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One person during my surveys mention his difficulty in determining where messages in a thread start and end, because of the plain UI and just a thin devider.

== Apple ~~mail~~ ==

== Apple Mail ==

By default, Apple Mail will group emails from the same thread. There is a feature that highlights time-sensitive emails at the top of the inbox, integrating with the threading system. Apple Intelligence provides short summaries of emails and entire threads directly in the inbox, helping users quickly grasp the content. The threading can sometimes show only the latest message in the thread, possible to change settings.

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Threading is considered a core feature and cannot be turned off, unlike some email clients, Missive keeps threading enabled at all times. Individual emails can be moved out of a thread into a new conversation if needed. Before December 2024, Missive was threading incoming replies with different subjects, no longer the case.

== Super ~~Human~~ ==

== Super Humans ==

In Super Human there is Auto-Summarize, a Superhuman AI feature which summarizes the entire email chain, giving you the key information without having to dig through each email.Team members can have private discussions within email threads without risk of accidentally sharing with external recipients.

Super Humans can naturally identify when a conversation within a thread shifts to a new topic, even if the subject line remains unchanged. In Super Human there is Auto-Summarize, a Superhuman AI feature which summarizes the entire email chain, giving you the key information without having to dig through each email. Team members can have private discussions within email threads without risk of accidentally sharing with external recipients.

== Spark ==

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== Commun issues with email threading ==

According to ~~app~~ reviews in the internet we can say that some of the most ~~comune~~ issues about their threading system are:

According to user reviews in the internet we can say that some of the most commun issues about their threading system are:

=== Email threads can get too long ===

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* Find specific information or decisions

* Identify new responses or updates

* Keep track of the overall conversation

* Keep track of the overall conversation - scrolling through long threads becomes cumbersome

* Attachments can sometimes cause problems within threads - becoming hard to locate or disappearing

~~=== Technical Limitations ===~~

~~Several technical issues can arise with email threading:~~

* Not all email clients support threading, which can disrupt the conversation flow

* Attachments can sometimes cause problems within threads

~~=== Difficulty in Managing Long Threads ===~~

~~As threads grow, they become harder to manage:~~

* Scrolling through long threads becomes cumbersome

* Quoted text within emails gets narrower and harder to ~~read~~

* Important messages within the thread may be overlooked

=== More ===

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* Redundant or irrelevant responses due to not reviewing the entire thread

* Difficulty in following conversations when subject lines or participants change

* Problems with attachments disappearing or becoming hard to locate

* Risk of sending sensitive information to unintended recipients

* Confusion when email clients handle threading differently

* Side topics cluttering the main conversation

* Context-dependent communication leading to ~~misunderstandings~~

Feel free to add more issues you are encoutering with mail threading!

~~== Our Ideas ==~~

~~Mail threading~~

* We'll display a concise summary at the top or left side, we don't repeat the subject, we show only the person, and on the very right, we show the date. Also, between the person and the date, we show the tags if there's anything. And if you click on any of the names, then you scroll to that message. And then you can have another button to to jump back on. When we see the actual messages below, all of them are expanded.

* We'll use very small indentation to show reply relationships. The indentation will adjust based on screen width to ensure optimal message display. Up to a certain maximum because we have a minimum amount of width that we show a message. And if you are ~~reaching that minimum, we don't intend any forever because otherwise we can show the messages.~~

* Maybe we will add an expand/collapse toggle to let users choose between seeing full messages or condensed previews, with ~~the default set to expanded view for maximum information.~~

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 One person during my surveys mention his difficulty in determining where messages in a thread start and end, because of the plain UI and just a thin devider.
-== Apple mail ==
+== Apple Mail ==
 By default, Apple Mail will group emails from the same thread. There is a feature that highlights time-sensitive emails at the top of the inbox, integrating with the threading system. Apple Intelligence provides short summaries of emails and entire threads directly in the inbox, helping users quickly grasp the content. The threading can sometimes show only the latest message in the thread, possible to change settings.
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 Threading is considered a core feature and cannot be turned off, unlike some email clients, Missive keeps threading enabled at all times. Individual emails can be moved out of a thread into a new conversation if needed. Before December 2024, Missive was threading incoming replies with different subjects, no longer the case.
-== Super Human ==
+== Super Humans ==
-In Super Human there is Auto-Summarize, a Superhuman AI feature which summarizes the entire email chain, giving you the key information without having to dig through each email.Team members can have private discussions within email threads without risk of accidentally sharing with external recipients.
+Super Humans can naturally identify when a conversation within a thread shifts to a new topic, even if the subject line remains unchanged. In Super Human there is Auto-Summarize, a Superhuman AI feature which summarizes the entire email chain, giving you the key information without having to dig through each email. Team members can have private discussions within email threads without risk of accidentally sharing with external recipients.
 == Spark ==
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 == Commun issues with email threading ==
-According to app reviews in the internet we can say that some of the most comune issues about their threading system are:
+According to user reviews in the internet we can say that some of the most commun issues about their threading system are:
 === Email threads can get too long ===
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 * Find specific information or decisions
 * Identify new responses or updates
-* Keep track of the overall conversation
+* Keep track of the overall conversation - scrolling through long threads becomes cumbersome
+* Attachments can sometimes cause problems within threads - becoming hard to locate or disappearing
-=== Technical Limitations ===
-Several technical issues can arise with email threading:
-* Not all email clients support threading, which can disrupt the conversation flow
-* Attachments can sometimes cause problems within threads
-=== Difficulty in Managing Long Threads ===
-As threads grow, they become harder to manage:
-* Scrolling through long threads becomes cumbersome
-* Quoted text within emails gets narrower and harder to read
-* Important messages within the thread may be overlooked
 === More ===
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 * Redundant or irrelevant responses due to not reviewing the entire thread
 * Difficulty in following conversations when subject lines or participants change
-* Problems with attachments disappearing or becoming hard to locate
 * Risk of sending sensitive information to unintended recipients
-* Confusion when email clients handle threading differently
 * Side topics cluttering the main conversation
-* Context-dependent communication leading to misunderstandings
+Feel free to add more issues you are encoutering with mail threading!
-== Our Ideas ==
-Mail threading
-* We'll display a concise summary at the top or left side, we don't repeat the subject, we show only the person, and on the very right, we show the date. Also, between the person and the date, we show the tags if there's anything. And if you click on any of the names, then you scroll to that message. And then you can have another button to to jump back on. When we see the actual messages below, all of them are expanded.
-* We'll use very small indentation to show reply relationships. The indentation will adjust based on screen width to ensure optimal message display. Up to a certain maximum because we have a minimum amount of width that we show a message. And if you are reaching that minimum, we don't intend any forever because otherwise we can show the messages.
-* Maybe we will add an expand/collapse toggle to let users choose between seeing full messages or condensed previews, with the default set to expanded view for maximum information.