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As I've mentioned on HN before, I'd really like to see The Next Gmail. (I thought it would maybe occur as Google opened up on Gmail a bit this last June http://

As I've mentioned on HN before, I'd really like to see The Next Gmail. (I thought it would maybe occur as Google opened up on Gmail a bit this last June http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.com/2014/06/introducing-new-gmail-api.html http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.com/2014/06/introducing-...) With time my experience with Gmail keeps degrading and I'm to the point where I notice myself browsing around the web for other options like FastMail and such. I haven't seen anything overwhelmingly better, at least not in the way that Gmail was when it first appeared. The original Gmail, when it came out and you had to be invited in and such, was mind-blowing better than the competition. I've not seen any update to any Google service since that so clearly was above the competition. Recall that it was so good people thought it was one of their April Fool's Day hoaxes. Since then, if anything, I've seen Gmail degrade with time. I get more spam now than ever. (And the spam comes in different forms such as via Gmail Chat/Hangouts), the interface is laggy to me on a MacBook Pro with 20mbit↓ connection, and new innovations like the Google Voice merging are always buggier than what they called "Beta" in Gmail circa 2005->2009.

wayno 12y ago
Ok, it wasn't a loaded question (promise), but seeing that you feel that way about Gmail you may be interested in a new email product we've been building over the last year called Sortd. It tries to create a radically enhanced email experience (Email 2.0 if you will) without the necessity to switch to a new email client. We call it a Smart Skin for Gmail because it transforms the Gmail Inbox into something much more - allowing you to place emails on a set of priority lists along side your tasks, with drag and drop sorting, due dates etc. If you are interested, you are welcome to skip the Private Beta queue by going to http://get.sortd.com http://get.sortd.com - I created an invite code for you (use HN27182818284). Do you think there's something in this?

wayno 12y ago

Ok, it wasn't a loaded question (promise), but seeing that you feel that way about Gmail you may be interested in a new email product we've been building over the last year called Sortd. It tries to create a radically enhanced email experience (Email 2.0 if you will) without the necessity to switch to a new email client. We call it a Smart Skin for Gmail because it transforms the Gmail Inbox into something much more - allowing you to place emails on a set of priority lists along side your tasks, with drag and drop sorting, due dates etc. If you are interested, you are welcome to skip the Private Beta queue by going to http://get.sortd.com http://get.sortd.com - I created an invite code for you (use HN27182818284). Do you think there's something in this?