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Chris Messina

Boxy - Inbox by Gmail, finally on your Mac

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Boxy is the best Inbox by Gmail client for Mac, with a sleek and polished interace, and many native features like Push Notifications, Reader Mode and Markdown Support.

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Marius Masalar
Insta-buy for me—I love Inbox and now it's like I have a native app for it. Brilliant work, folks. Only thing I'm not a fan of so far is the Compose button...the fact that the label overlaps the account switcher on hover seems messy. I'd rather it be a FAB like on the web or somewhere on the left side of the menu bar. Minor quibble but that's just not intuitively where I expect a compose button to be.
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@mostlymarius thanks a lot Marius, also for your feedback. We care about details so we'll try to fix that!
Marius Masalar
@linuz90 Fantastic, looking forward to your solution. Next question: is extension support on the roadmap? I'm considering adopting Mixmax so it would be great if I knew it would work with Boxy.
Marius Masalar
@linuz90 Also, on the topic of shortcuts: I'd personally rather have ⌘1, ⌘2, etc. switch between accounts rather than switching between Inbox, Snoozed, Done. Could that be an option?
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@mostlymarius we're also working on better and faster account switching
Igor Bonatto
@mostlymarius I've been using Mixmax since its launch and can't imagine Inbox without it anymore. This is the kind of integration that will make Boxy indispensable :-)
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
Hello Product Hunters! I’m super excited to be here. Thanks so much @chrismessina for testing our app and hunting it! I’m the designer of Boxy, and @frankdilo is the developer. Boxy is a feature-rich Mac client for Inbox by Gmail. We are wrapping the Inbox web interface in a native OS X app that supports notifications, default email client setting, common OS X keyboard shortcuts and multiple accounts. We’ve been working for months to make it work and look great. Among are favorite features there are a Dark theme and a Reader mode (which we love using to read newsletter comfortably, without the distraction of the full interface). We’re also pretty excited about our roadmap for future versions, and we’d love to hear what you think! You can reach us on Twitter at @getboxy or via email at info@boxyapp.co Cheers! PS: here are some coupon codes for you! TTYP9LEAEXE6 33FHXRAKMREP WM9L4PRWAWTH EYN4W47M9XE9 NLJ7X347NYKX A4YJ9J7TLH4T Y77K43MWKRKT HAX9KXPK3EAK MXLM7EJL7F4A 4LX9ATFY777H
Caleb Winters
@linuz90 I really love the Reader mode! Great feature. I've been wanting a desktop version of Inbox for a while now. This is great! :)
Rebecca
@linuz90 love it, needed it, bought it..BUT doesn't seem to want to connect my work email because we use OneLogin. Any ideas?
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@_rsamuelson we're fixing authentication issues with external services right now, sorry for your problem!
Kacy Fortner
What a beautiful app! I have a quick question. I've noticed that you have "common OS X keyboard shortcuts", but do you have VIM shortcuts or do you plan to add them? It's probably my most favorite feature from Gmail, Sparrow, and Mailbox. Thanks!
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@kacyf Thanks Kacy! Those would be a nice addiction, you're right. I'll put it on our list and I'll discuss it with @frankdilo to see what we can do :)
Jason Glaspey
@kacyf +1 for VIM shortcuts. It's actually a deal breaker for me. Without, I might as well be using Apple Mail. :(
Jason Rappaport
Been using a Fluid app with Inbox for months, ever since Mailbox became abandonware. Since I used Fabrizio's icon for my Fluid app, I was seriously anticipating this. It's lightyears ahead of using the browser version, and a total joy to use. I *really* wish it had full-screen/split-screen support, though; it's the only app on my Mac that doesn't, and it really mucks up my window organization. I'll also throw in my vote for a better compose button; I do think consistency with Inbox is important, and pretty much everything except the compose button is consistent with Google. It should definitely retain the large, circular plus button in the bottom corner. Another good reason to move its placement: right now it looks like an "add account" button, since it's next to the user's avatar. I also noticed that some elements have rounded edges where they probably shouldn't, like the top of the search dropdown and bottom of composing a new email. The compose button also becomes obscured while searching. Just wanted to report! I hope this remains well-maintained! Can't wait to see updates. :)
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@goldenchaos Thanks so much Jason, much appreciated! We're going to implement split-screen and full-screen in the next version of the app, it's something we also care about. And we're also working on a separate compose window, that would make a huge difference. Also thank you for pointing out the other little details, be assured that I'll look into everything.
Jannis
No trial version? 😞
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@jannis unfortunately we didn't make it for launch day, but we are working on a trial version to offer in the future. Hope that's ok!
Brandon Brown
@jannis I was hesitant to buy, but I decided "what the heck, I'll just buy it". After an hour of use, I love it! My only gripe is that the "Open in Gmail" button should probably be hijacked and open in a proper browser window rather inside the app itself. It gets alittle weird and it's hard to get back without right-click > Back, or closing the app and re-opening. All in all, I love it!
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@brandonb927 can you share details about this bug via the feedback form?
John Alexander
interesting timing after mailbox announced shutting down ;)
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@johnalxndr still can't believe that happened! They officially announced Mailbox departure when our release was near and already scheduled.
Clark Wimberly
@linuz90 haha such perfect luck! Love it! PS this is pretty damn great
Robert Bye
Top Product
@linuz90 my only gripe is slow account switching and the fact that notifications only work for the selected account. Kind of frustrating 😞 - any aims to change these?
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@robbyedesign Absolutely Rob, better account switching (and therefore notifications handling) is our top priority and we're already working on it!
Ouriel Ohayon
more promo codes please?
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
Hello again everyone. THANKS for all the love and support, this means much for us. We're seriously amazed by everything that's happening. I and @frankdilo wanted to take a moment to share with you what's happening. We received tons of emails with everything from bug reports, feature requests or questions of any kind. This already proved to be fundamental for Boxy's development. We're about to send the very first Boxy update to Apple (asking for an expedite review) which will address many issues. For instance, we added a new experimental authentication system to login with external services like Google Apps for Business, Okta and OneLogin, and we made the app more reliable, especially when connectivity is low or unstable. Following many indications to do so, we improved shortcuts support a lot: we implemented Cmd+Alt+1, 2, 3 for fast account switching, we fixed the horrendous error sounds for VIM shortcuts, Cmd + "," will open the Inbox preferences pane and Cmd+Enter will send emails more reliably. We're can't wait to tell you more about our future plans. THANK YOU ALL again, especially to @chrismessina for his amazing support and advice, to @ow for trying the app and covering us on The Next Web on day one (without us asking to do so), and to our awesome beta testers. ❤
Mitchell McKenna
Could you add the ability to archive or delete from the notification?
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@mitchellmckenna that's not easy because of how Inbox bundles email together, but we're looking into that!
Maximilian Alexander
Does anyone know if this is a native app or wrapped in electron
Francesco Di Lorenzo
Maker
@mbalex99 Not native, it's a WKWebView (if you are into that sort of thing). Electron looks very interesting, but was overkill for our needs 👍🏻
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@mbalex99 we made a wrapper for Inbox, then we made a custom CSS that in the 1.0 version of Boxy has more than 200 custom rules. Then there's notifications, dock icon badge, menu bar icon, dark theme, mailto: links handling and other features that we think make this app much more than a "wrapper"
Eric Posen
I like this a lot. Any plans for unified inbox?
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@goeric we can't support it until Inbox itself does it, but we read in a Reddit AMA that it might be in the works, so let's hope it happens soon!
Foued Sassi
@goeric An easy way to have more than one account open at the same time is to use multiple instances of the app, and just login to a different Gmail account for each one. Just open Terminal and type (open -n -a "Boxy") then enter. Once you have that, switch to the other account and you can just dock it and you will get notifications and badge counts for each.
Daniel Klose
Combined Inbox. Please! This switching accounts doesn't work for me :(
Ben Tossell
Been using Inbox on my iPhone for a while now, will definitely be giving this a whirl :)
Adam Marx
@bentossell my thoughts exactly. been an Inbox fan since it debuted, so being able to take it to my Mac is certainly something i'm excited to try out!
Nick Rempel
Love it! One thing is that spell-check doesn't seem to work for me. This is pretty critical for me but I imagine a fix for this is fairly straightforward.
Francesco Di Lorenzo
Maker
@nbrempel you can enable it this way 😎 (should be enabled by default though, we will fix this)
Robert van Hoesel
Awesome app, thanks a lot! Can you share a bit of the roadmap ahead? Also, like others mentioned, not a big fan of the compose button. I also think the messages could use a bit less dark border.
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@robertvhoesel thanks for your thoughts Robert. On the top of our list is better multiple accounts handling. We want it to be faster and smoother. Also, we're working on a dedicated compose window, better settings and many little things that will make the app much friendlier. Also, there will be 2 or 3 major features that we're not disclosing yet, but we're really excited about.
chris
Are there advantages to Boxy over running Inbox through Mailplane with "Redirect Gmail to inbox.google.com" checked? Other than the $20 less it costs, I guess? --which is admittedly a pretty big advantage for people who don't already own Mailplane.
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@chrisdolle we're committed to make Boxy the best way to use Inbox on the Mac, and not anything else. That also means that whatever changes Google makes to Inbox, we'll be there to quickly follow them and adjust consequently. Also, we're already working at different features that we think Inbox users are going to love. Hope this is enough, but Mailplane is certainly a great app and we think highly of their work!
Chris Messina
Top Hunter
Hunter
A year ago I wrote about how to put Inbox for Gmail in your dock. I'm really happy that those instructions are now largely obsolete with the advent of Boxy. I've been using it for over a week now and really love it — I feel about as good about Boxy as I used to about Mailplane!
Aaron Wade
Just bought it and DAMN, this is so much faster than using the Inbox website. Is there a way I can put a max width on the email container? Maybe there can be a setting in the future to add a gutter on the right and left side so there's some padding between the right edge of the app and the sidebar? Current: Sidebar | email-list | Proposed: Sidebar | email-list | Love this!
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@areus thanks Aaron! Can you write in more detail what you're proposing here http://goo.gl/forms/5tzkLys0X9 That would really help!
Aaron Wade
@linuz90 Hey Fabrizio, sorry about that. I realized my comment didn't retain its formatting. Here's a quick mockup on the margining I think could be useful as a setting: http://c.areus.co/1hvC4/4FtdpGHH+
Matt Galligan
@areus @fabrizio rinaldi Definitely in agreement with this one! Max width on the list container would be nice.
Michael Cheung
Just bought your product and I rarely buy apps for mac =D. Looking good so far. I was "previously" using mailbox & ginbox (also a inbox wrapper, but open source), but your multiple account feature won me over. My only request is for notifications to work similar to the Google Inbox app on iphone, it would be awesome if boxy could notify me when i have a new email in any of my accounts that I have logged into in Boxy, not only in the one that is currently open. (maybe it does and I just haven't noticed it working in time)
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@mikecheung thanks Michael! Better notifications is on our list, and receiving notifications for every account would be awesome. Realistically, this is something that could make it to version 1.2 though, so you'll need to wait a bit
Michael Cheung
@linuz90 It seems like I can't download files attached to emails via Boxy, is this something you are aware of or is did I miss something?
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Maker
@mikecheung clicking the download button should open your default browser and start the download. We're working to integrate a downloader in the app itself.