Post by: paras.desai on August 10, 2014, 05:01:17 pm
Until now the mail application has been focused on bringing the mail as efficiently and as effectively as possible from server. What I feel now is that, all mail application now focusing on INBOX MANAGEMENT, the stage after pooling the mail in the application
Following are example
1. Transferring to folders
2. Snoozing
3. Assigning mail to some one
4. Defining action on each mail like to work on today, tomorrow, next week or on custom date.
5. Defining actions on mails.
This is certainly a value addition to for the application user
To cite few examples, few email application which offers many or all of the above features
1. Blue mail
2. Boxer
3. BLOOMBERG (they coming up with imap support soon)
4. Mail box
5. More than mail.
6. IQTELL (combining GTD application with mail box to achieve mail box management)
And few more.
The purpose of this post is not comparing aquamail with any one, as aquamail is the best for what it is designed for so far.
The purpose of this post is the discuss the future trends in mail application and how things are shaping up. Perhaps it may help kotsya shape his future plans over a time period.
I have been member of few forums of these applications, and people seems to be appreciating. Do you all too feel the same way or, it is just a fad, like some one has started, and all are following mindlessly lol.
Just a food for thought.
Post by: paras.desai on August 10, 2014, 06:28:27 pm
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Post by: mikeone on August 10, 2014, 10:26:02 pm
Currently, AquaMail allows the user to send an email as a to do list (+set an alarm on a specific date and time, +set priority, etc.) This existing function is very powerful (though this is not a complete snooze ability). You can try it: open a message, go to menu , then share, send to your calendar /to do app. If you want to use Evernote, it is on Google Play. Your feedback will enrich this discussion.
Paris,
Thank you. I was not aware of this possibility by Aquamail. Great!
Post by: paras.desai on August 10, 2014, 10:53:04 pm
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http://www.listenmoneymatters.com/inbox-zero-will-save-your-life/
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on August 10, 2014, 11:41:15 pm
Yes, I am aware of these new trends:
Automatic filtering for advertisements / promotions / social, etc. (funny that Google doesn't make those folders accessible via IMAP); actions (cards) based on sender / content to automate tasks.
Regrettably, I just don't have the bandwidth to take on those right now.
Another trend is cloud-based mail collection. I used to think that privacy issues (one more place where your mail is stored and which you don't control) would matter here, but seems like it they don't (at least two or three very popular, new, mail apps work like that).
Now, "mailbox zero" sounds like bullshit to me, sorry.
Post by: Fcasoli on August 11, 2014, 12:40:30 am
I do not want to add Evernote to my long list of apps...
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on August 11, 2014, 01:20:12 am
Are you talking about "Add to Calendar" in AquaMail, or in this other app?
Post by: Fcasoli on August 11, 2014, 01:29:13 am
>> cannot "export" email messages in Calendar without lost the entire text or task without issueIf I select "copy to Calendar", I can decide is use inside Calendar or Informant, the first choice is possible, but not with Informant, I do not find new event created...
Are you talking about "Add to Calendar" in AquaMail, or in this other app?
I must create the event in stock Calendar, to find inside Informant....
It is not a big proble, but I would like to add the event directly using Informant...
If you select to share, and after you select Informant, the first document is a new task, you can convert to event but you lost the text of email as a note... The result is a new event in Informant with tite only.
ciao
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on August 11, 2014, 01:30:22 am
Post by: Fcasoli on August 11, 2014, 01:37:49 am
Oh my. Sounds like something you should try reporting to Informant support :)Yest, I think the same, the problem is Informant Staff is on iOS more than Android (because in USA Apple wins over Android...) and the support is low, I done a TO DO list, to improve Informant with same features I remember in Windows Monile versione and better, but the replay was to wait...
Informant is a very interesting platform, good level but not complete for me, I want the perfection and with some days of work, could be possible...
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Post by: mikeone on August 11, 2014, 09:45:02 am
@Fcasoli
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Currently, AquaMail allows the user to send an email as a to do list (+set an alarm on a specific date and time, +set priority, etc.) This existing function is very powerful (though this is not a complete snooze ability). You can try it: open a message, go to menu , then share, send to your calendar /to do app. If you want to use Evernote, it is on Google Play. Your feedback will enrich this discussion.
@Kostya,
My suggestion is to shortening this workflow [open a message, go to menu , then share, send to your calendar /to do app] by a swipe'n-fire action "send to calendar ...".
How do you think about this?
Mikeone
Post by: Soko on August 11, 2014, 09:48:33 am
I'd too would like this and perhaps that could be a function for the swipe left/right options?
Ciao,
Joachim
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Post by: mikeone on August 11, 2014, 08:23:23 pm
@Fcasoli
...
Currently, AquaMail allows the user to send an email as a to do list (+set an alarm on a specific date and time, +set priority, etc.) This existing function is very powerful (though this is not a complete snooze ability). You can try it: open a message, go to menu , then share, send to your calendar /to do app. If you want to use Evernote, it is on Google Play. Your feedback will enrich this discussion.
@Kostya,
My suggestion is to shortening this workflow [open a message, go to menu , then share, send to your calendar /to do app] by a swipe'n-fire action "send to calendar ...".
How do you think about this?
Mikeone
@Fcasoli
@paras.desai
@Paris Geek
How do you think about a extension for the "swipe'n fire" commands (left/right options) with a "Send to..." action ?
An impairment of usefulness could be that the user has to trigger such action already out of the mail list view and not after opening the mail (text view).
However it could be a useful (maybe unique) enhancement for Aquamail's swiping feature.
I am very interested in your opinion.
Mikeone
Post by: mikeone on August 11, 2014, 08:58:20 pm
Thank you for your (background) explanation. I fully understand what Kostya pointed out.
So let's see if he could find a brilliant solution to implement this in AM (I'm sure he will find a pragmatic way...) :)
Mikeone
Post by: paras.desai on August 11, 2014, 09:02:31 pm
Post by: paras.desai on August 15, 2014, 12:13:19 pm
A combination of widget, mail counter and move to folder, can keep staring at you to remind your task if from your home screen
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Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on August 17, 2014, 02:20:14 am
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Post by: mikeone on December 27, 2014, 08:13:49 pm
Any chance of starting some work in this department?I would strongly recommend snoozing approach and message functions (along with filter mails, reply/send to agenda/evernote by swiping, etc), just after exchange enhancement and conversation mode.
Snoozing would be built using partially current "Hide" feature. With adding this feature, I suggest to remove POP mode (source of problems and misunderstandings to many users).
This would lead to v2.0 of AquaMail ;)
I agree with Paris Geek's suggestion to await the exchange extensions (v1.6) and implementation of optional "conversation mode" (v1.7) first.
Maybe it could be possible for Kostya to enhance the "Rich text editor" during his work on these versions.
By changing the editor bar into a "swiping bar" (swipe the bar manually to the left or to the right to see more format icons) with some requested extensions like
Insert/Remove Numbered List
1. - - - -
2. - - - -
Create Numbered Lists.
Insert/Remove Bulleted List
• - - - -
• - - - -
Create Bulleted Lists.
Decrease Indent
<-| - - -
Decrease the paragraph indent.
Increase Indent
->| - - -
Increase the paragraph indent.
For business users (which are usually using Exchange Web Services "EWS") this should be a really useful feature .
See the following thread:
http://www.aqua-mail.com/forum/index.php?topic=3147.0
Post by: mikeone on July 12, 2015, 02:01:18 pm
Well, I would agree with sidebar with options which are currently in menu. Swipe from right to left to open it. (Something like nav drawer but on the opposite side)@Pyler,
A kind of your suggestion has been implemented in the recent dev-build 1.5.9-37-dev3:
> "Floating context bar"
http://www.aqua-mail.com/forum/index.php?topic=3735.msg18904#msg18904
Post by: pyler on July 12, 2015, 02:08:08 pm
Post by: paras.desai on November 23, 2015, 05:43:33 am
For a business mail user, this feature is of immense help. Thanks
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Post by: StR on November 24, 2015, 03:36:20 am
But I was thinking about a different aspect of it. In many cases, the calendar(s) that people use is(are) shared between different platforms/devices (e.g. Google Calendar, Android, Thunerbird/Lightning).
Obviously, the links stored in the calendar wouldn't work on other devices/platforms. And they would like like some gibberish. So, is that OK, sort of "passable"?
Post by: paras.desai on November 24, 2015, 05:49:58 am
Post by: Kostya Vasilyev on November 25, 2015, 09:24:42 pm
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