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Show HN: I built a new email interface (demo.define.app)
1 points by johndamaia 107 days ago
… or at least I tried.

As a developer, I always wanted to explore/design a new email experience. Email is one of those tool we check daily but its underlying experience didn’t evolve much. I use Gmail, as probably most of you reading this.

Arc brought taste to browsing the web. Cursor created a new UX with agents ready to work for you in a handy right panel.

So, I tried to bring them all together.

Right now this is just a demo[0] with mock data (it's a bit laggy) and frontend only. I’d love for you to give it a try and let me know what you think.

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After playing around with the demo, if you think it’s interesting enough apply here[1]. Created this early access page to show that design, taste and craft are the future of software.

[0] https://demo.define.app [1] https://define.app/early

1 comments

Hey Joao,

The demo looks nice! I signed up and I love that you have an email from Dan Abramov in there. Your client kind of reminds me of consider.co, which a friend of mine worked on years ago. They went out of business a while ago but the UI looks a little similar: https://www.producthunt.com/products/consider

I was having a tough time finding an email client I like as well. I really miss Newton (https://newtonhq.com), which went out of business in July 2024, so I made something similar, with a focus on inbox zero and a goal of having fewer features than the competition. It only works with iOS / gmail, but give it a look if you're interested. It's been my baby for almost two years now.

https://emmaemail.app/