Mailplane

Grandmother’s guide to Gmail video chat

Friday, July 02, 2010

Just found this movie on the official Gmail blog. Enjoy ;)

And here is the printable guide

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.

10 tips for using Gmail at work

Friday, May 28, 2010

Google published 10 useful tips for business users.

Tip #2 is "Add a custom signature to the bottom of your email messages." In case you need multiple signatures and you like to add formatting and pictures, check out Mailplane's rich text signatures. Here are some how-to articles:

• Setup your first signature
• Add a signature for another “from” email address
• Insert a different signature

New Gmail lab feature: Move the attachment and other icon column

There's a new lab feature available: "Move Icon Column":

The icon column in Gmail helps to easily distinguish the various types of items in your inbox (e.g. messages with attachments, chats, calendar invitations, Buzz posts, and more). It's usually all the way over on the right of the screen, but with screen sizes becoming increasingly wider, I chose to make a very modest addition to Gmail Labs to try and give these icons greater visibility.

I found it much more useful to have this column situated on the far left of my inbox -- and it turns out that many of my colleagues did too.

If you’d like try out "Move Icon Column," simply visit the Labs tab under Gmail Settings, find this new Lab in the list, hit enable, and then save. It’s not big and it’s not clever but hopefully this lab might just be helpful for you too; it's the little things in life after all.

Read Gmail blog post.

New Google Tool: Migrating from Microsoft Outlook

Google published a new tool to easily migrate your Microsoft Outlook mail, calendars, and personal contacts. The migration tool available for Education and Premier Google Apps users. Read the Google announcement here.

Coder 007 reviews Mailplane

Monday, May 10, 2010

Coder 007 reviews Mailplane and gives it 4 out of 5 stars:

Czech Mailplane review

Friday, May 07, 2010

Lukáš Gregor published a detailed Mailplane review in Czech. You can it read it either on the MujMac or the iTime blog website.

Mailplane 2.1.8 released

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Release notes:

• NEW: Swedish translation by René Hedemyr - thanks René!
• FIX: Drag and drop images from Safari and Firefox
• FIX: Unsaved changed dialog didn't close automatically.
• FIX: Send/Save/Discard/Apply and Remove Label menu items/toolbar buttons/keyboard shortcut stopped work because of some Gmail changes.
• FIX: Better handling of Socialwok gadget errors (causes too many redirects because of missing cookies)

Mailplane Review in Catalan

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Josep M. Farrarons wrote a detailed Mailplane review in Catalan: Mailplane: usant Gmail com aplicació d’escriptori.

Mailplane 2.1.7 released

Friday, April 02, 2010

Release notes:

• FIX: CMD-L showed empty list (Gmail changes).
• UPDATED: Spanish translation by Juan Antonio
• FIX: Unwanted scrolling when using Google Talk in the main window (Spanish only)
• FIX: Auto-Signin didn't work when password wasn't stored in the keychain
• FIX: Possible fix for account switching/loading problem.

Softpedia Editorial Review: Mailplane gets 4 out of 5 stars

Monday, March 29, 2010

The Softpedia editors just published an extensive Mailplane review. Mailplane got a VERY GOOD (4 out of 5 stars)!

Mailplane is a friendly piece of software that aims to enhance and optimize the way you write and manage e-mails. It lets you add new buttons in the Toolbar and play with the shortcuts, so that you can switch views, convert attachments or minimize pictures within a click. Mailplane provides you with a different approach for labeling more e-mails at a time and a good search method.

Link to the Softpedia review.

Mailplane 2.1.6 released

Friday, March 26, 2010

NEW: Support for iWork/Send via Mail

Mailplane now supports the Share > Send via Mail menu items. Depending which app you use (Numbers, Pages, Keynote), you can send your document as a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, or as native format. As a result, Mailplane will compose a new message and attach the document to it.

NEW: Load "Rapportive" Gmail plugin

Load "Rapportive" Gmail plugin to replace ads with contact information. You can enable the plugin per account. Open Preferences > Accounts > Advanced to change the setting.

Updated Translations

• Chinese (Traditional & Simplified) by Jim Chiu
• French by Michel Tribet
• German by Patrick Scheips
• Norwegian by Vidar Ramdal
• Romanian by Ovi Pascui
• Russian by Igor Terekhov

Bug fixes

• FIX: Cmd-T only worked on first result page.
• FIX: Some keyboard shortcuts/menu items/toolbar items stopped working because of Gmail changes
• FIX: Rare authentication/Load problem at startup
• FIX: iPhoto Gallery "Tell a friend" now inserts the link/text into the message body.
• FIX: External URLs clicked in a "separate" window opened inside Mailplane instead of the preferred browser.
• FIX: "Inserting Image" lab feature didn't work in separate windows.
• FIX: Italian only: Chat in main window caused unexpected scrolling.