TouchMail is a visual mail app which can be found in the
productivity category and ‘Organise Your Life’ collection of the Windows Store.
The graphical interface is much more attractive than traditional email
applications. The most recent update added the ability to see how many unread
messages you have in each email account at a glance as well as the ability to
move messages into and between folders.
Messages can be viewed in a timeline or grouped by sender. The
view can be zoomed in or out so you can read more of the message without
opening it or see more messages.
Filters allow you to view only messages which are unread,
with attachments, from a specific sender or have been flagged. If using the filters
doesn’t help you to find the specific message you are looking for, you can also
search for a message by clicking on the search icon and entering your search
term.
New messages are shown in toast notification (which appear
at the side of the screen) and on the apps live tile on the start screen.
TouchMail supports gestures,
for example, swiping upwards to delete. This is useful on Windows 8 tablets and
touchscreen computers. Clicking on the message while it is deleting will cancel
its deletion.
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| Deleting a message from the Inbox |
When sending messages, you can add attachments either from
local storage or OneDrive. You can import contact pictures which will be
displayed on the messages received from that contact. If the messages is being received
from a well-known company, for example, Facebook or eBay, their logo will be already
set as the contact picture.
You can also give contacts a specific colour which all
future messages received from that contact will be displayed in. More control
over how contacts are dealt with would be beneficial, for example, an ‘address
book’. Currently, no more than three email accounts can be used with TouchMail.
In the future, the developers may want to consider increasing this.
Alternative:
Mail – Made by
Microsoft and includes the ‘Calendar’ and ‘People’ apps. I don’t find Mail’s
interface as appealing as Touchmail’s.
Contact Details:
- Website: http://www.touchmail.co/ - You can sign up to the TouchMail newsletter there.
- Twitter: @TouchMail
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/gettouchmail
