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The goal of Caspy is to not just allow users to manage their Inboxes from anywhere in their browsers but to also help them build stronger relationships with Ema

by sarim 9y ago

The goal of Caspy is to not just allow users to manage their Inboxes from anywhere in their browsers but to also help them build stronger relationships with Email contacts that they actually care about. It does a bunch of things (copy/pasting for the second time :P): 1. Which Emails are important and need a reply. 2. Which sent Emails require follow ups and what is the best time for a follow up. 3. Which contacts are important to you and which ones are drifting away and need to be reconnected with.

StreakyCobra 9y ago
I ask myself the same question. > manage their Inboxes from anywhere in their browsers I don't need this feature, I have a pinned tab with Google Inbox and it's one click away like your extension, and usually I deal with mails only when I want to, so it's a focused task that would be fullscreen anyway. You say «Email notifications can sometimes ruin your focus and hamper your creativity», but I would say the best way to stay focused is to consult mails only when decided. > 1. Which Emails are important and need a reply Google Inbox is really smart and knows how to classify mails by category without any training (Travel, Shopping, Finance, Social Network, Notifications, Forums, Promotion), and for each category you can choose if A) you want to get notifications when you receive them, and B) If they should be shown grouped in the inbox. Nowadays, if I get a notification for a mail, it means that the mail is of interest. I don't receive anymore notifications for forums answers, promotions mails or notifications, neither on my computer nor my phone. > 2. Which sent Emails require follow ups and what is the best time for a follow up. Google Inbox let you use your inbox as a TODO list, where you can mark mails (or groups, as above) as done, which has the same effect has archiving it. Aside the "mark as done" feature, there is also a "snooze until" feature that let you in one click snooze the mail (hide it from inbox) until Tomorrow, This weekend, Next week, a given date, or even a place (looks awesome, I never saw it actually). You can also "pin" mails so they stay on top of your inbox. > 3. Which contacts are important to you and which ones are drifting away and need to be reconnected with I don't need this feature from my inbox, but maybe some people do. So for me Google Inbox mostly solves the same problems, except it is free and you get all bonus points from using Google: Automatically detecting flights and travels mails, showing these info directly in the inbox, easy visualization of mail attachments, Android application of Google Inbox, etc. I don't know if you already tried Google Inbox, but if not you should, it is important to know your main concurrent. My goal is not to be rude, I'm trying to help you by showing that Google Inbox solves already most of your problems, and people using it will notice that, whatever ways you turn your arguments. Maybe you should direct your arguments more on the «same features as Google, but without Google» side? Some people have concern about Google having all their data, it may be working, but this is just some thoughts that may be helping you. I wish you good luck for your project, I hope you will make it succeed :-)

by sarim 9y ago

StreakyCobra 9y ago

I ask myself the same question. > manage their Inboxes from anywhere in their browsers I don't need this feature, I have a pinned tab with Google Inbox and it's one click away like your extension, and usually I deal with mails only when I want to, so it's a focused task that would be fullscreen anyway. You say «Email notifications can sometimes ruin your focus and hamper your creativity», but I would say the best way to stay focused is to consult mails only when decided. > 1. Which Emails are important and need a reply Google Inbox is really smart and knows how to classify mails by category without any training (Travel, Shopping, Finance, Social Network, Notifications, Forums, Promotion), and for each category you can choose if A) you want to get notifications when you receive them, and B) If they should be shown grouped in the inbox. Nowadays, if I get a notification for a mail, it means that the mail is of interest. I don't receive anymore notifications for forums answers, promotions mails or notifications, neither on my computer nor my phone. > 2. Which sent Emails require follow ups and what is the best time for a follow up. Google Inbox let you use your inbox as a TODO list, where you can mark mails (or groups, as above) as done, which has the same effect has archiving it. Aside the "mark as done" feature, there is also a "snooze until" feature that let you in one click snooze the mail (hide it from inbox) until Tomorrow, This weekend, Next week, a given date, or even a place (looks awesome, I never saw it actually). You can also "pin" mails so they stay on top of your inbox. > 3. Which contacts are important to you and which ones are drifting away and need to be reconnected with I don't need this feature from my inbox, but maybe some people do. So for me Google Inbox mostly solves the same problems, except it is free and you get all bonus points from using Google: Automatically detecting flights and travels mails, showing these info directly in the inbox, easy visualization of mail attachments, Android application of Google Inbox, etc. I don't know if you already tried Google Inbox, but if not you should, it is important to know your main concurrent. My goal is not to be rude, I'm trying to help you by showing that Google Inbox solves already most of your problems, and people using it will notice that, whatever ways you turn your arguments. Maybe you should direct your arguments more on the «same features as Google, but without Google» side? Some people have concern about Google having all their data, it may be working, but this is just some thoughts that may be helping you. I wish you good luck for your project, I hope you will make it succeed :-)