Hi, Yes, I was aware of that. Still, many of the items I mentioned could be upgraded in Mailplane if they wanted to.
Doug > On Mar 13, 2015, at 8:21 AM, Mike Kamminga <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Doug, > > Are you aware that mailplane is essentially just a browser like Google Chrome > or FireFox but enhanced with some, let's call it, 'extensions' specifically > tuned to Google Apps / Gmail. This basically means that the mail application > (Gmail) is fully managed by Google and Mailplane is simply unable to do any > change to Gmail. We can only extend and to some degree modify (mostly simple > lay-out stuff) the app. > > Hope this helps. > > Cheers, > Mike > > >> On Monday, September 8, 2014 at 6:00:26 PM UTC+2, Doug Lerner wrote: >> Here are some things I prefer about Apple Mail that I wish Mailplane would >> seriously consider incorporating in an update: >> >> (1) Apple Mail is a lot easier on the eyes than Gmail via a web browser, or >> Mailplane. Apple Mail just looks nicer. Is there anybody who doesn't think >> so?There is generally better use of space. I feel more relaxed using it. I >> can use it on my MacBook Pro 13" retina without running out of space. With >> Mailplane it just doesn't fit as well so I end up using it on an external >> monitor. That's fine at home, but when outside it's a nuisance. I wish there >> was a CSS set which made it look closer to Apple Mail. >> >> (2) Image attachments are quicker and work better in Apple Mail - though >> Mailplane has greatly improved with this since I first started. >> >> (3) You can have multiple signatures per account (useful in a multi-lingual >> environment) in Apple Mail, but can't in Mailplane. >> >> (4) You can move messages between accounts in Apple Mail, but can't in >> Mailplane. >> >> (5) Editing is much better in Apple Mail. For example, in Gmail/Mailplane >> you can’t enter a tab character to line things up! That really drives me >> crazy if I'm trying to sent a list of, say, dates and figures to somebody. >> Isn't that sort of a basic functionality people wish they had? >> >> (6) In Mail you can “send again” which is really useful. For example, >> re-sending an invoice later in the month, with some extra notes. In >> Mailplane there is no send again! Or redirect. Mail has both. Even if >> Mailplane can't fix the other stuff because it is so tied to the browser, >> I'm sure they could add a "send again" feature if they wanted to. The only >> way of accomplishing a similar thing in Mailplane is with a multi-step >> process which requires editing and also recopying the original recipients. >> >> (7) I think conversations are easier to read in Mail than in Gmail. And it’s >> easier to focus on just one message in a conversation. Have you ever tried >> to delete one message from the middle of a thread in Mailplane? >> >> So why am I complaining and why don't I just use Apple Mail? >> >> Because Apple Mail isn't as reliable as Apple Mail with syncing with Gmail. >> For example, yesterday I was waiting around for a mail I expected to arrive >> before 3 pm. It didn't arrive. But I did get email at 2 pm and 3:45 pm. But >> then I noticed that the mail was really there on the Gmail server - Apple >> Mail had simply skipped over syncing it! And very often Apple Mail might be >> late by HOURS in syncing with Gmail. So I was able to get to the mail via >> Mailplane. >> >> Also, I'm bilingual, and Gmail/Mailplane work better in Japanese. Sometimes >> in Apple Mail Japanese subject headers or even the entire message get >> corrupted. That doesn't happen in Mailplane. >> >> So I'm back again to Mailplane. But it's not easy on the eyes and I never >> feel relaxed using it. >> >> I'm just hoping some of these basic things can be updated at some point. I >> really like the Mailplane team, but I don't have any sense of what they >> think is important about suggestions. >> >> Thanks for hearing me vent a bit, >> >> doug >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mailplaneapp" 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/mailplaneapp. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mailplaneapp" 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/mailplaneapp. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
