I am very sad that Mailbox is gone, although it often felt completely derelicted by its creators. The ability to quickly and easily declutter and manage my inbox before things build up was immensely helpful, and I have yet to find a mail application that’s as pleasant as Mailbox was.
The biggest problem with the “inbox as todo-list” notion is simply that if email is a todo-list, then it’s a todo-list other people fill for you. The proper functioning of this list relies on making sure the things you don’t care about never make it in. There’s a lot of work being done on this front, but I’m not aware of anyone that’s really gotten it right yet (not to minimize existing work. It is a hugely complicated problem).
Mailbox was a great application, and I’ll miss is dearly. But oh well. Life moves on.
I am very sad that Mailbox is gone, although it often felt completely derelicted by its creators. The ability to quickly and easily declutter and manage my inbox before things build up was immensely helpful, and I have yet to find a mail application that’s as pleasant as Mailbox was.
The biggest problem with the “inbox as todo-list” notion is simply that if email is a todo-list, then it’s a todo-list other people fill for you. The proper functioning of this list relies on making sure the things you don’t care about never make it in. There’s a lot of work being done on this front, but I’m not aware of anyone that’s really gotten it right yet (not to minimize existing work. It is a hugely complicated problem).
Mailbox was a great application, and I’ll miss is dearly. But oh well. Life moves on.
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True.