On February 18, 2020 7:27:59 AM HST, Barry Margolius <[email protected]> wrote: >I never heard of FairEmail. I'm going to look it up. > >I've not yet tried the beta version, but I do like the accounts page. >I want to be ready with a K9 alternative in case I don't like it. >Anybody have other ideas about email clients to try? > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf >Of cx05 >Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 1:34 AM >To: K-9 Mail <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [k-9-mail] Re: Accounts list view gone? > >Seems the devs plan to bring back unread numbers in the account >dropdown: > >https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/issues/4515 > >Although a small step in the right direction, it is really no >replacement for the account overview page. > >I personally don't get why the account overview page would not fit in >the new UI concept: >They could just add an optional entry to the drawer on the left that >navigates to the overview and make the back key also show it. This >would also be the entry that is first shown when k9 starts. The >overview page would then be an alias for the drawer UI. >Not sure whether there are any difficulties considering the programming >side, but UI wise this integration would work and give the best of both >worlds. > >It really seems that the devs don't care about their long term power >users. It's their right, but it will lead to a client that is inferior >to many existing mail clients (e.g. FairEmail). >K-9 currently cannot compete feature wise, but was more organized and >resource efficient when using many accounts. That's the reason why I >chose it. >Remove that overview page and it's just a gmail clone with fewer >features than the competition. Thats the same road Opera went: >sacrifice your core users for the sake of wider audience. But the wider >audience does not care about the product and does not invest into it. >Hope the devs reconsider this. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "K-9 Mail" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/k-9-mail/d1597b6d-aed7-432b-8018-f6a0c56790e2%40googlegroups.com. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "K-9 Mail" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/k-9-mail/004801d5e680%24c46b0cd0%244d412670%24%40gmail.com.
Look in Fdroid, Internet category. I see a number of other email clients. I picked K-9 because it let me move emails between folders. I seem to remember that at least some of the others (including in Google Play Store) don't. -- David W. Jones [email protected] wandering the landscape of god http://dancingtreefrog.com Sent from my Android device with F/LOSS K-9 Mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/k-9-mail/CCE850F4-5A3A-4698-BABF-F83C0CBA76AF%40gmail.com.
