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by jwngr 1203 days ago
Despite adding some AI features, we are definitely still focused on the core triage and workflow of getting through your inbox. We've launched a bunch of other stuff already this year (https://www.shortwave.com/changelog/) and have more non-AI features coming.

As for marking stuff as read: this is a known issue that we are planning to address. For now, it behaves like archive in Gmail, which does not mark as read. How would you like it to work?
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latexr 1203 days ago
> Despite adding some AI features

I opened the website and the first thing I see is “Intelligent email, powered by AI”, with “by AI” highlighted with a gradient. I scroll down and the first feature is “Summarize with AI”. I don’t fault the other commenter for thinking you’ve pivoted to the AI craze, that is the vibe you’re sending very loudly.

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smusamashah 1203 days ago
The homepage of site now advertising AI features on the top. Which feels like that summarization is just the first thing and there are more AI driven features yet to come. It feels like its going to shift focus on AI as a top priority.

More AI driven features are good probably, but the whole product being AI driven is questionable.

I don't appreciate the Gmail archive very much. I have a pile of emails I want to get rid of (delete) which archiving does not help with. It actually increases the size of the pile when you archive unread emails. I would just like an option to mark an email as read when I mark it done in shortwave.

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