Stressed about missing out on email? Newton has your back.
Introducing Recap.
We designed Newton to take the stress out of emailing. We made it distraction-free so that you can scan, find, read and write better. We made it a breeze to use the app; with intuitive UI, simple one-way navigations and familiar keyboard shortcuts. We baked in features like Read Receipts, Sender Profile, Snooze, Connected Apps, Tidy Inbox and recently True Inbox to help you with your workflows and make email management delightful.
The dreaded email workflows
Every day most of us do our best to achieve Inbox Zero or some type of GTD workflow. Some of us apply star, mark important mails as unread, archive to clean up, snooze for later, move into folders based on some logic, try new workflows and what not, only to be on top of email and to get things done on time. Even though modern email apps eased our way a lot through these workflows by way of better design, newer features and automation, they still expect us to be extremely disciplined with email. The onus is still on the user to make sure nothing is missed. We are still stressed about our workflows and live in the fear of missing out.
We at Newton have been thinking about this problem and have been working on a potential solution over a year now.
Introducing Recap
Recap automatically brings back conversations that are waiting for your reply or that need following up, in case you missed them. It also covers other mails with due dates, reminders etc., so that nothing slips through the cracks.
How does it work?
Every morning, the new Recap section in the app will show a blue dot whenever there is something that needs your attention. You can swipe to dismiss the mails if you are on top of them already, or push them aside to come back later. Recap will only show the most relevant conversations that you need to look at on a given day. They go away automatically when you deal with them, or after a few days so that you don’t have another list of clutter to manage. You can also choose to get notified if you have mails to recap.
Recap doesn’t meddle with your workflow, instead complements it in a subtle yet effective manner. It’s not a task list. It gives you enough time to take care of the mails yourself and reminds you only if it looks like you have missed to reply or follow up (unless the mail has dates mentioned that you shouldn't miss).
Never had a workflow? Have you been sloppy with email? Fret not, Recap has your back. It’s designed to make you diligent at emailing without expecting you to follow any strict manual workflows. We have been using it and fine tuning it internally for some time. It works for us and we can assure you that it will work for you too.
And that’s one more step towards making email even more space age.
Recap is available only in English at the moment — i.e. if the app’s language is set to English and for mails in English.
Recap is not available for iPad yet. There’s some moving around to be done in iPad app before we introduce it.
