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I have no idea what Remark actually does. What does an efficient inbox mean? What will clicking "Test your inbox" do?

JoelMarsh 14y ago
In the footer of the site (the FAQ type text) we explain a bit, but all we do is count things from your inbox. The actual content of messages or attachments is never downloaded (just the headers and such), and we only have read-only access for a short period of time. Nothing is re-organized or moved or labeled or anything like that.
- atacrawl 14y ago
  Fair enough, but the first FAQ is "What is Remark?" and the answer is "Right now, Remark is a work-in-progress." I admit that I stopped reading after that. Think about it -- why would I keep reading? If the service doesn't answer such a simple, critical question (what are you?), then there's nothing to compel me to keep trying to find the answer.
  - JoelMarsh 14y ago
    The next sentence is: "...it will be a downloadable email app for desktop and mobile."
    - atacrawl 14y ago
      That still tells me absolutely nothing about the product!!!
- jvzr 14y ago
  Well, your position on privacy is good and all and I appreciate it. But what does it do? I know the test counts my emails, contacts and all, but what does it do to make it more efficient? I follow the "inbox zero" dogma, and as such my inbox was void of any email as I took the test. Yet, it claims it'll make it 50% more efficient. What does it mean? Will I have 50% fewer email in my zero-email inbox? Or is "inbox" a term for "all my emails"? Hence, is 50% more efficient 50% fewer email? 50% fewer disk size? I'm lost. It's great to be so talkative about the respect of privacy and such, but at least be as talkative when it comes to what your product does. And if you're merely crying to create buzz, well it wasn't clear at first sight and I'm not sure I'll ever come back on this page later. I'm not hooked 'cause I don't know what it does better.
  - JoelMarsh 14y ago
    That's fair, and I am glad we're on the same page about privacy. It's important to us, but also hard as hell to communicate that we're not trying to steal or read your stuff. :) As far as the product... the efficiency is due in part to the behavioral algorithm and in part to the information architecture of the app itself. The archive and inbox are literally structured in a way that makes it easier and faster to get to everything, find old attachments, search for content, and so on. A deeper explanation of that part is gonna get long without some visuals, so if I may, let's leave it there and we'll post more info when we can (remember that we're only proving our concept with this site). The behavioral algorithm basically treats everything you do in email as information about what and who is important, and we use that to make sure that important stuff rises to the top, conversations are threaded in a useful way, and so on. As far as I know, there isn't another app that does it like that. For now (until we get a little further and create some more explanatory materials) hopefully that satisfies your question.
    - jvzr 14y ago
      It does indeed. Thank you. I guess the page could have been a little more teaser-y, so that I'm not lost into thinking it was closer from release than it is. :) I wish you well!

In the footer of the site (the FAQ type text) we explain a bit, but all we do is count things from your inbox. The actual content of messages or attachments is never downloaded (just the headers and such), and we only have read-only access for a short period of time. Nothing is re-organized or moved or labeled or anything like that.

atacrawl 14y ago
Fair enough, but the first FAQ is "What is Remark?" and the answer is "Right now, Remark is a work-in-progress." I admit that I stopped reading after that. Think about it -- why would I keep reading? If the service doesn't answer such a simple, critical question (what are you?), then there's nothing to compel me to keep trying to find the answer.
- JoelMarsh 14y ago
  The next sentence is: "...it will be a downloadable email app for desktop and mobile."
  - atacrawl 14y ago
    That still tells me absolutely nothing about the product!!!
jvzr 14y ago
Well, your position on privacy is good and all and I appreciate it. But what does it do? I know the test counts my emails, contacts and all, but what does it do to make it more efficient? I follow the "inbox zero" dogma, and as such my inbox was void of any email as I took the test. Yet, it claims it'll make it 50% more efficient. What does it mean? Will I have 50% fewer email in my zero-email inbox? Or is "inbox" a term for "all my emails"? Hence, is 50% more efficient 50% fewer email? 50% fewer disk size? I'm lost. It's great to be so talkative about the respect of privacy and such, but at least be as talkative when it comes to what your product does. And if you're merely crying to create buzz, well it wasn't clear at first sight and I'm not sure I'll ever come back on this page later. I'm not hooked 'cause I don't know what it does better.
- JoelMarsh 14y ago
  That's fair, and I am glad we're on the same page about privacy. It's important to us, but also hard as hell to communicate that we're not trying to steal or read your stuff. :) As far as the product... the efficiency is due in part to the behavioral algorithm and in part to the information architecture of the app itself. The archive and inbox are literally structured in a way that makes it easier and faster to get to everything, find old attachments, search for content, and so on. A deeper explanation of that part is gonna get long without some visuals, so if I may, let's leave it there and we'll post more info when we can (remember that we're only proving our concept with this site). The behavioral algorithm basically treats everything you do in email as information about what and who is important, and we use that to make sure that important stuff rises to the top, conversations are threaded in a useful way, and so on. As far as I know, there isn't another app that does it like that. For now (until we get a little further and create some more explanatory materials) hopefully that satisfies your question.
  - jvzr 14y ago
    It does indeed. Thank you. I guess the page could have been a little more teaser-y, so that I'm not lost into thinking it was closer from release than it is. :) I wish you well!