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Mila Chervenkova💪

Flow-e - Turn your Gmail & Outlook into Trello-like task lists 💌

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Flow-e treats your emails as tasks without leaving your Gmail/Office365 inbox. Flow-e is just a visualization of your inbox; we don't store your data. The best part? Whatever you change in Flow-e, changes in your email too.

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https://flow-e.com/producthunt

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Arleys Resco
I can't tell you how happy i'm to have found a tool like this !! I normally reach Inbox Zero every day, i have no problem with that as i developed my own workflow inside gmail where i get everything pretty organized and up to date. But, i keep in my inbox all the task/projects which are still either pending or in my backlog, i even created 2 gmail labels TODO and PENDING, so i could visually see where is the email in the "handling it" process. I tried doing this with Trello, but i had to recreate the emails as cards, or use the Trello for Gmail extension that you can create a card directly from Gmail which is a pain. All this talk is to show you the struggle i faced with having email as my main channel of organization and discussion center without a proper reliable way of using my own inbox to organize my daily work life. Flow-e comes as a nice surprise and pretty much everything i need, can't thank you enough for building a tool like this, and pricing is perfectly fair. I will keep using the trial, but count me as one of Flow-e paid customers. Thank you guys, good luck !!
Dimitar Karaivanov
Maker
@fearlex Wow thanks so much for the feedback, mate. We really appreciate your support! We're just starting! I can promise a lot of cool stuff coming out soon ;)
Anton Kharboush
@fearlex That's a really awesome comment, Arleys! It's good to know you appreciate the product so much.
Arleys Resco
@dimitarkaraivan @kharboush My pleasure!, Kudos for an amazing tool. Now, it would just be a complete heaven if it can be integrated into Station (https://getstation.com/ - https://www.producthunt.com/post...)
Dimitar Karaivanov
Maker
@kharboush @fearlex Great idea! We'll definitely explore it as soon as this campaign is over :)
Semira Amiralai
@fearlex I did the same with Gmail; created a workflow process with separate labels & frustrated myself further due to the clutter. Still on the “hunt” & will explore this tool :)
Yousif Aldujaili
Used the free trial of this - was super helpful. Got me to inbox 0 pretty quick. Definitely easier as a Trello user, felt like Trello for emails.
Mila Chervenkova💪
Maker
@seffa121 Thank you, Yousif!
Susanne Anders
Oh wow! Looks pretty awesome. Any chance to get Flow-e to Mac Mail – preferably as an add-on? I would love to use it. 💙
Yordana Dekova
Maker
@skankinpenguin Thanks Susanne! Flow-e is only web-based for now but we are just starting. Stay tuned! ;)
Susanne Anders
@dani_d I definitely will! For now I'm going to give it a go on my university account which is google based. ;)
Mila Chervenkova💪
Maker
Hi guys! Mila on behalf of the FLOW-e team here. I was hoping to get some feedback on this new tool we’ve been working on at Kanbanize HQ called FLOW-e. FLOW-e’s mission is to hack the traditional inbox format in order to make sure that people overwhelmed by hundreds of incoming emails a day don’t.... drown in them. With the know-how we have from building Kanbanize, a Lean tool for visual project management, we are developing a standalone web app for visual email workflow that makes conversations actionable. Inbox + To Do, with all the tried and tested tricks we’ve learned from email superusers built right in. Recently, we’ve been thinking about the role of email in our day-to-day. Most of the people around us consider their inbox to be a main channel for tasks, professional conversations and setting up meetings. Everyone we’ve talked to so far has also spent loads of time constructing a unique and meticulous system of structuring their inbox to make it work for them, but it’s a square peg, round hole scenario. The traditional list format inbox just won’t bend to modern needs. We wanted to give you the option to get the visual inbox of your dreams without the hassle of having to build it on your own, the frustration of an old-fashioned format and the desperate search for add-ons and skins that might make it more organized. FLOW-e is a web app that transforms any Gmail or Office 365 inbox into a visual email workflow. We make it possible to map emails as tasks in a workflow, add events to a timeline in the same view, assign tasks to your team by forwarding, tag To Dos for yourself right onto an email conversation and much more….So, what has your inbox been missing? Looking forward to hearing from you all! Ask us anything!
Scott Williams
@milachervenkova I've messed around w/ Sortd (https://www.sortd.com) on several occasions but there were issues that have kept me from using it full-time. How is Flow-e different?
Mila Chervenkova💪
Maker
@scottwwilliams Hi, Scot, I know what you are talking about. I had the same experience with many tools, which tended to be only "inbox maintaining" tools. With Flow-e we are trying to 'relief the pain' while all the busy people are trying to achieve the so-called "inbox zero" dream. (for me, receiving 50+ emails per day was a painful email management activity that I used to skip, but things have changed since we have our Flow-e) Differences between Sortd and Flow-e: 1. Flow-e works with both Gmail and Outlook, while Sortd works with Gmail only. 2. We integrate your calendar as a timeline where you can easily create meetings. 3. With Flow-e you can delegate/assign cards to others and get notified when they complete the task. 4. We are backed up by a big company that specializes in Kanban software (Kanbanize) which guarantees that we won't disappear due to the lack of funding. Differences with Trello: - We live inside your email, there is no need to use an external task management system and calendar. Hope this makes sense. But I guess you should try Flow-e for at least 2 weeks and see if it fits your needs (I am pretty sure that it will).
Scott Williams
@milachervenkova - Thanks for the quick reply. You've laid it out very nicely and I plan to give it a try.
Mila Chervenkova💪
Maker
@scottwwilliams You are most welcome!
joão Alexandre
@milachervenkova I sent a reply to the 'free version' mail and got an automated answer instead. It talks about your meta tags @ linked in and why I didn't share. You might want to take a look.
Karim Maassen
Impressive. Good idea, good execution. Also: cat.
Dimitar Karaivanov
Maker
@karimmaassen Thanks Karim, great feedback! Let us know if you have any ideas for future enhancements, we'd be happy to hear!
Asher Wilens
Am delighted to comment that this is a neat intuitive tool. And as a creative art director, who jumps from one thing to the next, I came back to using your tool 3 times in the past hour. You might have hit a home run here! Love the drag and drop in todos and in-progress columns, a keeper...14 days might be a bit short for a free trial, but we’ll see how it goes...keep up the good work!
Dimitar Karaivanov
Maker
@asher_wilens Thanks Asher, appreciate your comment. I must warn you, Flow-e is addictive! :) I've been using it while we were developing it and I don't think I'll ever go away from it. Regarding the trial, you can refer it to 5 friends (upper right corner there's a Refer button) and you'll get it for free for a whole year. Please try that! Cheers.
Asher Wilens
@dimitarkaraivan Thanks Dimitar, will do!
Alex Bush
Love the concept and it seems like a great implementation! But the one thing lacking - gmail keyboard shortcuts. Will be a paying customer if you'd add that.
Dimitar Karaivanov
Maker
@alex_v_bush Hey Alex, thanks for your feedback. This is a really easy feature to add :) Do you use all of them, or just the most popular ones?
Mila Chervenkova💪
Maker
@alex_v_bush I miss the shortcuts too! I guess we'll make them happen then :) Thanks for the feedback, Alex!
Alex Bush
@dimitarkaraivan for me personally the most important are: j/k for navigation, e for archiving, and # for deleting. In case of flow-e I think it would make sense to add h/l for moving "left" or "right" to columns. I'd think the complication for that implementation though is keeping track of the state of the "current" email/card opened.
Alex Bush
@dimitarkaraivan oh, and also r for reply and f for forward. Just tried to do that to reply to an email :)
Dimitar Karaivanov
Maker
@alex_v_bush this one is definitely coming up soon. Thanks for bumping it higher on our priority list.
Nikolay Piriankov
Great work guys, good luck
Mila Chervenkova💪
Maker
@nivoda Thank you, Nikolay!
Dimitar Karaivanov
Maker
@nivoda Thanks, Niki, appreciate the feedback!
Dima Frost

I have never had a zero inbox before. “Mark all read“ doesn’t count. In Flow-e, I could get to actually organize, prioritize and plan my work, instead of just making my emails disappear. Honestly, I can’t imagine any other way of doing this anymore.

Pros:

Super lightweigh, visual, secure and doesnt actually store ANY of my data. The number of power ups is constantly growing.

Cons:

No permanently free plan. But, honestly, it is worth every penny

Mila Chervenkova💪
Maker
Thank you, Dima!
Casey Fulgenzi

Excited to see where they take this. Until they have an iOS/Android app (so that I can drop the Gmail app), they're missing the ability to mark emails as unread.

Pros:

Clean UI, easy setup, super helpful if you use your inbox as a to-do list already

Cons:

Needs better differentiation between read & unread messages, Needs multi account support, asks to confirm every time I delete an email

Mila Chervenkova💪
Maker
@caseyfulgenzi Thank you for trying Flow-e, for taking the time to review our product and for being part of Flow-e's future development ideas and features! It means a lot to us! All of the cons mentioned by you are already on our development to-do board:) Thank you, Casey!
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