Mailplane

Google announces IMAP for Gmail

Saturday, October 27, 2007

This week, Google announced IMAP access for Gmail. That's great news for Mailplane users. Why?

Many people access their Gmail mailbox from various locations and devices. In my case this is

• Mailplane on my MacBook and the family iMac
• the Gmail java application on my Motorola V3 handset
• Firefox on a linux box
• And occasionally Internet Explorer on Windows

IMAP now extends access to my precious email data:

• As the iPhone doesn't run the java application to access Gmail, I will be able to use IMAP when I will
• I will be able to backup my Gmail email data

Regardless how I access my Gmail mailbox, I see and change the same email data. For example, I could "star" a conversation on my handset, then create a reply on Linux with Firefox, attach a photo with Mailplane, and then send the draft from an iPhone.

Will IMAP access replace Mailplane for me? No way!
I love the Gmail web interface, in my opinion it beats all traditional mail clients. For me Gmail thru Mail.app isn't Gmail anymore: no real labels, no Google search, no pretty conversation view. And Mailplane gives me best of both worlds: The speed and power of Gmail and the beauty and functionality of my Mac desktop.

Leopard compatible iPhoto plugin

Thursday, October 25, 2007

The old iPhoto plugin was based on the SIMBL InputManager. As InputManagers are not supported in Mac OS X Leopard, a new iPhoto plugin is provided. When the plugin is installed, you can choose Mailplane as your email application in iPhoto/General preferences. The icon in the lower part of iPhoto is then changed to Mailplane, too.

See Mailplane help for more info.

Brazilian Portuguese and Korean Translations

Mailplane features two new languages:

• Korean by Calvin Jeong

• Brazilian Portuguese by Leonardo Otsuka

This is excellent news - thanks Calvin and Leonardo!
Use the "Help->Support and Feedback" window to send translation related feedback.

Alternative introductory price and education discount

Saturday, October 06, 2007

I received numerous reactions on the Mailplane price announcement released last week.
Many have immediately bought a license - thank you so much for your support!!

Some of you are still missing some features and are not ready to buy Mailplane for the set price. If you feel this way, please be assured that I will add more features to the product and continue to improve on it. I suggest you to follow the Mailplane development closely and register when it fits your bill.

I received quite a few requests to make Mailplane either free or very low cost. For several reasons, this cannot be considered since it is not what I have intended for Mailplane.

Introduction price:
I really do appreciate YOUR support building this app, and I will therefore offer an alternative for the beta users that do not have the need for a family option: Buy a single user license for $19.95 (regular price $24.95)

Again, this is an alternative to the free family option. The current "family" offer is unchanged: Single user license + family option for $24.95 (regular price $32.95).

Remember: It's for beta users only - the offer ends when Mailplane goes public.

Education discount:
I am also happy to offer an education discount. If you learn or work at a university and you have an EDU email address, you can generate a coupon code. The discount is 30% off the single user license price.

If you already bought a license and you want the reduced price instead of the free family option and/or you qualify for the education discount, no problem. A separate email with instructions how to get your refund will be sent soon.