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Show HN: I miss Google Inbox and built a replacement

40 points by DarwinMailApp 7y ago

DarwinMailApp 7y ago
Hello HN I’m Joey, the maker of DarwinMail [1]. DarwinMail enhances Gmail to get your Google Inbox features back. Features - bundles, snoozing, reminders, dark mode, bulk actions, undo send, custom backgrounds, templates, & much more. Darwin Mail will evolve to become great over time, thanks to its users, and thanks to you [2]. I would love to answer any questions you have! PS: Would you like 20% off the yearly plan? [3] [1] https://www.darwinmail.app https://www.darwinmail.app [2] https://www.darwinmail.app/roadmap.php https://www.darwinmail.app/roadmap.php [3] https://www.darwinmail.app/mail/index.php?promotion=true https://www.darwinmail.app/mail/index.php?promotion=true
- nielsole 7y ago
  I use fastmail instead of gmail, but would love to be able to use inbox features. Maybe you can support other email providers as well?
  - DarwinMailApp 7y ago
    Hey there! I am really sorry if you cannot use DarwinMail right now. I'm currently building out features that users have requested and keeping the bugs to a minimum. Adding more clients is high on my todo list though as I don't want anyone to be left out :)
- stunt 7y ago
  > Features - bundles, snoozing, reminders, dark mode, bulk actions, undo send, custom backgrounds, templates, & much more. Some of Inbox's features you have mentioned are available in Gmail now.
danielkempe 7y ago
Love Darwin Mail!!!
- DarwinMailApp 7y ago
  Thank you so so much, Daniel. Your kind words mean the world to me. It's such an amazing feeling to receive positive feedback on something you built from the ground up. I will continue to make improvements to DarwinMail each and every day.
xyzal 7y ago
Unfortunately, does not work with third party cookies disabled.
- DarwinMailApp 7y ago
  Hello and thank you for your feedback. I am really terribly sorry for any trouble this has caused. DarwinMail currently uses a cookie for your email address once you have authenticated with it. I am however in the process of removing this cookie and using local storage instead :) If you have any issues enabling third party cookies, I have created a guide for every major browser in the FAQ section of our homepage :)
  - swinglock 7y ago
    I've been using the web for probably 10 years without 3rd party cookies enabled and I'm not about to start now. It's good that you're getting rid of that dependency. It's usually only few crummy web shops and flight/hotel booking that have issues working without a secondary insecure browser.
merricksb 7y ago
Already submitted as Show HN 3 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19705440 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19705440 (218 points/222 comments)
- DarwinMailApp 7y ago
  Hello, The post from 3 months ago was for the launch. For months and months before the launch I was working hard on DarwinMail. I received so so much helpful feedback and support on launch day... I was simply blown away. Since the launch, I have been improving DarwinMail and implementing new features that have been requested. Early morning, after hours, weekends and during dinner time is when I work on DarwinMail and I love doing so. One of the main features requested since the launch was bundles and I only recently added that feature to DarwinMail. Please, allow me to receive the same kind of valuable feedback I once received. It was wonderful to hear so many valuable thoughts and I would be over the moon if it happened again.
  - deleted 7y ago
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  - dang 7y ago
    Your mistake was in using the same title and presenting this as a fresh Show HN. Three months is not long, especially when the original thread got major attention, as yours did. People routinely try to milk this cow too frequently, and users really don't like it. If you read the Show HN guidelines you'll notice that they say: "New features and upgrades ("Foo 1.3.1 is out") generally aren't substantive enough to be Show HNs. A major overhaul is probably ok." If there really has been a major overhaul, you should explain in detail what is new, and link to the previous discussion. https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html HN's FAQ also says that once a story has had significant attention, we mark reposts as dupes after about a year. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
    - DarwinMailApp 7y ago
nexuist 7y ago
Kudos to OP for replying to every comment with the type of unbridled innocent optimism that is devoid from most marketing materials. I'm not sure I can use this until it gains a companion mobile app; but I'm glad someone is working in the space and that they happen to be very, very kind.
- DarwinMailApp 7y ago
  Awhhh you are so kind!! It truly warms my heart to hear such positive feedback, and personal feedback even! I really appreciate it. And I am smiling from ear to ear. The mobile apps are perhaps the most requested add on! I'm currently building out our features as requested by users and ironing out the bugs. I hope to convert the web app into mobile apps / create native apps very very soon. Thanks again :)
NamPNQ 7y ago
https://simpl.fyi/ https://simpl.fyi/ that's enough for me
dkersten 7y ago
I used Inbox very heavily when it came out and loved it, but then I moved away from GMail in my attempt to de-google as much as possible. I now use the Spark[1] mail client. Its good, not amazing, but good. This looks nice, but of course being tied to gmail means I can't use it. [1] https://sparkmailapp.com/ https://sparkmailapp.com/

40 points by DarwinMailApp 7y ago

Hello HN I’m Joey, the maker of DarwinMail [1]. DarwinMail enhances Gmail to get your Google Inbox features back. Features - bundles, snoozing, reminders, dark mode, bulk actions, undo send, custom backgrounds, templates, & much more. Darwin Mail will evolve to become great over time, thanks to its users, and thanks to you [2]. I would love to answer any questions you have! PS: Would you like 20% off the yearly plan? [3] [1] https://www.darwinmail.app https://www.darwinmail.app [2] https://www.darwinmail.app/roadmap.php https://www.darwinmail.app/roadmap.php [3] https://www.darwinmail.app/mail/index.php?promotion=true https://www.darwinmail.app/mail/index.php?promotion=true

nielsole 7y ago
I use fastmail instead of gmail, but would love to be able to use inbox features. Maybe you can support other email providers as well?
- DarwinMailApp 7y ago
  Hey there! I am really sorry if you cannot use DarwinMail right now. I'm currently building out features that users have requested and keeping the bugs to a minimum. Adding more clients is high on my todo list though as I don't want anyone to be left out :)
stunt 7y ago
> Features - bundles, snoozing, reminders, dark mode, bulk actions, undo send, custom backgrounds, templates, & much more. Some of Inbox's features you have mentioned are available in Gmail now.

danielkempe 7y ago

Love Darwin Mail!!!

DarwinMailApp 7y ago
Thank you so so much, Daniel. Your kind words mean the world to me. It's such an amazing feeling to receive positive feedback on something you built from the ground up. I will continue to make improvements to DarwinMail each and every day.

xyzal 7y ago

Unfortunately, does not work with third party cookies disabled.

DarwinMailApp 7y ago
Hello and thank you for your feedback. I am really terribly sorry for any trouble this has caused. DarwinMail currently uses a cookie for your email address once you have authenticated with it. I am however in the process of removing this cookie and using local storage instead :) If you have any issues enabling third party cookies, I have created a guide for every major browser in the FAQ section of our homepage :)
- swinglock 7y ago
  I've been using the web for probably 10 years without 3rd party cookies enabled and I'm not about to start now. It's good that you're getting rid of that dependency. It's usually only few crummy web shops and flight/hotel booking that have issues working without a secondary insecure browser.

merricksb 7y ago

Already submitted as Show HN 3 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19705440 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19705440 (218 points/222 comments)

DarwinMailApp 7y ago
Hello, The post from 3 months ago was for the launch. For months and months before the launch I was working hard on DarwinMail. I received so so much helpful feedback and support on launch day... I was simply blown away. Since the launch, I have been improving DarwinMail and implementing new features that have been requested. Early morning, after hours, weekends and during dinner time is when I work on DarwinMail and I love doing so. One of the main features requested since the launch was bundles and I only recently added that feature to DarwinMail. Please, allow me to receive the same kind of valuable feedback I once received. It was wonderful to hear so many valuable thoughts and I would be over the moon if it happened again.
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]
- dang 7y ago
  Your mistake was in using the same title and presenting this as a fresh Show HN. Three months is not long, especially when the original thread got major attention, as yours did. People routinely try to milk this cow too frequently, and users really don't like it. If you read the Show HN guidelines you'll notice that they say: "New features and upgrades ("Foo 1.3.1 is out") generally aren't substantive enough to be Show HNs. A major overhaul is probably ok." If there really has been a major overhaul, you should explain in detail what is new, and link to the previous discussion. https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html HN's FAQ also says that once a story has had significant attention, we mark reposts as dupes after about a year. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
  - DarwinMailApp 7y ago

nexuist 7y ago

Kudos to OP for replying to every comment with the type of unbridled innocent optimism that is devoid from most marketing materials. I'm not sure I can use this until it gains a companion mobile app; but I'm glad someone is working in the space and that they happen to be very, very kind.

DarwinMailApp 7y ago
Awhhh you are so kind!! It truly warms my heart to hear such positive feedback, and personal feedback even! I really appreciate it. And I am smiling from ear to ear. The mobile apps are perhaps the most requested add on! I'm currently building out our features as requested by users and ironing out the bugs. I hope to convert the web app into mobile apps / create native apps very very soon. Thanks again :)

NamPNQ 7y ago

https://simpl.fyi/ https://simpl.fyi/ that's enough for me

dkersten 7y ago

I used Inbox very heavily when it came out and loved it, but then I moved away from GMail in my attempt to de-google as much as possible. I now use the Spark[1] mail client. Its good, not amazing, but good. This looks nice, but of course being tied to gmail means I can't use it. [1] https://sparkmailapp.com/ https://sparkmailapp.com/