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Next-generation email platform (pre-launch)

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Next-generation email platform (pre-launch)

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Lex

It'll be interesting to see what types of apps and integrations get built on top of these types of services. I think the most compelling use case isn't actually to build a straight up email client but to integrate email into other types of apps. That being said, I can't think of any particularly interesting ideas off the top of my head right now :)

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12yr ago

Product Hunt

@nbashaw translation: "I'm not telling you guys my billion dollar startup idea." :)

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12yr ago

Lex

@rrhoover when do we get comment likes? I want to like this haha

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12yr ago

@nbashaw Exactly...and this why Gmail will always be very hard to beat.

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12yr ago

LaunchBrightly

@nbashaw we are using email as the only front facing part of the "application" over at @xdotai and Amy exist only in the meeting scheduling dialogue. We are building the mail API's ourselves though, but perhaps there is an alternative ..

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12yr ago

Lex

@rrhoover I thought of my brilliant email-not-email-client startup idea: get a text message alert when someone important emails you.

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12yr ago

Swan Bitcoin

I try every legitimate looking attempt at an inbox improvement / alternative. The API looks good. Looking froward to trying out the client.

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12yr ago

Improv Scene Generator

@bswen It'll be interesting to see how it stacks up vs. Google's upcoming API.

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12yr ago

Swan Bitcoin

@SomewhatJustin indeed

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12yr ago

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12yr ago

WorkOS

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Michael from Inbox here. We've spent a lot of time working to get the API semantics right, to be both backwards compatible and support modern development. One big benefit of using Inbox vs. Gmail's API is that Inbox also works with Yahoo! Mail, Outlook/Hotmail, Microsoft Exchange, and may more coming soon. Plus it's open source, so you can run it yourself. :) Anyone here should feel free to ping me with questions. I'd love to hear feedback about the docs, and can set you up with an invite to the hosted version (think Heroku) which is coming soon. mg@inboxapp.com

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12yr ago

devlogs.gg

I'm happy to say that I've been designing for them. The docs and portal that people will see once it's released. https://dribbble.com/shots/16324...

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12yr ago

Yeah generally I think it's exciting -- good step forward. IMAP is broken and people like Inbox are making it easier to innovate on email. Gmail opened up their API a few weeks ago which was a similar step. In practice, this is very similar to Context.io. It's also similar to an open source project we released a few weeks ago called Switchboard, http://switchboard.spatch.co/ -- however Inbox's licensing is way more aggressive (and somewhat annoying).

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12yr ago

Backchannel

CC'ing @mickhagen who will be interested in this.

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12yr ago

Looks pretty similar to http://context.io/

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12yr ago

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