Tobyn Sowden
@tobyns · CEO @ Redbrick
Hello Product Hunters, and thank you @awilkinson for hunting Shift!
We built Shift with people who rely on multiple Gmail accounts and G-Suite apps like Docs, Drive and Calendar - for both personal and business purposes - in mind. In particular, those that love the Gmail web interface!
One of the biggest pain points they face is constantly needing to toggle between all of these accounts. Shift ends that nightmare with one beautiful solution.
Here are Shift’s best features:
- Access Multiple Gmail/Inbox Accounts
- Easily Switch Between Mail, Calendar & Drive
- Cross-Platform Support for Windows, Mac, and Linux
- Native Desktop Notifications
- Support for Outlook.com
With Pro, you can add unlimited accounts, across Gmail and Outlook. Shift Basic is completely free, and allows you to access up to two Gmail accounts.
The good news? Every Product Hunter gets a free 90 day trial of Shift Pro! To redeem yours, make sure to click through to our website directly from here. Hint: Once you have downloaded Shift, check back in the comments below for a secret coupon code. The first one hundred customers to use the code in-app will get Shift Pro free for an entire year!
Thanks for checking out Shift - we are excited to hear what you think!
PS: I am putting my CEO cap on, and looking at opportunities to grow Shift. I am considering spinning it out to do just that. Right now, I am interested in chatting with highly motivated individuals that believe they could take Shift to the next level as CEO. I am also open to investors that would like to participate in that spin out. If you can help with either of those, directly, or indirectly, please feel free to email me: tobyn.sowden@rdbrck.com.
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Tobyn Sowden
@tobyns · CEO @ Redbrick
For those of you interested in sharing Shift with your friends, family, and colleagues - make sure you check out our referral program! You can share the Shift out of your unique referral code.. found in the app (Shift > Settings > Invite Friends). Have fun and #GetShiftDone!
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Adithya Shreshti
@adithya · Founder of Startuposphere
@tobyns Been a beta user, linked around 4-5 accounts. I like the seamless way of navigating between Gmail, Drive and Calendar.
Con - If I want to view any file from my Google Drive, it launches my default browser that redirects me to Google's sign-in page, asking me to sign-in in order to view the file. Can't this happen within this app? I haven't tried the update, thus I am asking here.
The other similar apps that I use are Franz / Manageyum and Clean Google Calendar.
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Tobyn Sowden
@tobyns · CEO @ Redbrick
@adithya Thanks for using Shift! Appreciate your feedback. We're considering including Docs & Sheets additionally so that this doesn't happen.
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Adithya Shreshti
@adithya · Founder of Startuposphere
@tobyns Awesome. Thanks for mentioning it here.
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Bruce Kraft Jr.
@brucekraftjr
@tobyns to increase adoption, I'd also recommend a landing page where accounts can be created without having to download the software to create an account.
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Tobyn Sowden
@tobyns · CEO @ Redbrick
@brucekraftjr uhhhh that's an amazing idea!! 👏 will work that into the next big release.
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Bruce Kraft Jr.
@brucekraftjr
@tobyns since I missed out on the "first100" promo code since there was no way to create an account from a webpage, is there I could still try that out for a year? ? I've downloaded the client, and it looks AND RUNS great so far
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Leonardo Faria
@leozera · Webdeveloper
@tobyns i am using a mac dark theme and your icon doesn't appear in the menubar. all the rest is awesome.
ps. i live in vancouver :)
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Andreas Duess
@andreasduess · CCO, Nourish Food Marketing
@tobyns @adithya I'd say that's essential. Kiwi, while it has too many windows, does a good job at opening everything with no hassle.
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Nadia Tatlow
@nadia_tatlow · Marketing @nadiatatlow
@brucekraftjr @tobyns Try the coupon code...we have a few spots open 😉
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Chris Morrell
@inxilpro · CEO, InterNACHI
@tobyns My muscle memory from Slack and others makes me want to switch between accounts with ⌘1 ⌘2 etc. Any chance you'd allow for that as an option?
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Bruce Kraft Jr.
@brucekraftjr
@nadia_tatlow @tobyns just did and i LOVE it. Do you guys plan to offer / integrate more google services into shift? LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Its open all the time on my mac :)
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Nadia Tatlow
@nadia_tatlow · Marketing @nadiatatlow
@brucekraftjr @tobyns Yahoo! You're a Shift power user already. Lots of exciting features planned for early 2017 and we will consider additional Google services 😎Thanks for your support!
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Brian J King
@brianjking
@inxilpro @tobyns Ooh, good suggestion! I'd love to see this.
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Gady
@gaaady · CTO, Rubysoft
@tobyns @awilkinson @rdbrck why does Shift requests permission to read my emails?
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Tobyn Sowden
@tobyns · CEO @ Redbrick
@gaaady we request these permissions in order to enable unread counts and notifications, you can read about Shift and OAuth here: https://blog.tryshift.com/privac....
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Tobyn Sowden
@tobyns · CEO @ Redbrick
@inxilpro This is already supported! Also: double click on account to return to mail view, option+cmd+left/right to switch views and option+cmd+up/down to switch accounts.
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Chris Morrell
@inxilpro · CEO, InterNACHI
@tobyns I don't see any way to configure the keyboard commands at all. ⌘1 takes me to Mail, ⌘2 to Calendar, etc. There's no way to change it as far as I can tell.
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Tobyn Sowden
@tobyns · CEO @ Redbrick
@leozera this is a known bug and we have a ticket to address it, hopefully released by end of January (FYI - @papafouche).
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Gady
@gaaady · CTO, Rubysoft
@tobyns you really should consider making it optional. i don't think unread counts are worth the privacy risk
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Deepesh C
@deepesh_5 · Designer, Harvee Designs
@leozera @tobyns I second that
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Evan Petrack
@petrev01 · People Researcher; Loves GIS & Data
@tobyns @awilkinson @rdbrck Hey team, loving shift so far but encountering a few issues now!
1) My unread count is stuck at 42 for my primary account
2) When I installed on ym work destop, it forced my primary account to a "gmail" inbox, but I had it set as an "inbox" inbox
3) How do you remove accounts once added?! Maybe I'm being a fool, but can't find it anywhere
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Evan Petrack
@petrev01 · People Researcher; Loves GIS & Data
@tobyns @awilkinson @rdbrck ...?
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Tobyn Sowden
@tobyns · CEO @ Redbrick
@petrev01 @awilkinson @rdbrck Evan - sorry for the delay! #1 and #2 are known and intermittent bugs, #3 - you can right click on your account profile icon/avatar and choose delete! :)
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