So when I first saw Wmail I thought I’d give it a try even with the slight skepticism from some around Electron. So impressed with Wmail, that I donate to the development for it. It wasn’t long till they got in touch and said they were moving to Wavebox and as a nice extra I would get a year subscription to Wavebox pro. The things I love about Wavebox is being able to hook up multiple gmail accounts including drive, contacts, calender, etc. Trello works great as does Slack (but I opted to keep the slack app for now). But the killer is being able to hook up any site you like. For example I use Mastodon and WordPress (the official linux app locks up a lot). I was tempted to setup Evernote and maybe laverna, standardnotes, a few other things but this will do for now. Its pretty great and the ability to add almost any site is pretty useful, especially with the lack of Linux support for some things. Yes you have to pay for the pro features but its worth it. There is also a misconception that I won’t pay for software and thats rubbish. Its about the terms, for example Wavebox is actually open source but the terms of what you pay for are fine with me.There are many web browsers and many are based on Chrome, but Wavebox is very different and it makes accessing web services and online tools much easier. The computer desktop has faded into the background for some people and they do most of their work on the web in a browser like Chrome. We use Microsoft services like Outlook, To-do, OneNote, Office web apps and OneDrive, or Google services like Drive, Docs, Mail, Contacts, Keep, Calendar and so on. Then there are other online apps and services like Asana, Clickup, Wrike, Slack, Trello, Airtable to mention just a few. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of online tools and services and you probably use a few of them for your work or personal use every day. Wavebox, which runs on Windows PC, Apple Mac and Linux, throws out the traditional web browser interface and has redesigned it with web apps and services in mind. There are no tabs and even no address box if you don’t want it. If you want to browse the web in the traditional way, Wavebox lets you open a browser window and because it is Chrome based, it works just like Chrome and you can install Chrome extensions, use tabs and so on. Wavebox browser showing one of two Gmail accounts That is not important and it is the Wavebox window where all the interesting features are to be found. There is a narrow sidebar on the left that is used to create groups and clicking the plus button at the bottom of the sidebar enables you to create a new group. Wavebox has over 1,200 ready-made ones in a library that you can search and add with a few clicks. Ready-made ones have special features, so if you add Gmail for example, you also have the option to add all Google’s other services too, like Drive, Photos, Contacts, Keep, Docs and so on.Īny web URL can be added as a new group, so you could add your favorite websites and services. When the app is first run, you are prompted to add some popular groups like Gmail, LinkedIn, Outlook, Asana and so on. What is interesting and useful about these sidebar groups is that they sandbox cookies.
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