Comments on: Mailplane 2 Beta is Available http://gigaom.com/apple/mailplane-2-beta-is-available/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: J.Y. http://gigaom.com/apple/mailplane-2-beta-is-available/#comment-331659 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:28:10 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4220#comment-331659 Here are the few reasons why I use it, vs. Fluid (which I also use for some other sites):
- Drag and drop attachments: I use Safari as my primary browser, so the FFox plugins for this aren’t of much help
- Manage multiple gmail accounts w/ saved login settings
- easy email integration with iPhoto
- Integrated status + growl notifications in menu bar – similar to free Gmail status, but is hooked into the whole multiple accounts thing
- toolbar at top actually saves a lot of scrolling over time. For ex. when you can click the delete toolbar item, without having to scroll to the top or bottom of a msg w/in the gmail ui

I can understand why that may not be enough for some to bother paying for it. But I was an early adopter, before Fluid gained any prominence, and I’m still happy with it.

]]> By: Todd Baur http://gigaom.com/apple/mailplane-2-beta-is-available/#comment-331658 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:51:28 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4220#comment-331658 I tried it and the first thing I thought was why the freak didn’t I just go to gmail.com instead. The integration points are nice but not enough to convince me to spend cash on it. I gave it a fair shot, but at face value this seems like an app that could’ve be cranked out in a month of good solid focus.

]]> By: Techslacker http://gigaom.com/apple/mailplane-2-beta-is-available/#comment-331656 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:14:22 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4220#comment-331656 That’s what I would like to know as well. Mail is good enough and with imap why bother with this stuff?

]]> By: » Macinme Daily #155 « Macinme Archiv http://gigaom.com/apple/mailplane-2-beta-is-available/#comment-331657 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:32:55 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4220#comment-331657 [...] Mailplane 2 Beta is Available [...]

]]> By: Yeroc http://gigaom.com/apple/mailplane-2-beta-is-available/#comment-331661 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:20:26 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4220#comment-331661 Is there any reason that you would use this instead of just enabling IMAP in GMail and using Mail.app for $0??

]]> By: MikeInAZ http://gigaom.com/apple/mailplane-2-beta-is-available/#comment-331655 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:30:42 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4220#comment-331655 Chris, there really are some nice features that make this better than a Fluid instance.

I don’t like paying for software but I paid for this. This comes in especially handy if you have multiple accounts you need to check. Also the keyboard shortcuts are great. To me, Mailplane is worth it.

]]> By: Chris Pratt http://gigaom.com/apple/mailplane-2-beta-is-available/#comment-331660 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:54:37 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=4220#comment-331660 Wow. I didn’t know anything could be this awful. All it is is an SSB (Site Specific Browser) with a few extraneous functions, most of which aren’t really that awesome. I might use this if it was free, but at $24.95, I’ll stick with Fluid.app, which gives me essentially the same thing for free.

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