Mailplane

Mailplane 2.1.9 released

Friday, June 25, 2010

Release notes:

• NEW: Insert links into the message body by dragging *.weblog (and *mailoc) files to the message body
• NEW: Portuguese/Portugal translation.
• UPDATED: French translation
• FIX: Text clippings drag and drop to Mailplane didn't work
• FIX: Drag and drop of files to create attachments didn't work together with latest Flash 10.1 plugin.
• FIX: Safari 5: Preferences > Accounts > Signatures > Insert signature above quoted text when replying would set the focus below the signature instead of above.
• FIX: Performance improvement when composing replies.

View .doc attachments right in Mailplane

Google improved the attachment viewer in Gmail. You can now directly preview a Microsoft Word document:

If you receive Microsoft® Word files as attachments in Gmail, you can now view them with a single click — no need to download, save, and open files with a desktop application when you just want read them. The Google Docs viewer that allows you to view .pdf, .ppt, and .tiff files in your browser now supports .doc and .docx formats too. Just click the "View" link at the bottom of a Gmail message and the viewer will take it from there. If you decide you want to edit the file, clicking "Edit online" will open it in Google Docs, or you can download it to your desktop from there.

Read the full Gmail blog post.

Cup Magazine Mailplane review

Mailplane just got reviewed on the Cup Magazine Apple web site and blog (Italian).

Gmail video and voice chat improvements

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Google has improved Google video and voice chats. The new toolbar now lets you easily install the video chat internet plugin. Here's the difference:

You'll find oldie but goodie features such as "Go off the record," "Block", and "Send SMS" in a more aptly named "Actions" menu of each chat window.

Gmail blog post.