On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Rufo Sanchez <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm OK with a quick download, honestly - as Gman mentioned the Gdocs > viewer can be incredibly slow by itself. Most of the PDFs I'm viewing > are under 500KB and would be quick downloads. Even if it just stuck it > in a temp folder and opened Preview, I'd be OK with that - I basically > just don't want the PDFs cluttering up my download folder, it better > fits my mental model to keep them attached to the message. (I assume > that means using the Safari PDF viewer isn't easy or doable, right?) > Finally, crazy idea here - what about a size-limited attachment view > cache? Say, 50MB, keeping the most recently used. That way it wouldn't > have to redownload if you view the same attachments frequently... > > Again, not a huge inconvenience - just a few thoughts on one of my > most-used apps. > Thanks for the input - I love the Safari PDF preview too. However, many users have the Adobe PDF plugin, and this would make it slow again… this brings us back to QuickLook :) > > Rufo > > On Nov 11, 2:15 am, Ruben Bakker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Rufo, > > Thanks for the feature request. Mailplane would need to download the PDF > to > > view it, though. Depending on the internet connection speed and PDF size > it > > could take some valuable time. > > > > See QuickLook discussion: > http://groups.google.com/group/mailplaneapp/browse_thread/thread/c038... > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Rufo Sanchez <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Not sure how doable this is (or if it's desirable for anyone besides > > > me), but... > > > > > I find the Gmail PDF viewer fairly useless compared to OS X's PDF > > > capabilities. Regardless, for some reason my brain keeps clicking on > > > that link instead of Download - I think it's because I really don't > > > want to download it, just pop it open real quick. It would be great if > > > the View button could pop open a simple PDF viewing window that one > > > could take a look at. Nothing fancy - if it's easy to have the Safari > > > PDF viewer pop-up inside Mailplane, that would be more then adequate. > > > > > Just a thought, not a huge problem or worry. > > > > Ruben Bakker // uncomplex gmbh // Switzerland // mailplaneapp.com // > > twitter <http://www.twitter.com/Mailplane> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mailplaneapp" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mailplaneapp?hl=. > > > Ruben Bakker // uncomplex gmbh // Switzerland // mailplaneapp.com // twitter <http://www.twitter.com/Mailplane> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mailplaneapp" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mailplaneapp?hl=.
