Shortwave
Productivity
email client
SHOW HN2022
224points
123comments
#237of 2,570 in 2022
Top 10%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
11 positive, 35 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 30 critical, out of 79 comments about the project. Thread score -0.27.
Idea: 3 for, 12 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 7 againstExecution: 1 for, 4 againstPricing: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, Inbox-like design and fast interface
From 3 comments
I've been using it for 5 minutes. It's like Google Inbox was brought back from the dead and I mean that in the best possible way. <3 Since we're pitching feature requests, dark…
lytedev on HNLove email apps! Congrats. Honestly, it will be really hard get me to leave Front. I have never used a more productive app for my personal workflow - especially with a team. This…
TIPSIO on HNI am trying this out and I like the grouping and 'marking is done' feature. To be honest, you can't do much worse than the default gmail interface and ui, there is so much low…
mosselman on HN
Bundles grouping feature is useful
From 2 comments
Love email apps! Congrats. Honestly, it will be really hard get me to leave Front. I have never used a more productive app for my personal workflow - especially with a team. This…
TIPSIO on HNI dearly hope you take some ideas from Hey, especially multiple inboxes with individualized behavior. I recently set my Gmail up to work as closely to this as can be achieved and…
tern on HN
Objections
Works only with Gmail, not other providers
From 3 comments
I note the tagline says "Enjoy your inbox". This is liable to create the impression the service is platform-neutral, but it is not. It relies solely on the Gmail API? I don't use…
YPPH on HNThis is gmail only, yes? Should that not be reflected in the title?
bradknowles on HNIt seems like an absolutely critical flaw to build a business entirely dependent on another company's proprietary service, which also is technically a competitor.
ocdtrekkie on HN
Privacy concerns about syncing email to servers
From 2 comments
> We collect information that alone or in combination with other information in our possession could be used to identify you (“Personal Data”) as follows: > Email Data: we…
rpadovani on HNThe product looks great. One question: does it sync everything to shortwave servers? If I download the desktop app, will everything still be synced to the servers? I'd be fine…
owaislone on HN
Paid price too high for personal use
From 2 comments
I am one of those Google Inbox refugees and this definitely piques my interest. The pricing does not really make sense for personal user ($9/mo for a email client). Could you…
etcet on HNThis looks great, congrats - it’s great to see innovation and creativity in the email space. I’ve just got through my first week with Superhuman, which I’ve found really…
rabscuttler on HN
Lacks IMAP support and local client option
From 2 comments
I'll add in a vote for IMAP support. I am anti-Google in almost all regards. Currently I use FastMail as my email provider, and Mail.app as my client. I pay for FastMail, and…
josephwegner on HNI'm in the process of leaving Google ... I'd love desktop and mobile clients that work with my email servers via IMAP and SMTP.
smoyer on HN
Requests
IMAP or other provider support
From 3 comments
I'll add in a vote for IMAP support. I am anti-Google in almost all regards. Currently I use FastMail as my email provider, and Mail.app as my client. I pay for FastMail, and…
josephwegner on HNAlways great to see people innovating on email clients, everyone is different and would have they own best way to manage their email for themselves. So any new option is always…
samwillis on HNI'm in the process of leaving Google ... I'd love desktop and mobile clients that work with my email servers via IMAP and SMTP.
smoyer on HN
Dark mode
From 1 comment
I've been using it for 5 minutes. It's like Google Inbox was brought back from the dead and I mean that in the best possible way. <3 Since we're pitching feature requests, dark…
lytedev on HN
Delete button
From 1 comment
Why no delete button?
agentdrtran on HN
Multi-account support
From 1 comment
Always eager to try new mail clients. when is multi-account support landing?
o_____________o on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Superhuman and Hey
From 2 comments
This looks great, congrats - it’s great to see innovation and creativity in the email space. I’ve just got through my first week with Superhuman, which I’ve found really…
rabscuttler on HNBy looking at the screenshot, I can see that it's more complex than Hey, which is the service I'm currently using and am very happy with. I hope this data point helps, somehow.…
haolez on HN
Does all mail sync to Shortwave servers
From 1 comment
The product looks great. One question: does it sync everything to shortwave servers? If I download the desktop app, will everything still be synced to the servers? I'd be fine…
owaislone on HN
Support for PGP or personal certificates
From 1 comment
Congratulations on the release!!! Do you support/plan to support personal certificates or PGP somehow? It will be fantastic to bring those functionalities to the mainstream.
mcs_ on HN
Alternatives named
Superhuman
From 1 comment
This looks great, congrats - it’s great to see innovation and creativity in the email space. I’ve just got through my first week with Superhuman, which I’ve found really…
rabscuttler on HN
Hey
From 2 comments
This looks great. Wish you all the best. I moved on to Hey, which took a page from you all in respect to bundles/views, but I did make the Google Inbox sun my cover art. :)…
1123581321 on HNBy looking at the screenshot, I can see that it's more complex than Hey, which is the service I'm currently using and am very happy with. I hope this data point helps, somehow.…
haolez on HN
Mailspring
From 1 comment
There is mailspring which I have been using for some time - it has a nice modern interface which imho is much better than thunderbird as well as most of the web interfaces of…
lf-non on HN
Front
From 1 comment
Love email apps! Congrats. Honestly, it will be really hard get me to leave Front. I have never used a more productive app for my personal workflow - especially with a team. This…
TIPSIO on HN
FastMail
From 1 comment
I'll add in a vote for IMAP support. I am anti-Google in almost all regards. Currently I use FastMail as my email provider, and Mail.app as my client. I pay for FastMail, and…
josephwegner on HN