Sortd transforms Gmail into a drag-and-drop workspace with columns of customizable lists.
Its likelife-organizing webappTrello, but for email.
The most important categories are my columns.
Youre not limited to just using Sortds view, though.
The little button on the right side of the window switches between Sortd and Gmails regular view.
And when switching to Gmail view, you could still access your Sortd columns.
Its the best of both worlds, although I prefer the columns view.
Were better off having one to-do list rather than to-dos scattered across different programs.
(Some of these are available in Googles Inbox,which a few fellow Lifehackers love.
Inbox doesnt have the organizational view above, though, and a few of the to-do features below.)
If you want to see all your completed messages/tasks, theres a filter for that too.
Theres also a notes section to further clarify any email.
Add your own tasks:Tasks in Sortd dont have to be solely from your email messages.
smack the plus sign at the bottom of a column list and create your own task.
Again, it’s possible for you to add tasks unrelated to your emails to these columns.
Its pretty much all the features youd want in a task manager, combined with your inbox.
Sortd Is Still in Beta (but We Have Invites!)
Sortd is still in invite-only beta (but weve got invites below!
), so its not perfect.
There are still things the team is working on and ironing out.
Also, when I first installed Sortd, Chrome would crash on me and had to be restarted.
The biggest issue so far?
Searching emails in the Sortd view doesnt produce the same thorough results as it does in Gmail.
(In the meanwhile, you might switch to Gmail view to search.)
(That features still in beta and hit or miss right now, though.
you’ve got the option to sign up for it by emailing[email protected].
All in all, Sortd has been a great match for how I like to workvisually .
Let us know what you think of it.
