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Never mind the fact that this is vapourware, but I'm just not sure I would use such an application.

What separates this in terms of functionality from the likes of google's free compose mail chrome extension.

I don't argue that the looks are nice, but in my opinion panel notifiers or buttons such as these are rather infuriating to use.

As someone else has mentioned, Keyboard shortcuts would make this a more attractive option.

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Keyboard shortcuts would be an absolutely essential feature of the application. You could be in a browser, Photoshop, full screen app, and just press control + n and the interface pops up. All you have to do is type. After the first email, you'll have the workflow memorized. Shortcut > Type email > message > enter.

Ok, well I'm sold, only problem is I'm not a mac user.

I would say cross platform it, but it seems to be a mac-centric app.

Doesn't Quicksilver already offer this same functionality? I'm also unsure if I would use this app.

Sure, using Alfred without the power pack

    ctrl+space 
    "Mail" 
    cmd+n 
    "person@example.com" 
    tab(x3) 
    "Subject"
    tab(x5)
    "Message Body"
    shift+cmd+d

Tabs may vary.

I have no problems without using Alfred, Mail is always open : cmd+tab

I would have no use for the original app in the link, I mean how hard is it to just do cmd+tab and cmd+n in Mail ?

The reason is I can leverage muscle memory with alfred. I don't need to look at my screen to determine which app is mail. I can slap ctrl+space and type mail in the time it would take to cmd+tab to it.

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