I am recanting my first reaction to Spark 3. Users are often quite emotionally attached to their ways and features, and often times the first reaction isn't always the most well-considered response.
Although it seems that Spark may have overly inspired itself in the workflows offered by Basecamp's HEY app, upon studying it a bit more, it is a welcoming progression from V2.
I guess the main issue was they way that the subscription model was introduced into a drastically different experience that did not include previously owned features. That's what sparked (no pun intended) the reactive fire from most users.
I cannot say I dislike the direction the team is going with an Electron-based app and its offer for focus, shortcutting and processing velocity. These are all great ambitions to be aspired (although that bundled notifications line away from the top of the screen is a UX heinous crime).
We as users may sometimes forget to praise changes, more so from where they are trying to get to instead of the first steps towards that are often meddled by obstacles.
Definitely not a perfect release. Promising though. More importantly, it still comes from a group of people who listen and legitimately care about solving users issues.
We should all get behind and encourage that; specially counting how much of the features can be used for free.
Keep at it. Fix these smaller hiccups.
You're great, and I am still applauding.
