Sunrise is shutting down

#1

Post by Remiii » Wed, May 11, 2016, 3:55 PM UTC

Sunrise is shutting down
blog.sunrise.am

Re: Sunrise is shutting down

#2

Post by emdd » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:41 PM UTC

Well, this is disappointing. I was late to the Sunrise party, so I've barely been able to use it. I'm not thrilled about heavily integrating Outlook into my future work, so I guess it's off to find another solution.

Re: Sunrise is shutting down

#3

Post by rosstex » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:51 PM UTC

This is lame, Sunrise has been awesome for me over the years.

Re: Sunrise is shutting down

#4

Post by reustle » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:53 PM UTC

The overarching lesson I'm slowly learning is to not get too comfy with any saas products. Who knows how long they'll stick around, regardless of if they're great / popular / profitable.

Re: Sunrise is shutting down

#5

Post by asdfaccount » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:57 PM UTC

Well this sucks. anyone found a good alternative?

Re: Sunrise is shutting down

#6

Post by willwhitney » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:57 PM UTC

Once a startup gets bought, I look for alternatives.

If they don't shut down, I still learned something new! But usually they do.

In this case, I landed on Fantastical [1] — it's a little pricy but completely worth it. (Mac/iOS only.)

[1]: https://flexibits.com/fantastical

Re: Sunrise is shutting down

#7

Post by harlanlewis » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:58 PM UTC

emdd wrote: post #2

Well, this is disappointing. I was late to the Sunrise party, so I've barely been able to use it. I'm not thrilled about heavily integrating Outlook into my future work, so I guess it's off to find another solution.

It's a bit unexpected, but I've found Outlook to be the best iOS email client these days. It's bloated and has quite a few rendering bugs, but for the basic email-as-task-list workflow pioneered by Mailbox et al I haven't come across any current players that are better.

Kind of sad that the explosion of clever email and calendar apps a few years ago has collapsed into a handful that aren't as good as we used to have.

Re: Sunrise is shutting down

#8

Post by FussyZeus » Wed, May 11, 2016, 6:01 PM UTC

harlanlewis wrote: post #7

emdd wrote: post #2

Well, this is disappointing. I was late to the Sunrise party, so I've barely been able to use it. I'm not thrilled about heavily integrating Outlook into my future work, so I guess it's off to find another solution.

It's a bit unexpected, but I've found Outlook to be the best iOS email client these days. It's bloated and has quite a few rendering bugs, but for the basic email-as-task-list workflow pioneered by Mailbox et al I haven't come across any current players that are better. Kind of sad that the explosion of clever email and calendar apps a few years ago has collapsed into a handful that aren't as good as we used to have.

+1 to this, I LOVE Outlook on iOS. It's got issues for sure but overall it's the best one I've used, and I've used a lot of them.

Re: Sunrise is shutting down

#9

Post by throwanem » Wed, May 11, 2016, 6:04 PM UTC

Sunrise, sunset?

Re: Sunrise is shutting down

#10

Post by Randuin » Wed, May 11, 2016, 6:05 PM UTC

harlanlewis wrote: post #7

emdd wrote: post #2

Well, this is disappointing. I was late to the Sunrise party, so I've barely been able to use it. I'm not thrilled about heavily integrating Outlook into my future work, so I guess it's off to find another solution.

It's a bit unexpected, but I've found Outlook to be the best iOS email client these days. It's bloated and has quite a few rendering bugs, but for the basic email-as-task-list workflow pioneered by Mailbox et al I haven't come across any current players that are better. Kind of sad that the explosion of clever email and calendar apps a few years ago has collapsed into a handful that aren't as good as we used to have.

I wish there was something like it just for Calendaring though. Especially on the desktop. For email I'm already using Polymail full time and it's a hassle to have two email clients just for calendar.