Like to try “Send attachments while offline”?

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Today, Google announced an important improvement: "Offline Gmail" users are now able to send messages including attachments when they are offline. The upcoming Mailplane 2.1.1 version will allow attachment drag and drop while you are offline.

In case you can't wait and like to test it, here's the Mailplane 2.1.1 preview version.

Like to setup "Offline Gmail"? Check out the Gmail offline 'how-to' article.

Read the official Gmail blog post.

Gmail update: Attachments with progress bars

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Mailplane has always had multiple ways to attach your files and pictures to a message: Drag and Drop, iPhoto plugin, cut and paste, the media browser, screenshots, PDF Service, and more. Now Google has added something many users have waited for: Progress bars when uploading attachments.

The new "uploader" is based on the Flash plugin. Some users may experience problems using it. You can always revert to the "classic" attachment uploader if you have trouble. A new attachment setting in your Gmail settings let's you switch:

Visit the official Gmail blog for more information.

Use Gmail Video Chat in Mailplane

Friday, November 14, 2008

Are you excited about the new Gmail Video Chat feature?

Mailplane now supports it, but it hasn't been released yet. If you like to try and test it, then follow these steps to get started:

1. Download and install the Gmail Video Chat plugin.
2. Grab the latest "Preview" build from the Google Group
3. Start Mailplane and enjoy!

If you encounter any unusual problems, please let me know by using the Help->Feedback and Support... menu item inside Mailplane.

Improved: Apply/Remove label for Inbox

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

When not using the inbox, Mailplane shows a new "Inbox" label when using Cmd-L. This special label allows you to either do a Move to inbox or to archive.

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Switch to account keyboard shortcut

Press Cmd-Control-A (or use Mailplane->Switch to Account...) to open the account completion panel. It works like the textsnippets, apply/remove label, and navigate to label panels:
Use your keyboard to navigate the list and ENTER to switch to the selected account.

OmniFocus “Clipping” Plugin

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

With the free OmniFocus plugin, you can create new tasks containing a direct link to your conversation from Mailplane. Download the plugin here.

Post form (Google spreadsheet or LiveJournal comments)

Monday, March 31, 2008

Mailplane can now post forms that are embedded in emails. Great examples for form emails are

• the brand new Google Spreadsheet forms (learn more...)
• LifeJournal comments

Cutting Edge: Navigate labels

If you use and love the "apply/remove" label autocompletion feature, you probably waiting for the "navigate label" autocompletion.

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The goal is to do everything with your keyboard:

• Press Shift-G or Cmd-Opt-G to open the autocompletion window
• Optional: type some part of the label to filter the list
• Optional: use your keyboard to choose an entry
• Press enter to navigate to the label and close the window

Tip - there are direct keyboard shortcuts for the most important labels in the "Mail->Go to" menu. Or use the Gmail provided g+i, g+s keyboard combinations to jump to inbox, starred, drafts etc. Press ? to get all Gmail keyboard shortcuts.Important: This feature works in Gmail 2 only. h4>Watch this screencast to get started:

Cutting Edge: Apply/Remove Label

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Gmail labels are very nice and they work great with filters. However, applying a label manually is cumbersome. Labels are kind of hidden in the "more actions" menu, the user has the use the mouse to do do it.

Mailplane now makes applying and removing a label much easier. Everything can be done from the keyboard; no mouse interaction is required.

Either press Cmd-L (or just the "L") key and open the label auto completion. Then narrow down the list by entering a few letters, press the enter key to apply or remove the label.

Watch screencast to get started:

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Important: This feature works in Gmail 2 only!

Cutting Edge: Hide Spam counter and Gmail invitation box

The Google Spam filter is the best I know, hundreds of messages are filtered every day. I have currently over 5000 unread Spam messages in my Spam folder. However, the counter seems to be more important than my inbox counter, which isn't true I hope.

Use the new Tweak UI preferences to hide the spam counter and/or the invitation box. Plus there is a setting to highlight the inbox row that is "under" the mouse pointer.


These new preferences are much inspired by the "Better Gmail" Firefox plugin.
Important: This feature works in Gmail 2 only!

Cutting Edge: Auto-BCC for Highrise users

If you are a Highrise user, this new setting may be important for you. It allows you to send all outgoing email to the Highrise dropbox email address. Inside Highrise, the email gets automatically attached to the right person or Highrise creates a new person on the fly. See the Highrise email page for more information.


Every Gmail account has its own Auto-BCC setting.

Important: This feature works in Gmail 2 only!

Cutting Edge: Network Diagnostics

Friday, February 22, 2008

As a new goodie, the "Network Diagnostics..." tool found in Safari has been integrated. If you can't connect to Google, a new button (Network Diagnostics) will be shown on the "Authentication" window. It opens a window where you can diagnose and solve the network problem.

Cutting Edge: Improved Authentication

As the authentication code and dialog box were modal, no "check for updates" could be performed before Google authentication.

The authentication part of Mailplane is now completely new: Mailplane will automatically check for updates, even if you can't sign in.
The dialog is now a "dialog sheet" attached to the main window, and the login procedure can be cancelled at any time.

Plus: If you have many accounts, startup is now much faster.

Cutting Edge: Apology for a bad release

Saturday, February 16, 2008

The "cutting edge" version (1.71.5) published yesterday, was a bad release. Some users reported that it just didn't start after the update procedure. It looks like only MAC OS X Tiger users were affected by the problem.

The error has now been fixed, and a new update has been released a minute ago. Use the "Check for updates" feature to load it.

If your Mailplane doesn't start, you need to download the latest version manually: Please use the download page to either download the stable or "cutting edge" version.

I deeply apologize for any inconveniences this might have caused, and I will work hard to make sure I reduce the likelihood of this happening again.

Cutting Edge: Use the clipboard to attach files and pictures

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Copy any file or picture to the clipboard and the paste it into any editable field to create an optimized attachment. The "picture attachment dialog" will pop up for the preview and optimization settings.

Example 1:

1. In Finder: select some files
2. Copy them to the clipboard
3. Go to Mailplane
4. Compose a new message
5. Paste the files

Example 2:

1. Open a picture in Preview
2. Select a part of the picture
3. Copy the selection
4. Go to Mailplane
5. Compose a new message
6. Paste the picture part