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TideMail

A keyboard-first email client built around a calmer way to handle attention, replies, waiting, plugins and automation, on desktop and Android.

ROLEProduct design + developmentFOCUSInteraction systems, information architecture, plugins, Android companion UXSTATUSActive development

THE IDEA

Email should help you decide what deserves attention.

Most email clients are organized around folders and time. TideMail asks a different question: what do you need to do next?

Needs You, Waiting, Snooze, classifications and plugin annotations all work together as one attention system. The goal isn’t to make email pretty. It’s to make it easier to act.

Real TideMail interface showing Unified Inbox, message list, message reader and live theme selector

Real TideMail interface · keyboard-first three-pane workflow · live theme switching

WHAT IT SHOWS

Product thinking all the way down.

TideMail is interface design shaped by real implementation limits and room to extend.

  • Keyboard-first workflow design
  • Dense information hierarchy without visual clutter
  • Plugin architecture and annotation UX
  • Cross-platform thinking, including mobile companion work
  • Iterative product design from real daily use

ANDROID COMPANION

The same product language translated to mobile.

The Android companion takes TideMail’s ideas away from the desktop: quick inbox triage, account switching, threaded reading, the same themes, and at-a-glance tools for catching up.

These screens are the app in active development, in both dark and light themes, with the same TideMail look and feel.

Five screens, one product language.

TideMail Android beta
In active development

  • TideMail Android inbox showing message cards, needs reply status and a floating compose button
    01

    Triage at a glance

    Message cards carry sender, preview and a Needs reply status, with compose floating within thumb reach.

    Dark theme
  • TideMail Android message view showing an Etsy email open with reply actions
    02

    Read, then act

    A focused message view with reply actions right where your thumb is.

    Dark theme
  • TideMail Android accounts screen showing multiple accounts and toggles
    03

    Every account, one switch

    Multiple accounts with simple per-account toggles.

    Dark theme
  • TideMail Android dashboard with weather, quick panels and account list
    04

    Catch up, not just check

    Weather, quick panels and an account list for an at-a-glance start to the day.

    Light theme
  • TideMail Android appearance screen showing theme choices
    05

    Themes travel with you

    The same palettes as the desktop app, picked with a tap.

    Light theme

MOBILE BETA

Try TideMail on your phone.

The Android beta is open for applications. iOS is next.

iOS

Coming soon

iPhone is planned once the Android beta settles. Same attention model, rebuilt for iOS.

iOS beta · coming soon

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