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Show HN: Aura, Native OS X Notifications for Gmail and Google Apps
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- kitx 11y agoHappy to answer any questions, this has been a little side project of mine with Swift and Google's Gmail API.
- huslage 11y agoWhy in-app purchase instead of just making the app $5?? This is akin to a demo version and it's a bit misleading to call it Free.
- kitx 11y agoMy reasoning was that most people only have one email account and thus would be fine with the free version. As to why in-app purchase, I wanted people to be able to use it first without payment. In-app purchase has been growing in popularity on the App Stores lately and I think this is why. I also feel it's cleaner not to have two separate versions on the App Store. But thanks for the feedback, I guess you're right. It's misleading to call it free. I will amend the landing page to make it clearer.
- otisfunkmeyer 11y agoI don't find it misleading, just to offer an alternate point of view.
- geekrax 11y agoDoes it poll the email servers frequently or it's receiving IMAP notifications directly?
- kitx 11y agoThere is no use of IMAP, it's using the Gmail API. It does poll the Gmail API frequently which is currently the recommended method of checking for new email according to Google. I know at some point they will switch to PubSubHubbub as the preferred way to get notifications.
- jd3 11y agoInteresting service. I definitely prefer my e-mail notifications to come right from SeaMonkey, but I could see this being useful for those who don't use a separate mail client and prefer to not have their gmail open in a separate tab 24/7.
- kitx 11y agoSure. A significant amount of people like having their entire inbox locally downloaded (and seemingly more common in the tech industry) but there's also a lot of people that keep it all in the cloud.
- elithrar 11y agoDoes this work with Inbox (as in, clicking on the notification opens the Inbox UI, not Gmail)?
- omgmog 11y agoSeems not to currently.
- kitx 11y agoI would gladly support Inbox, but I can't currently link to a specific thread in Inbox, so clicking a notification would just dump you at the inbox of your email account. Behind the scenes, it looks to me like Inbox is a new GUI on top of the same Gmail backend, so if the thread linking was fixed this certainly looks possible.
- geekrax 11y agoInteresting. Not a huge fan of marketing it as "Absolutely Free" and not mentioning the charge for multiple accounts. I currently use Checker Plus for Gmail Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/checker-plus-for-gmail/oeopbcgkkoapgobdbedcemjljbihmemj https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/checker-plus-for-g.... Does the job very well.
- kitx 11y agoYep, I realise that 'Absolutely free' is a bad choice of words and I will amend. Thanks for the feedback
- yoz-y 11y agoI wonder about the example gmail addresses given. Do you own john, paul, george at gmail? I know we should use example.com for URL examples, are there any non-assigned addresses for well-known mail services?
- kitx 11y agoNope, I'm just a fan of the Beatles. I don't know about assigned addresses, but for a long time Apple has used an imaginary John Appleseed.
- nullIsAnObject 11y agoJust a heads-up, I installed it and signed in with one of my two accounts, but then decided to switch the one free account to my other account. After removing the original account, I wasn't given the option to add in the single free account, only upgrade (I'm guessing there was an assumption in the code that the user would always have one account, and never remove it?). Uninstalling/reinstalling didn't give me the option to re-register, either.
- kitx 11y agoYes, indeed a bug. Thanks for the headsup, I'm on it.
- charlieegan3 11y agoAny plans to post this on ProductHunt?
- kitx 11y agoI would love to post it on Product Hunt. I just don't have posting privileges on there yet.
- charlieegan3 11y agoLet me know if you want me to post it for you, under your Twitter handle.