Expensive skin for Gmail – avoid

*UPDATE:* Not much has changed since my first review. This is an expensive web interface for Gmail and others. Doesn’t even work offline. Avoid.

In the beginning I was happy that someone had made a sleek email client without trying to re-invent email itself. Now, I’m more disappointed than anything else.

First of all, there’s bugs all over. Today, the app crashes reliably when I enter “ni” in the “To” field. Before that, keyboard shortcuts would just not work in some situations. And the app refused to work offline (with an error message that said so). Not great. Charging 20 bucks for beta software (for something as critical as email) is not justified.

Second, the UI and functionality improvements are just not enough to warrant a switch. It’s simplified, yes, but not well enough to make a difference. The way the app loads email titles gives it the feel of a web app in a native wrapper – exactly what I don’t want.

Let’s see how much the app improves, but for now I’d caution against buying it.

Anubis3562 about Newton - Supercharged emailing, v8.6.49