Inbox2 desktop client

This is the source-code for the Inbox2 desktop client. One day I will write a better readme file, but for now fork it, fix it and send pull requests.

For an overview of the client (back when we did a public commercial launch, old stuff), check out these links:

More is available on our press page:

http://www.inbox2.com/press

Whatever, I just want the download

Here it is: https://github.com/downloads/waseems/inbox2_desktop/Inbox2Installer.msi

Its still a bit buggy here and there but that is what this GitHub page is for. Submit bug reports and if you happen to know your c#; fork it, fix it and send pull requests :-)

Why Inbox2

Looks better then anything else out there
Aggregates messages from email accounts + social networking accounts
Shows updates from your friend on social networks in a side bar

Why open-source?

Check out the announcement on hackernews with my comments (waseem)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3083935

Mad props

Waseem Sadiq (waseem@inbox2.com, www.twitter.com/waseemsadiq) - code jedi
Dinesh Duggal (dinesh@inbox2.com) - interaction design clone trooper
Moin Sayed (www.phab1.com) - design wookie
Khuram Hussain (khuram@inbox2.com, www.twitter.com/khuramhussain) - senetor palpatine before he became darth sidious :-)

How to build this thing

Open the Code\Inbox2 Client Only.sln solution
Open the Configuration Manager (under the debug dropdown, choose Configuration Manager...)
Under the "Active solution platform" dropdown choose x86
Hit menu Build->Build Solution

This builds the client for x86. Since we use a couple of native libraries we need to do it like this. There is also a solution available for doing an x64 build but that one is a bit behind, will be fixed soon.

Data folder

Your data folder can be found under the windows roaming folder, for example under Windows 7 for me that is.

C:\Users\waseem\AppData\Roaming

Throwing away this folder resets everything for a fresh start

Preconfigured channels

If you need to setup the same times often, create a file in the root of your C drive called PreChannels.xml. Its contents look like this:

<channels>
	<channel name="GMail" username="waseem@inbox2.com" password="mysecretpassword" />
	<channel name="Exchange" hostname="https://exchange.somewhere.com/owa" username="waseem" password="mysecretpassword" />
</channels>

Now everytime you open the setup these channels will be prefilled and you only need to hit the add button.

What about a mac version?

Maybe some day, if you are an objective-c/c/c++/cocoa wizard and you want to take this up, ping me.

devstator82/inbox2_desktop