We often have to check our mail during the day and keep our finger on the pulse of our accounts in social networks and services. To do this, we have to use a whole set of desktop and web applications, monitoring of which takes a lot of time.
It is much more convenient to get all the necessary information from one source. Our readers have already had the opportunity to get acquainted with some similar solutions: for example, with the Inbox2 and Digsby applications for Windows and the web service of interactive reports on activity in social networks NutshellMail.
In this review, we will look at the Threadsy service, which combines email, Twitter, Facebook in its interface* and messengers ICQ, Google Talk, etc., i.e. all the main means of Internet communications.
Threadsy is based on the idea of integrating the streams of incoming mail, Twitter and Facebook messages* into a single stream, which in the terminology of the service is called Inbound. Incoming emails, messages addressed to you from Facebook*, as well as replays and private messages (DM) from Twitter are displayed here in chronological order.
When you hover the mouse pointer over a message in Inbound, the main controls for it appear, allowing you to delete it, add it to favorites (mark with an asterisk) or archive it, reply to it or retweet it. Of course, you can select several messages to perform group operations on them: delete, archive, mark as read/unread.
The response to a letter or message from social services is entered directly into the Inbox in the text field that slides out under the message. Responding to a replay from Twitter, you can use the link shortening function using the service Bit.ly . Unfortunately, to respond to a message from Facebook*, you have to go to the social network site.
A new email message is created in a special interface with the ability to format text and add an extended signature with graphic elements — your avatar and icons-links to the pages of your Twitter and Facebook accounts* (the Threadsy logo is also added to the signature for advertising purposes). If desired, you can disable adding a signature to the letter. The created but unfinished letter is saved in drafts.
The stream of sent messages is highlighted separately. Similarly to Inbound, it contains all the messages you have sent by mail, via Twitter and Facebook*.
Threadsy has filters that allow you to select unread messages marked with asterisks and messages from specific sources from the total mass of messages in Inbound: mail, Twitter and Facebook*. These filters are collected in a drop-down menu, from which you can also get to the trash and the repository of archived messages.
In addition to Inbound, which is the main module of the service, Threadsy also has a Streams module. It is an integrated stream of messages from the Twitter feed and Facebook news feed*. Here, as in Inbound, you can reply to a message in the pull-out box, retweet, add to favorites, comment on a message from Facebook* and indicate whether you like it.
If there is a link to multimedia content in the message, Threadsy converts the link into an image or video clip to be able to view them directly inside the Streams module.
When getting acquainted with Threadsy, some confusion is caused by the presence of a limit on the number of messages in the Streams stream: after scrolling through about 50 messages, you will find that further scrolling is impossible.
To my question about this annoying circumstance, the developers replied that they plan to make scrolling with automatic loading of old messages in the future.
Clicking on the avatar or nickname of the author of the message in Inbound or Streams opens his profile, generated by Threadsy based on information and photos from Twitter, Facebook* and Flickr accounts (the service itself finds your Flickr account at the email address).
As mentioned above, Threadsy also supports instant messaging services, thanks to integration with the Meebo web service. At the bottom of the interface is the Meebo Bar panel, which allows you to communicate via ICQ, Google Talk, Facebook chat* and MySpace, AIM.
Threadsy combines all the main means of communication in a rather convenient and pleasant-looking interface. The developers tried to realize the dream of many users about a single online communication center and created a thoughtful web service that helps to increase personal productivity. I would like to express the hope that Threadsy will continue its active development, acquire new functions and one day will also be available as desktop and mobile clients.
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