Developers and identities talk Mail.app
Hawk Wings is about to start posting a series of “email interviews” with developers and identities (‘significant personages’, iCelebrities, high profile Mac users, interesting people — what’s the right term?) who use mail.app.
They will talk about Apple Mail, what they like and don’t like about it and what they would tell Apple’s Mail development team if they had the chance.
You won’t be hearing from David Pogue (Entourage), Guy Kawasaki (Entourage), Gina Trapani (Thunderbird) or Steve Jobs (no response :).
You will be hearing from developers like Scott Morrison (MailTags, Mail Act-on), Daniel Jalkut (FastScripts, Red Sweater Blog), Andreas Amann (Mail Scripts), Andrew Escobar (Mail Stamps), Fraser Speirs (Connected Flow) and others.
The list of identities includes Merlin Mann (43 Folders), Leander Kahney (Cult of Mac), Brent Simmons (ex-Ranchero, now Newsgator), Ethan J.A. Schoonover (kGTD), Pierre Igot (Betalogue), Rui Carmo (Tao of Mac), Joe Kissell (Take Control of Mail), Rob Griffiths (macOSXHints, MacWorld), Brady J. Frey (Creative Director, dotfive.com), Giles Turnbull (MacDevCenter, MacUser, Macworld, etc, etc), and Matt Haughey (a.wholelottanothing.org et al).
Some of the interviews are in the bag. Some of the respondents are still chewing over what to say.
Can you think of anyone I haven’t asked?
Anyone else’s views on Mail.app that would you really like to read?
Post a comment or drop me an email.
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Tags: Apple Mail, developers, dislikes, high profile mac users, likes, mac bloggers, mail.app, plugins, programmers
February 8th, 2006 at 8:29 pm
Wow Tim, I really think you have the potential to shape the development of Mail in the next major release of OS X!
Hawk Wings just continues to go from strength to strength.
If Apple hadn’t fixed the iPhoto speed problems recently I would have suggested someone start a “Hawaiian Palm Tree” blog ;-)
February 8th, 2006 at 8:38 pm
Hmmm…. I don’t know about that!
I felt it was time to attempt something more ambitious than churning out the app updates and disaster stories :)
People have been very generous with their time and views. The responses I’ve got in the bag already make v. interesting reading (for me anyway!).
If this goes well, I’ll try to rustle up some enthusiasm for an iCal series next.
I think it’s pretty hard for anyone to get too excited about Address Book ;-)
Anyway, you would know better than most – whom have I not yet asked but should?
February 8th, 2006 at 9:15 pm
Wait, doesn’t Brent Simmons use MailSmith and didn’t Giles Turnbull only recently convert to Thunderbird?
February 8th, 2006 at 9:22 pm
Yes, neither of them currently uses Mail.app, but both of them have interesting things to say, so that’s good enough for me.
I don’t think that the series has to be one long Mail.app love-in ;-)
Hearing from people who used it and stopped is valuable, I reckon.
February 10th, 2006 at 7:37 am
Actually, I would be quite excited to talk about Address Books failings and improvements — not to mention, god knows, it’s the only app I can’t hack to offer syncing like .mac service on a server. I have many UI complaints to boot… but iCal, I could fit a days worth.