GTDInbox for Gmail - Easy email management, organization and workflow based on GTD

Hi guys,

GTDInbox 3.0.12 is ready for both Free and Plus customers. It’s a straightforward bug fixing release.
Everyone can get it now from http://www.gtdinbox.com/gettingstarted.htm

It includes:
* Fix problem where GTDInbox sometimes cannot load in Gmail/Firefox
* Re-added ‘Finish’ button to Free
* Refined handling of Multiple Inboxes
* Increased robustness of pre-labeling

There’s still lots more to clear out on the bug list, but we’re releasing in small increments to get the improvements to you as fast as possible.

On a side note, I’d like to briefly mention why – and apologize for – the fact we weren’t as fast as we’d like to be getting these bug fixes prepared. We simply had a “triple whammy” of trouble – getting Plus ready (which behind the scenes involves some big modifications), multiple major Gmail changes (including one that presented a real hurdle) and my own struggle with salmonella. I’m nearly back to full strength now and will be back in action on both development and support emails over the coming days – of course Peyton will be continuing to do a great job as he has been for the last month or so.

Expect another small set of updates before the week is done!

Best,

Andy

The beta continues going well, so we have sent invitations to another round of GTDInboxers. We have been sending to people who indicated that they were OK with a true beta and to a few who asked to be bumped up even though they had initially declined the true beta. If you’d like an invite, please sign up and then let us know! We’ll be glad to send you one!

Reports indicate that Firefox 3.6 is giving us problems, so making GTDInbox fully compatible with it is a priority. We are also planning to bring back the Finish button that we accidentally removed from GTDInbox Free.

If people have suggestions for improvement, now that they’ve been using GTDInbox Plus Beta, we’d love to hear them, either here or on UserVoice.

Best,

Peyton

The GTDInbox Plus Beta roll-out continues to go reasonably well. We have identified several common problems with GTDInbox not loading. Firefox 3.6 is often involved. We should have a new release to solve these problems, next week.

Meanwhile, if you were expecting an invitation but haven’t received it, please check your spam folder. As one would expect when sending out multiple messages that all say about the same way, some of ours are being flagged as spam.

We are happy with the reception GTDInbox Plus Beta has been getting. Most GTDInbox people have been able to upgrade and use the new version without any serious problems (though we appreciate it when they send in their error reports — those reports are guiding us as we prepare the next release).

We just sent emails to another 80 GTDInbox users, inviting them to upgrade to GTDInbox Plus Beta. If all goes well, we will send another 80 invitations, tomorrow. If you haven’t already registered for the upgrade waiting list, please follow this link to the waiting list page. If you don’t know what the upgrade is about, please take a look at the feature tour on YouTube so you can get a glimpse of the powerful new tools we have added in this first release.

Several people have asked about the Chrome port. Just to reassure everyone, it is still scheduled for release before the end of this month. With luck, it will be sooner.

We are happy to announce the release of what we hope will be a fairly stable beta of GTDInbox.

Version 3.0.11 should eliminate many of the problems people have been having and may be our last release until Feb 8. Until then, we’re doing a big refactor to improve the foundations for future performance – which is why no new updates for about a week.

GTDInbox Plus Beta users can upgrade through the Plus account management button in their left sidebar.

GTDInbox Free users can upgrade through Mozilla Add-Ons or through GTDInbox.com in the usual way.

Please continue providing us with your error reports, comments and encouragement. If you have problems, please let us know so we can work on them with you! You can post to UserVoice or email us at support at gtdinbox.com or just comment on this blog post.

Just a quick note, GTDInbox Plus and GTDInbox Free have been updated to 3.0.10, which I believe (hope!) fix all the current problems with the GTDInbox buttons going missing.

I’ll be on hand tomorrow to deal with any problems that remain. Our new error reporting system (which I’m personally very proud off!) is working wonders for helping us diagnose and fix Gmail breakages a lot faster. I think we can still improve even more, but we’re really getting there.

In the meantime, Free users you can get the latest release from http://www.gtdinbox.com/gettingstarted.htm, and Plus users from your account pages (Installation Instructions to be precise).

PS A big shout out to Michael Bond who’s gone beyond the call of duty to help us get the issues fixed. Thanks Michael!

We will shortly release a new version of GTDInbox Plus Beta, which should restore buttons and other functions for Plus users. We anticipate releasing an update for Free, later tonight or tomorrow morning.

Plus uses, please watch your GTDInbox Plus Beta sidebar. The dedicated update link should appear. Free users, we will post a blog article with a hotlink for you to follow. Again, watch your sidebar for this.