Launched this week
Apparent for Gmail
Make Gmail easier to read and manage.
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Make Gmail easier to read and manage.
279 followers
Make Gmail easier to read and manage. Features: *Read the latest message first. *Show every message in conversations. *Hide AI overviews in emails. *Reduce visual clutter. No account. No remote processing, runs locally in your browser.
This looks amazing. How is the privacy handled?
Congrats on the launch 🎉
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@basharath Essentially, we've put it together in a way so everything is done in your browser, in the same way "on-device" works. There's no need for an account, for data to be processed by us, and we use the fewest Chrome permissions possible. Anything that's done with your email is between you, god, and the local copy of Apparent.
@apparentforgmail That's great to hear that things work on device
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@apparentforgmail Gmail has been around for 20 years and still has things that just feel off - like AI summaries appearing where you didn't ask for them or threads that are hard to follow. It's interesting that small fixes like this can make a tool you use every day feel noticeably better. Congrats on the launch!
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@jared_salois Another Jared! I agree, sometimes its hard to understand why. Appreciate it!
Hello, I tried to download the feature but Chrome sent me like 3 reminders that this extension should not be trusted, and TBH it kinda made me nervous. Why chrome mentioned it so much? and how can we ensure privacy?
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@carolinahunts Hi Carolina! I'd love to make sure that doesn't happen again. Do you have any more details on what they looked like? We don't need or want to access any user data ever.
This is a really nice take on Gmail - especially like the “latest message first” idea and reducing clutter without adding another full email client.
Quick question: how does this handle more complex workflows (labels, filters, multiple accounts)? Does it fully respect Gmail’s native logic or override some of it?
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@michael_ya I'm glad you think so! At present we've kept the feature set simple enough as to not require deep testing of some of the real complex Gmail situations. As new features get added, we hope to fully vet them against as many edge cases as possible.
The ethos is to support Gmail, and not to override. We want to make things work together, for it to feel like they're native and how "Gmail should be".
@apparentforgmail thanks for the detailed reply, appreciate the clarification.
Makes sense to keep it aligned with Gmail instead of overriding things, that’s probably the right call for adoption. The “Gmail but cleaner” positioning is quite strong.
Out of curiosity, how do you think about power users long-term? People who rely heavily on filters, labels, and custom workflows tend to push Gmail pretty hard. Do you see Apparent staying more on the lightweight layer, or eventually expanding into deeper workflow control while still keeping that native feel?
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@michael_ya Absolutely we want to cater to power users! In fact, we'd love feedback if you're interested in being a beta tester at all?
We want things to feel native, but provide a lot more functionality than Gmail offers now. And at the same time, let the more basic features be easy enough to use for those who don't dive very deep.
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Sounds great, I’d be happy to help and try it out. Thanks!
Unfortunately I’m on Mac and I don’t use Google Chrome as my main browser, so not sure if I’d be the best fit right now. Let me know if you ever expand support, would definitely be interested.
love the “no account, no remote processing” approach. privacy first tools are becoming way more important now especially with all the data concerns around cloud services. curious how you handle the local processing performance, does it slow down with large inboxes?
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@apparentforgmail makes sense, appreciate the transparency on that. the “no need to see anyone’s email” part is honestly what sold me on trying it. will keep testing with a heavier inbox and let you know if anything comes up
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Does the "read latest message first" feature work across nested conversation threads or just top level replies? Such a needed quality of life improvement for Gmail, well done!
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@mcarmonas Hey Marti! Thanks a lot! A few bugs we're squashing now, and hope it to be reliable long-term.
From my understanding, Gmail doesn't have "true" nested conversations. It does have nested quoted content, in the traditional way email is structured, but Gmail "clips" this into an ellipse (...) for each message. From there, those top-level replied are listed, and we reverse that list, if that makes sense.
Needed! It's super cool Jared. Is it free for ever or do you plan to monetize it in the future?
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@german_merlo1 The core feature set "buckets" will be free forever. Anything that makes conversations easier to read, simplifies the layout, or is a very small repetitive workflow. We've thought about adding an additional paid bucket with automations, like auto mark archived as read, auto delete drafts according to set rules, auto empty trash, etc.