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It was always a strange company, driving more by marketing than by product. I dislike these type of companies that fall into the vulture grasps of people lookin

It was always a strange company, driving more by marketing than by product. I dislike these type of companies that fall into the vulture grasps of people looking for a massive exit. It's just another form of speculation - with the value being created just a side-effect of the financial games.

gruseom 16y ago
driving more by marketing than by product I distinctly recall people being excited by the product. Admittedly I haven't been paying attention since the early days, but you did say "always".
- roel_v 16y ago
  "I distinctly recall people being excited by the product." I think it's more that people were excited by the promises about the product, and what it could have been. I've tried it 4 or 5 times since it launched, and always uninstalled within a few days. And I'm a heavy Outlook user, searching mail is a serious pain point for me. They too often focus on 'non-corporate' (basically, useless) features: social network integration, counting who emailed you the most and other stats, ... while the actual UI was hard to use and not in line with the rest of Outlook, searching only selected folders was only included after a long time (I don't want to search my RSS and mailing list folders, I don't think I'm special in that), sorting/filtering/search in search was unintuitive to use, ... It always felt like the features were put in to look nice in a marketing pitch, and that nobody at the company actually actively used the product. I guess that's not the case but it felt that way.
  - yesimahuman 16y ago
    Don't forget the "paid only" auto complete (that supposedly is a bug but I've noticed it on other installations): http://community.xobni.com/xobni/topics/dont_try_to_sell_me_access_to_my_contact_fool http://community.xobni.com/xobni/topics/dont_try_to_sell_me_...

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It was always a strange company, driving more by marketing than by product. I dislike these type of companies that fall into the vulture grasps of people lookin

by maxklein 16y ago

gruseom 16y ago
driving more by marketing than by product I distinctly recall people being excited by the product. Admittedly I haven't been paying attention since the early days, but you did say "always".
- roel_v 16y ago
  "I distinctly recall people being excited by the product." I think it's more that people were excited by the promises about the product, and what it could have been. I've tried it 4 or 5 times since it launched, and always uninstalled within a few days. And I'm a heavy Outlook user, searching mail is a serious pain point for me. They too often focus on 'non-corporate' (basically, useless) features: social network integration, counting who emailed you the most and other stats, ... while the actual UI was hard to use and not in line with the rest of Outlook, searching only selected folders was only included after a long time (I don't want to search my RSS and mailing list folders, I don't think I'm special in that), sorting/filtering/search in search was unintuitive to use, ... It always felt like the features were put in to look nice in a marketing pitch, and that nobody at the company actually actively used the product. I guess that's not the case but it felt that way.
  - yesimahuman 16y ago
    Don't forget the "paid only" auto complete (that supposedly is a bug but I've noticed it on other installations): http://community.xobni.com/xobni/topics/dont_try_to_sell_me_access_to_my_contact_fool http://community.xobni.com/xobni/topics/dont_try_to_sell_me_...