Excited about AOL Alto (that’s right, AOL). New approach to email that is long overdue… with “PINTEREST-LIKE NAVIGATION”. (More proof that Pinterest’s stack layout is REVOLUTIONIZING THE INTERNETS).
In Alto, many messages and files are automatically and neatly aggregated into tiles of common categories: for photos, attachments, social, daily deals, and retail. So, for example, say you get an email offer from Amazon or iTunes—Alto will automatically pull those messages into the retailers stack, seamlessly and without hassle. Or say you receive a Facebook message from a friend, or a LinkedIn notification from a coworker—Alto will pull those emails into its own clean social stack.
So all you’re left with, in the side column next to the stacks, are the emails that matter to you most now
AOL Might Just Have Invented Email’s Next UI Paradigm- FastCo Design