At the dawn of internet, or at least when I started using the internet, it was all about Yahoo mail. If you might just know, Yahoo mail had its faults. It was a little ugly, one could send email only after attachments uploaded and there were folders, yuk!
Back then, even though Gmail was in beta (and took little too long to revive from it) it came up with pretty simpler terms about email. They rethought the way we define our inbox. They came up with a simple design, labels (which help us put the same email in multiple categories without duplicating them) and instead of a fixed storage.
Recently, I came along a tiny revolt against traditional email. They call it “Shortmail”. It uses our twitter username to provided us with username@shortmail.com email address. Shortmail make emailing simple and hassle free, just because users have demanded it for so long!
Facebook has also attempted creating an email service integrated right inside their messaging. It doesn’t have that character limit and uses attachments. That doesn’t make it any simple compared to traditional email. Just as scarry as old days!
As users, we want emails to not only to be simple, quick and timely but also lovable. And Shortmail delivers just that. Here are 15 simple ways to improve your email communications using Shortmail.
For Starters
1. Get a Shortmail Widget for open connections. Use the widget in place of contact me pages and places where you might just fear disclosing your open emails.
2. Make your conversations more socially secure by making them public or private. Private messages are simple tiny email while public emails are conversations like in forums.
3. They say shortmail doesn’t allow attachments. Well, the web does. Upload your files in a common storage like Dropbox or Google Docs or file upload services and simply link them in your emails. (Hey Shortmail, a link to storage site is recommended.)
4. 500 Characters means Faster Conversations in Shortmail. Don’t worry about 500 characters. This means faster communication. Reading a long 1000 words is tough and time consuming (and even monotonous) then reading a 500 ‘character’ mails that can be read and replied in no time.
5. Pin Shortmail in Chrome or Firefox tab. Well, this is just about making Shortmail reach instantly at the start of your browse. Pin your Shortmail web app in Chrome or Firefox by right clicking the tab and selecting ‘PinTab’.
6. Forget labels and folders. Shortmail understand that searching a label manually from a list of lables is as time consuming as searching the mail itself. So, why make it confusing? Simply type in the keyword (or speak) in searchbox and find all the email instantly!
For Web Addicts
7. Imagine twitter without traffic. Shortmail is the big brother of twitter and it doesn’t enjoy traffic! So, for those who want conversations through messages and keep busy with their own things, follow the 7 steps above.
8. Send email updates on twitter. Shortmail allows updates on twitter! Simply select @username of the person your are sending email and he will receive an @mention reminding of your email.
9. Integrate POP3 and IMAP with Gmail or Yahoo. Hey, have no other way to leave Gmail or your desktop client? Well, integrate your mailbox with Shortmail and stay update in 500 characters or less.
We need a revolution in using emails and it is definitely happening. Social networks like Facebook and twitter are improving faster than ever and for now, sharing of photos, music and staying in touch through emails comes to an end. In the near future, emails will only be used for professional communication which is also being covered by socialites through fan pages and twitter brandings. Time emails pulled up their socks!
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