One list, and every message still says where it came from

The consolidation on screen. What the list looks like when six sources arrive in it, and how you can still tell a text from an email at a glance.

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Messages from several channels arriving as one list

What it does

What is on the screen

One list, newest at the top

Everything connected arrives in the same column, in the order it came. There is no per-channel folder to remember to check.

The source stays on the message

Each row carries its channel, so a Facebook message never looks like a text. Nothing is flattened into a generic item.

Unread means unread everywhere

A conversation marked read here is read for everyone in the account. Two people cannot both think the other answered it.

How it works

Working the list

  1. Open Conversations. The list fills the left of the screen.
  2. Read down it. Each row shows the customer, the channel and the last line.
  3. Click one and the thread opens beside it, with its full history.
  4. Answer, and the row moves to read. The next unread is underneath.

Worth knowing

Worth knowing

  • A busy list on a phone is still a busy list. The consolidation removes the app-switching, not the volume.
  • Only connected channels appear. Anything you never plugged in is absent, and the list gives no hint that it is missing.
  • Filters help once you have hundreds. Out of the box it is one long list.

Related

Related

Unified inbox
Which channels feed this list, and where a reply goes.

Stop checking five apps
What the old way costs, if you are still weighing it.

Two-way texting
The channel that will fill most of these rows.

Look at the list

Log in and open Conversations. Read down the list once before you connect another channel.

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