Comments on: Better Gmail 2.0 for the new Gmail http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/11/11/better-gmail-20-for-the-new-gmail/ Tips and add-ons to make Apple Mail / Mail.app even better Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:23:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: SteveL http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/11/11/better-gmail-20-for-the-new-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-271130 SteveL Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:35:37 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/11/11/better-gmail-20-for-the-new-gmail/#comment-271130 Tim...thanks for the information regarding the new version of Gmail. I looked for information in Gmail's 'Help', but to no avail. Hawkwings gave me the 'good oil'. :-) Clearly from the comments, many HawkWingers know that Gmail has IMAP as well, which for me makes the gap between Fastmail (for which I use IMAP) and Gmail smaller (especially as GMail is free). Also Gmail handles mail a bit like Opera Mail does, which I liked. (So, there is one less reason to have Fastmail as my dominant mail handler...) Yep, Safari doesn't work 100% with GMail. And on one site I frequent, Safari doesn't work very well at all (and so I have to resort to FireFox, or Opera). If 'might is right', then Internet Explorer (in Windows world), and then FireFox, have the drop on nice (but minority) browsers like Safari and Opera, regardless of which is most (official) standards compliant. C'est la vie. SteveL Tim…thanks for the information regarding the new version of Gmail. I looked for information in Gmail’s ‘Help’, but to no avail. Hawkwings gave me the ‘good oil’. :-)

Clearly from the comments, many HawkWingers know that Gmail has IMAP as well, which for me makes the gap between Fastmail (for which I use IMAP) and Gmail smaller (especially as GMail is free). Also Gmail handles mail a bit like Opera Mail does, which I liked. (So, there is one less reason to have Fastmail as my dominant mail handler…)

Yep, Safari doesn’t work 100% with GMail. And on one site I frequent, Safari doesn’t work very well at all (and so I have to resort to FireFox, or Opera). If ‘might is right’, then Internet Explorer (in Windows world), and then FireFox, have the drop on nice (but minority) browsers like Safari and Opera, regardless of which is most (official) standards compliant.

C’est la vie.

SteveL

]]> By: Tim Gaden http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/11/11/better-gmail-20-for-the-new-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-268618 Tim Gaden Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:17:53 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/11/11/better-gmail-20-for-the-new-gmail/#comment-268618 Dave, I quite understand. I do find Firefox slower though over all, so I find myself using both. Firefox especially as the front end for Gmail (with Better Gmail) and for other web sites - like my bank's web site :( - that aren't Safari-friendly. Dave, I quite understand. I do find Firefox slower though over all, so I find myself using both. Firefox especially as the front end for Gmail (with Better Gmail) and for other web sites – like my bank’s web site :( – that aren’t Safari-friendly.

]]> By: Dave M. http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/11/11/better-gmail-20-for-the-new-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-268187 Dave M. Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:53:14 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/11/11/better-gmail-20-for-the-new-gmail/#comment-268187 Tim, your right about Safari not liking the new Gmail contact interface. Good thing I don't use Safari very much. I have never found a compelling reason to use Safari over Firefox. If I keep Firefox's extensions doing to a minimum, the speed of Firefox is pretty close to Safari's speed. There is one extension I just can't live without and haven't found a good equivelant to, and that is AdBlock Plus. I'm sorry if that makes me evil, but I just don't put up with ads on web sites. Period. Text based or any other, they are just obnoxious and totally useless. I'm sure they make some money for the site owner, but I consider web based ads very similar to SPAM. Anyway, sorry to get way off topic like that, but until Safari gets some kind of ad blocker that works as well as AdBlock Plus, I'll use Safari for generating Dashboard widgets of web comics and other web page elements. Tim, your right about Safari not liking the new Gmail contact interface. Good thing I don’t use Safari very much.

I have never found a compelling reason to use Safari over Firefox. If I keep Firefox’s extensions doing to a minimum, the speed of Firefox is pretty close to Safari’s speed. There is one extension I just can’t live without and haven’t found a good equivelant to, and that is AdBlock Plus.

I’m sorry if that makes me evil, but I just don’t put up with ads on web sites. Period. Text based or any other, they are just obnoxious and totally useless. I’m sure they make some money for the site owner, but I consider web based ads very similar to SPAM.

Anyway, sorry to get way off topic like that, but until Safari gets some kind of ad blocker that works as well as AdBlock Plus, I’ll use Safari for generating Dashboard widgets of web comics and other web page elements.

]]> By: Patrick Sneyers http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/11/11/better-gmail-20-for-the-new-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-267964 Patrick Sneyers Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:35:02 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/11/11/better-gmail-20-for-the-new-gmail/#comment-267964 IMAP is not in my gmail settings, but enabling POP3 also enables IMAP. I use it with Mail.app currently. IMAP is not in my gmail settings, but enabling POP3 also enables IMAP. I use it with Mail.app currently.

]]> By: lukerhn http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/11/11/better-gmail-20-for-the-new-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-267935 lukerhn Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:57:10 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/11/11/better-gmail-20-for-the-new-gmail/#comment-267935 Apparently ensuring your language is set to English (US) will ensure that the IMAP and UI changes present themselves! Apparently ensuring your language is set to English (US) will ensure that the IMAP and UI changes present themselves!

]]> By: lukerhn http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/11/11/better-gmail-20-for-the-new-gmail/comment-page-1/#comment-267929 lukerhn Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:53:49 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/11/11/better-gmail-20-for-the-new-gmail/#comment-267929 More new features?? I'm still waiting for IMAP to be switched on for my account! More new features?? I’m still waiting for IMAP to be switched on for my account!

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