Hi Rob, Thanks for the quick reply.
On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 12:39:13 PM UTC-6, Rob McBroom wrote: > > On 16 Feb 2015, at 18:49, Lance Edward Miller wrote: > > In particular, I think the Gmail/Mail.app integration leaves a lot to be > desired. The current gmail plugin does interface with gmail, but is nearly > just the minimal thing that one can do. > > This has less to do with desire and effort and more to do with the fact > that a web page can’t offer near as much functionality as an actual > application, like Mail, MailMate, etc. > Agreed, though I understand there to be substantial issues with IMAP and gmail. This maybe just something gmail users have to chose to face when keeping gmail as their primary email. > I know others have asked, but wouldn't Mailplane offer a unique way to > duplicate most of the functional code from the current plugins (I'm > guessing here, so correct me if I"m wrong), to get similar effects in > quicksilver for Mailplane which then acts as a nicely written Gmail > interface? Not being a coder, and knowing well the dev team (Patrick and > Rob, et al) likely have a TON on their plates, but out of curiosity, how > much work would this involve? > > I was able to create a plug-in for MailMate in one day, start to finish. > You can use that as an example. Most of the work is all in one file. > > As far as I know, no one has ever created a plug-in based on one or more > requests. New plug-ins get created when someone: > > 1. uses the application in question (like Mailplane) > 2. knows (or learns) how to create a plug-in > 3. has time to work on it > > Agreed! Especially on the last part. I know everyone's time is valuable, just noting the community (from what I've read, not just me), is interested in some better gmail integration. It seems to me the technology should be there, but maybe google is the reason for things to be difficult to merge at present. Best, Lance > > > -- > Rob McBroom > http://www.skurfer.com/ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quicksilver" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
