What's new in Talanoa

🏷️ Labels Management - Finally!

This one’s been highly requested, and we’re SO excited to ship it! You can now fully manage your labels in Talanoa.

What you can do:

• Sync labels from Gmail and other providers - All your existing labels are automatically synced
• Choose which labels to display - Customize your sidebar by selecting exactly which labels you want to see. Keep it clean, keep it organized, keep it yours.

No more clutter. No more scrolling through dozens of labels you never use. Just the ones that matter, right where you need them.

⚡ Rules Management - Automate Your Life

Set it and forget it! Create rules to automatically apply labels based on the sender.

Got a newsletter you want to auto-label? Done. Important client emails that need special tagging? Easy. Your inbox organizes itself while you focus on what matters.

This is the kind of feature that saves you hours every week. We’re genuinely excited about how much time this will give back to you.

🎨 Sidebar Redesign

We’ve updated the sidebar UI! You can now switch between Inbox, Todo, and Calendar (coming soon - we’re working on it! 🔜).

The new design is cleaner and makes it easier to navigate between different views.

✨ Quality of Life Improvements

We’ve been listening to your feedback, and here are some small but mighty improvements:

• Choose your reply style - You can now choose to reply all or send a simple reply to just the sender. No more accidental “reply all” moments!
• Switch accounts in Todo - Working with multiple accounts? You can now directly switch between them right from the Todo view. Seamless multi-account workflow unlocked.

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Building in public, shipping fast, listening to you. This is what indie hacking is all about! 🚀

📝 Message Templates are here!

Massive productivity boost incoming! You can now create and use pre-registered email templates to save time on repetitive messages.

Whether you’re sending follow-ups, standard responses, or frequently used messages, templates let you compose emails in seconds instead of minutes. Just select your template, customize if needed, and send. Your productivity just got a serious upgrade.

🗑️ Empty Trash

Clean up your email storage for good! The new “Empty Trash” feature lets you permanently delete all emails in your trash folder, freeing up space and keeping your account tidy.

🐛 Bugfix

• Fixed UI issues on custom sections

🔄 Reorder custom sections

You can now reorder your custom sections! Drag and drop to organize them exactly how you want. Your inbox, your way.

🐛 Bugfix

• Fixed link detection in email content - Links in emails are now properly detected and clickable.

💰 New pricing: Lifetime deal

We’ve added a lifetime deal option! Pay once, use forever. No subscriptions, no recurring fees.

🐛 Minor bugfixes

• Fixed auto-detect links in email content - Links in emails now properly detect and work as expected
• Fixed search in emoji picker for custom sections - The emoji search now works correctly when creating custom sections
• Edit notes are now resizable - Resize your note editing window to fit your workflow
• Global search is now stateful - When you reopen the search, it remembers your previous query and results. No more losing your place!

👀 Account overview on hover

We’ve added a powerful new way to quickly check what’s happening in your other inboxes without disrupting your current workflow. Simply hover over any account in the sidebar to see a preview of the latest emails from that inbox.

Why this matters:

• Stay in context - No need to switch accounts just to check if something important arrived
• Faster triage - Quickly see if an inbox needs attention before committing to a full switch
• Better workflow - Keep your current state intact while staying aware of what’s happening elsewhere

This is especially useful when you’re deep in a focused email session but want to keep an eye on other accounts. Just hover, peek, and decide whether it’s worth switching - all without losing your place.

Stay aware, stay focused. That’s the Talanoa way.

🌙 Dark mode is here! (Beta)

After countless requests, dark mode has finally arrived! Switch between light and dark themes with a single click.

Whether you’re burning the midnight oil or just prefer a darker interface, your inbox now adapts to your style. The dark theme has been carefully crafted to reduce eye strain while maintaining perfect readability and contrast.

Important note: Dark mode is currently in beta. The interface itself fully supports dark mode, but we’re still working on converting email content to dark mode - and it’s proven to be much harder than we initially thought! Email HTML is notoriously complex, with inline styles, embedded images, and various formatting that makes automatic dark mode conversion tricky. We’re actively working on this, and you’ll see email content properly converted in a future update.

✍️ Apple Writing Tools compatible

Talanoa now fully supports Apple’s Writing Tools on macOS! When you’re composing or replying to emails, you can use macOS’s built-in AI writing features directly in Talanoa.

What this means for you:

• Rewrite - Let AI help you refine your message tone and clarity
• Proofread - Catch typos and grammar issues before hitting send
• Summarize - Get quick summaries of long email threads
• Shorten - Make your messages more concise with one click

All of Apple’s Writing Tools work seamlessly within Talanoa’s composer. Just right-click in any text field and select from the Writing Tools menu. It’s like having a writing assistant built right into your email workflow.

This is especially powerful when you’re crafting important emails or need to communicate clearly across different contexts. Your words, enhanced by AI - all without leaving Talanoa.

🎨 Polish & refinements

• Keyboard navigation in Sender view - Navigate through emails and use keyboard shortcuts to archive or delete emails directly from the Sender view. Power users, this one’s for you!
• Improved UI for archived emails - Archived emails now have a cleaner, more intuitive visual treatment that makes it easier to see what’s been processed
• Always-visible global actions - The top-left global actions (compose, pull, search, todo) are now always displayed, giving you instant access to the most important functions no matter where you are in the app
• Three-dot menu on People - Quickly interact with all emails from a sender using the new three-dot menu. Archive all, trash all, or block a sender with just a few clicks

Thanks to everyone who requested dark mode - this one’s for you! 🎁

✏️ Rename senders - Finally!

You can now rename any sender in your inbox. This is incredibly useful when:

• A service just shows “Support” instead of the actual company name (looking at you, various SaaS tools!)
• Services like GitHub where the sender name changes with each notification (different bot names, etc.)
• You want to organize senders with custom names that make more sense to you

This might seem like a small feature, but it’s one of those quality-of-life improvements that makes a huge difference in daily use. Your inbox, your rules!

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where modals could appear behind the Today section - they now properly display on top as they should

Thanks a lot to Vlad & Clément for their feedback

📅 Today section - Major upgrade!

The Today section just got a massive upgrade! I’ve been working hard on making it way more powerful and flexible.

New filtering capabilities:

• Switch between All, People, and Notifications with one click - see exactly what you need
• Unread only mode - focus on what needs your attention right now
• Archived only view - quickly find emails you’ve already processed

This is a game changer for managing your daily email flow. No more scrolling through everything to find what matters.

Performance boost:

• The screen now loads significantly faster - I’ve optimized the data fetching and rendering. You’ll notice the difference immediately, especially if you have a lot of emails.

The Today section is becoming the command center for your inbox. Try it out and let me know what you think!

🔄 Gmail sync

• Improved Gmail synchronization for better reliability and faster email updates

📋 New sections

• Brand new design for the “see more” section for all teammates/people/notification

This section is not reactive yet for realtime changes (but will be soon)

• New UI for the “Today section” with all your email available directly. Infinite scroll, unread filter and search.

🎨 UI improvements

• Some UI improvements on Sender and Today view

📎 Attachments

• Attachment preview (for image) & download (for other files) when we are writing an email