Mailplane 2.0 beta 5 released

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

New and Improved:

• French translation by Michel Tribet
• German translation by Patrick Scheips
• Norwegian (Bokmål) translation by Vidar Ramdal
• Nested groups are now supported when Inserting email addresses from the Mac OS X address book (Cmd-Opt-A)
• Account drawer toolbar item added to default toolbar

Bugfixes:

• iPhoto plugin didn't work anymore, bug was introduced by build 758
• Unread message counter problem when using a google.com account. (Counter didn't go to zero).

Mailplane 2.0 beta 4 released

Monday, June 23, 2008

This is the fourth beta release, it contains many small improvements and bug fixes.

New and improved:

• New: Ctrl-Opt-Cmd-R keyboard shortcut to reload the main window (View->Reload page)
• Improved: Download destination path is remembered when Ask for Download destination is enabled
• Improved: Gmail Sign out toggles the account drawer if you have more than one account
• Ignore RSS feed for @google.com domain
• Rename iMedia to Media; "Insert Email" to Email
• Main window: New default toolbar with less items
• Main window/document window: attachment message now wraps text if needed
• New and cleaner toolbar default setting

Bugfixes:

• The Mail PDF with Mailplane PDF service wasn't installed for Mailplane 2.0 beta users.
• The Gmail keyboard shortcut setting detector didn't work for Gmail 2.
• Archive did remove label when a label was browsed.

• The Gmail->More items opened in Mailplane instead of the preferred browser
• Window moves to another location when closing drawer
• Gmail 2: Reply/Reply All/Forward were enabled when compose a new message

Mailplane 2.0 beta 3 released

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Gmail is pushing out a new Gmail 2 version, this may lead to these problems - which are fixed in beta 3:

• external links and downloads do not work
• The Mail menu doesn't work correctly
• compose new in separate window doesn't work

Mailplane 2.0 beta 2 released

Thursday, May 15, 2008

New: "Enable Google Talk Window" preference

Nearly all accounts are now Gmail 2, and you get Gtalk right in your inbox sidebar. As the Google Talk window was created for Gmail 1 when the sidebar didn't have Google Talk support, there is now a preference to enable/disable Google Talk support.

Recommendation:
If you use Gmail 2, disable the setting.
If you prefer Gmail 1, enable it.



Updated: Safari extensions check

Some users don't experience the crashes, even with Safari Ad block and SafariBlock installed. There is a new button on the alert, to stop all warnings about it.

Improved: Apply/Remove label for Star

Mailplane shows a new "Star" label in the "Apply/Remove" label panel.


Other Improvements and bugfixes:

• Bugfix: Some Google Apps accounts using http experienced authentication problems
• Bugfix: Gmail keyboard shortcut stopped working after Cmd-L
• Bugfix: When clicking the reply box, characters were interpreted instead of entered.
• Bugfix: Select-All now works in a "Show Original" window
• Bugfix: "Show Original" window title

Mailplane 2.0 beta

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

I am very excited about the latest Mailplane release: 2.0 Beta! (press release).
Important: Mailplane 2.0 will be a FREE upgrade for all registered users!
For the full list of new features and improvements please check out this page.

Mailplane 1.77 released

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Improved auto update
All updates are now secured by DSA signatures, this means that Mailplane will only install correctly signed updates.
This security feature now enables automatic updates: You can turn on the option in the "Software Update" panel.


Improved registration panels
You can now directly open the "resend license" web page when you see one of the registration panels.

Mailplane 1.76 released

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The latest "cutting edge" release, brings many improved features and some bug fixes, here are the highlights:

Fixed: "navigate to label" panel and Folders4Gmail now work nicely toghether:

the "navigate label" panel will now correctly display your labels.



New "Confirm Quit" preference
Many users wanted a "confirm quit" alert when closing the application.
A new preference has been added to enable this alert, see the "Tweak UI" preference page.

Improved: "Navigate to Label" and "Apply/Remove Label"

Both panels work much like the famous Textmate "Go to Symbol" panel.
If you use the arrow key to move down the list, the list is now scrolled to reveal the currently selected item.

Mailplane 1.61.3 released

Monday, March 31, 2008

This update fixes two bugs:

• When opening an external link in Mailplane and Safari 3.1 wasn't running, it would would crash on startup
• The print window wouldn't show its contents

Use "Mailplane->Check for updates" to load the update.

Mailplane 1.61 Released

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

There is a new stable release available: 1.61. Please use the "Check for Updates" feature to conveniently load it. Beside the Italian translation mentioned below, the Catalan, French, German, Norwegian, and Romanian translations have received an update, too.

The release includes some bug fixes, too:

• Drag and drop to dock didn't work in all cases, especially MAC OS X Tiger users did experience the problem.
• Mail->Go to menu items were disabled

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.

Price Announcement

Saturday, September 29, 2007

The beta started in March. This was such an intense and exciting half year. Thank you for all ideas, bug reports, and support!

I feel that the time has come to prepare Mailplane for public availability and to announce the price for it:

• A Mailplane single user license is $24.95 and includes free 1.x updates.
• There is a family option available ($8), which allows you to use Mailplane in your private household on up to five Macs.
• The evaluation period will last 30 days.
  

For a short time, Mailplane will remain in beta stage. There is still no time limit: the evaluation period will begin when the beta ends.

Special offer for beta users: Buy a single user license today and get the family option for free. (Offer expires when Mailplane goes public).

To go to the store, open "Mailplane->Registration..." and press the "buy now..." button.

If you're not a beta user and like to try Mailplane you are welcome to register for the beta here.

Mailplane is ready for Leopard

Mailplane 1.52 is ready for the upcoming Mac OS X release. The same Mailplane version now runs on both 10.4 and 10.5 releases of the operating system. I am still working on the iPhoto plugin, the screenshot function, and some minor (e.g. toolbar repaint) stuff. But, other than that all features work just fine.