Mail Inbox - for Google Inbox for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By Fitzmaurice

  Has Text Replacement Shortcuts

  Update 5/19: Text replacement is available. May have always been. Two-finger tap inside the reply field, go to Substitutions, put check mark next to Text Replacement. Works like it would in all other apps. Am very happy to have this feature in my desktop email app, have been waiting for it for a while. Would still like the option to open links in Safari by default, but app is well worth 5 stars even without it. ———— Good app, nice to have Inbox on the desktop. Needs two things: support for Text Replacement Shortcuts, and the ability to select what browser to open links in. There is no preferences panel currently, to even offer this as an option. My preference would be for a preference panel. I’ve only had the app for 5 minutes, but everything else looks pretty good. Have been using Kiwi for the last year or so, but it only supports the non-Inbox variant, so stars on my Windows wouldn’t show up on my phone, and pins on my phone wouldn’t show up on my Windows. Looking forward to transcending that pickle. However, links not opening in Safari might prove a bigger issue, Kiwi could do that at least. Both lacked support for Text Replacement Shortcuts, which I think is critical for anyone using Microsoft products, when you take it out of one program that you type in it slows you down everywhere else.

  
  
• By thestarsatnight05

  Very good Inbox replacement

  This is a good replacement for Inbox, which will be going away at the end of the month. Looks and feels just the same. My only complaint is that it has it's own internal browser when you open links from an email. I would rather it open them in my default browser - where I have all my logins and settings. There is no way I can see to change this behavior. Also one email had some text up-side-down. I closed it and re-opened it, and the text came up fine. It doesn't look like there is any support for this app, which is too bad. I think a lot of Inbox refugees will love this.

  
  
• By Entynt

  Good and want more

  Overall, this is a good email tool and I enjoy using it. It’s great when you are checking emails on multiple devices as I never run into any issues toggling between devices. My main complaint is that when I click on a link in an email, it opens the link inside the application in its own window, which I am assuming is a lite version of their chrome browser. Unfortunately, there are times that the lite version is not good enough. To avoid this, I manually copy the link and paste it in my browser.

  
  
• By Tantekorry

  Works fine

  Quick loading, works Fine, same as browser version. Only the build-in browser feature should have an option to open in a browser of your choice. Some links / buttons or scripts don’t work in the build-in browser so you’ll have to manually open a link in your browser. Other than that it works fine.

  
  
• By Revbag

  Just a couple of hiccups

  I love this web based mail program. It has helped me deal with my mail one time. I love being able to orgnize my mail easily. However, I do have trouble writing emails. The program seems to lock up at times and I have to get all the way out, quit the program on my Windows and then re-open. It is a pain nd has tempted me to go bck to outlook.

  
  

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