Show HN: Automatically Rename HEY's 'Imbox' to 'Inbox'

We discussed this at work. It's smug in a way that I can't articulate. Our first thought was that it was a typo, then we found the actual part of their website that tells us "no, it's not a typo". Thanks for that guys, I appreciate you changing my expectation to meet your contrived brand of UX design.

edit: typo :D

Re: Show HN: Automatically Rename HEY's 'Imbox' to 'Inbox'

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Post by mc32 » Fri, Jun 19, 2020, 12:14 PM UTC

_0o6v wrote: post #4

I saw "Imbox" and thought, I will never use this product.

I think in their minds the choice was:

   Impbox and Imbox.

The least bad prevailed.

But that is an awful name that sounds like a toddler not getting their consonants right.

Re: Show HN: Automatically Rename HEY's 'Imbox' to 'Inbox'

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Post by samwillis » Fri, Jun 19, 2020, 12:14 PM UTC

itsnotatypo.com

Re: Show HN: Automatically Rename HEY's 'Imbox' to 'Inbox'

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Post by trollied » Fri, Jun 19, 2020, 12:17 PM UTC

Has anyone used this service, and why should someone ditch their current provider to use it? All I've seen is the founder kicking off about Apple murdering kittens, which put me off looking any further.

I've got my own domain hosted on google apps, and it just works. Rarely get spam, I'm used to the UI, I don't want to change my email address because I don't need to.

Having said the above, I guess I am not the target audience for this.

Re: Show HN: Automatically Rename HEY's 'Imbox' to 'Inbox'

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Post by pgm8705 » Fri, Jun 19, 2020, 12:18 PM UTC

I am loving HEY so far, but this is one thing I hope they walk back. I get it, it's not the same as a traditional "inbox," but why does that matter? "Imbox" is annoying to look at.

Re: Show HN: Automatically Rename HEY's 'Imbox' to 'Inbox'

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Post by klohto » Fri, Jun 19, 2020, 12:19 PM UTC

Genuinely need to block Hey in keywords now. The marketing is too much.