These are all very good suggestions. I'm focused right now of just fixing bugs and getting more features out the door, but your right that I should start thinking out about how to hone the pitch on the vmail homepage. The homepage links to wiki in case you or anyone else would like to contribute some commentary along these lines.
On Dec 15, 11:33 am, Chris Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 02:49:01PM EST, Daniel Choi wrote: > > Today I'm releasing a new open source project which I've been working > > on over the last two weeks, but which I've been daydreaming about for > > over a year. > > > It's called vmail. It's a Vim client for Gmail. It's a hybrid > > Ruby/VimScript application. > > >http://danielchoi.com/software/vmail.html > > > This is the first release of vmail so there is a lot of room for > > improvement and feedback will be highly appreciated > > I have not tried vmail as yet, but while reading the above, I did not > see a ‘reply-to-list’ alongside the ‘reply’, ‘reply to all’, etc. > options. > > When a message originates from a mailing list, this automatically sets > the To: header to the mailing list, rather than the OP's email address, > thus helping avoid the familiar: ‘why do you reply to me directly, I am > subscribed to the list’ .. ‘oh, sorry.. my mailer does not support reply > to list’.. etc. etc. exchanges.. :-) > > More to the point, possibly: > > I see on the web page that ‘some people love using Vim 1000 times more > than using a web browser or a GUI mail program’. Personally, I use > ‘mutt’ and I have set it up to use Vim to compose my messages, and where > possible, I have customized it to use Vim-like keyboard actions in the > index and the pager. > > Even for those who currently use a GUI mailer, I think it would be nice > to add a short section to your web page that lists the features of vmail > that might make it a better choice for vimmers, rather than using > half-baked solutions such as mutt+Vim (or TB + vimperator). > > Something like: > > - supports Vim color schemes and syntax highlighting > - supports Vim windowing & tab pages > - uses the same Vim keyboard shortcuts > - supports Vim's Ex mode > - uses Vim's registers and cut&paste mechanisms > - communicates seamlessly with a Vim instance via the system's clipboard > - etc. > > Of course, I have no idea if vmail does any of the above (although the > mention of the completion mechanism & C-W C-O to switch to full screen > mode sound promising), and these are only examples of features that an > average vimmer such as myself might care about. > > In other words, I suggest that vimmers would probably want to know if > they will feel right at home with vmail from the start and how well it > integrates with Vim and their pre-existing Vim setup. > > cj -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
