Context Inbox is an idea for an inbox organized by context instead of by message: one place for the house closing, the client launch or the school year, with a short note on where each one stands and what is waiting on you.
Thirty emails from twenty-some people. Five things you care about.
The same thirty emails, as five contexts.
Offer accepted. Inspection done, two repairs agreed. The lender needs the insurance binder before closing, which is set for Friday morning at Lantern Title.
Homepage v3 is approved with two copy notes. Staging is live for review. Legal has the terms page. Four checklist items are still open.
Registered for U10 Blue. Practices are Tuesday and Thursday at 5:30. Uniforms have shipped. The tournament weekend still needs a hotel.
Flights and five hotel nights are booked. The car rental is on hold until the deposit is paid. Mara is asking about Saturday.
Twelve applicants so far, three shortlisted. Two portfolios reviewed. One reference is back. The offer range still needs sign-off.
We're building toward three parts. None of them exist yet.
You would keep your address, your provider and your apps. Nothing would change about how email reaches you.
We're building the part that notices a closing, a project or a trip forming across many senders and gathers those messages together. You could move anything, or start a context by hand.
A few lines on where things stand, the dates that matter, the files, and a list of what is still open. It would update as new mail lands.
You would keep the inbox you have, with the same address and provider. Context Inbox would sit alongside it and read the same mail in a different order.
Everything on this page is written in future or conditional tense on purpose. There is no feature list, no pricing and no date. If we decide not to build it, we'll say so.
An idea for an inbox organized by context. Nothing is built, connected or for sale yet.