Mail.app vs Boxy

One thing Apple does well is to integrate its apps and hardware. The mail app is no exception. If you must be in the hermit kingdom, at least take advantage of the (often excellent) features provided.

Since it's the built-in Mac email client and is quite complete feature-wise, most users will not really need any other third-party applications out there. Mail.app should be enough for their needs.

Mail.app has powerful markup tools which let users add annotations to images or even sign documents they got through email without ever leaving the client.

• You can choose out of tenths of mailheaders (several hundreds including virtual headers)
• "<header> is (not) in <folder> <header>" operator which enables you to do cool filters
• Each smart folder can have smart subfolders by an user definable key

If the basic features inside Mail.app are not enough, it can easily be extended through plugins to add new features.

Boxy is simply a wrapper around Google Inbox. People who are used to Inbox's web interface will feel right at home with Boxy.

If an email contains pictures, flight information, reservation at a restaurant, attachments, links, dates, phone numbers and other information that the application recognizes, it will surface that information in its main view. These items can be viewed and interacted with without having to open the message itself. It allows finding and taking action on the important email information quickly.

Inbox tries automatically bundling similar messages together. For example, Inbox will create bundles for travel information, receipts, promotions as well as group messages temporally. It enables also managing these bundles of messages together - they can all be swiped away together.