I wanted beautiful email, and Postbox is drop dead minimalistic gorgeous.There are a couple of important features that I was looking for, and Postbox simply delivered them all at the same time: Ultimately Postbox didn’t win me with a single feature. The main reasons why Postbox became my #1 email client
Since email is so full of small tasks that I wouldn’t like to end up in my Omnifocus, this seems like a perfect spot for small useful reminders on who should I remind next.
Gmail style reply and archive is included, which makes my job of cleaning up email to Inbox Zero, easy and seamless.įor Mac users, there are other essential features integrated, like Keyboard shortcuts, full screen mode and on top of it all, there is a small task manager. Productivity boosters – Favorites bar made my day, as it cleaned up my email and made it as minimalistic as possible.Better integration with Apps and Services – Dropbox, Evernote, Growl and Calendar.I might forget your name, but I won’t forget your face. This is what helps me stay on top of communication with people. More Social Connections – Facebook, Gravatars, LinkedIn Photos.I certainly found this addition non intrusive, and it improved my mail experience, as Google apps are my mail client. Tighter Gmail Integration – For all those Gmail junkies out there, who feel left out when they use 3rd party client, you will feel like at home in Postbox.For example I avoid turning on the Chrome browser, because it stands out from the rest of my icon set. I can’t stand looking at the icons that don’t blend in my current setup.
Now the dock icon, actually looks better than the native mail app, hence it didn’t repeal me from keeping it and getting used to it. Familiarity is really important when you are adapting new technologies, and they’ve hit the sweet spot with it. First of all, I didn’t feel estranged, it felt really similar to native Mail, so I had that familiar look and feel. It asked me do I want to import settings from any other clients that I have on my Mac.
And bear with me until the end of this article, I’ve got something special for you! Welcome to Postbox review, hope you’ll enjoy it!įirst surprise came when I installed the app. It wasn’t much of a change to switch to it, especially since it’s integrated fully into the mac. Mike Vardy wrote a great review on Postbox, and I wanted to dig deeper into it.