I've been waiting for this for years. Too many people use their inboxes as their to do list, and know that it's not right, but can't stop. I used to use things for tasks and mailbox for email. Now...Handle.
Amen @marketergraham, at Menlo I looked to fund a company solving email overload for 5 years before having the idea for Handle. Siri provided the inspiration (I was on the board). If only my inbox knew when/where/how I wanted to act on this damn email! As we built the product, we discovered it was less about inbox zero, and more about not letting your inbox tell you what to do all day. The email + to-do synergy is the key, by processing the inbox quickly and working off the contextual timeline you are aligning your time with YOUR priorities. I've cut the time I work out of my inbox vs. Handle Timeline by about 50% and spending much more time focused on the needle movers.
Best I've found, it's all my productivity system in one app. Calendar, email, and todos in one place. Fuuuuuuck. Thank you!
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There is big overlap in functionality with Inbox from Google which I personally use and love. Not sure how Handle is going to survive with such a competitor
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The video is pretty great. Persuasive. It felt like a movie trailer.
The onboarding is on point. Basic gmail sync, plus Handle recommends you install Handle for desktop + sync devices by (I assume) using its to-do list feature. Swoon. The Chrome extension could use a bit of work - I feel like it should prompt me to add a Gmail account right away - but it does access your dropbox to store its data.
Suggestion - add a get appstore link via text to your landing page. Just tried searching "Handle" in iTunes and got a huge amount of autosuggestions that weren't you. Or you need to fine tune your keywords.
Handle is now my center for everything. I do have one tip: make the today view show only two days in advance but have a little button that shows the rest. It can seem too overwhelming to people.
I have pretty intense filters in gmail, is there a way to have this app just show me unread mail? It's hard for me to use with all the git commits and automated junk that ends up on team mailing lists.
@radiofreejohn Agree we need this John definitely on the roadmap. You've implemented your filters using Gmail tabs? Normal filters can be set-up to route straight to a label and skip the inbox, but the filter creation is a bit painful. I'd like to know how you've done it so we can built it properly.
@shawnvc I use filters with labels. I never made the conversion to tabs. I have two kinds of filters – mark as read and label, and star/mark as important, but also label. I make heavy use of Gmail's "Important" messages. I'm happy to send along my exact filters if it helps at all. I realize I'm a serious edge case, but I also really want a tool like Handle for handling things on the go.
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