not a messaging protocol. It's a todo list." Speak for yourself. My primary use case is to send and receive messages with others. If a message includes things to be done, I'll put them in a TODO list, like I'd do with any other messaging protocol. The reason why reinventing email always fails is because email isn't broken.
That's why we keep hearing how painful email is from people like PG (someone clearly in the manager schedule) but a lot of makers don't really appreciate the pain
I think the whole 'email is broken' thing should be phrased differently. I agree there is tons of pain. Maybe articulating it well IS the solution?
So I wonder what you guys think. What is the real problem? Who has this problem?
That simplicity is what makes it so compelling: you can twist email to be whatever you want. Some use it as a to-do list, some as a calendar, some for editing documents, some just for messaging. Everyone can use it in a different way because it's so simple and easy to understand.
One can certainly invent products that try to take one aspect of email and improve them, like a to-do list, but then it's not email anymore... it's a to-do/calendar app. Which isn't bad, but the point is--email isn't going anywhere.