[cdmo]

Honestly I don't know why people keep trying to do this kind of thing: reinventing email. Email works fine and nothing has been able to replace it (e.g., Google Wave, Mailbox, etc). I think the reason is that email works fine for most people. And if it isn't, a new tool to help you manage it isn't going to fix your problems. It'll probably just create new ones.

The answer to "my inbox is crazy" is to work through your inbox - if there's too much for you to work through then you need to do less. That's it.

[z1mm32m4n]

I'm not sure I necessarily agree. Inbox by Google (and before that Mailbox to some extent) has drastically improved my email workflow. Being able to "snooze" emails and get a notification about them when you're likely to be able to take action on them was a novel idea that moved the email space forward.

I refuse to believe that we've exhausted the list of designs we can try to continue to improve email. And considering how pervasive email is, even marginal improvements can have profound effects.

[CptJamesCook]

The point of the app isn't to reinvent email. It's to help you get through your inbox quicker.

[cdmo]

Yes, good point.

And I hate to sound like a wet blanket on a new tool/thing. Just an honest reaction to yet another email aid app. I'm sure there will be people who use this and find it useful.

I'm just trying to make the point that at some point all the lifehacks/efficiency-improvements in the world will not fix the problem of being over-burdened.

[lyqwyd]

No tool will ever solve the problem of being over-burdened, as becoming more efficient just means doing more in the same amount of time.

Being over-burdened is a personal / social problem, and the only solution is not taking on / expecting more than is realistic... easier said than done!

Efficient use of time is it's own goal, and is orthogonal to the overall load.