Everything looks all nice and interesting, and I’m looking forward to seeing the app. However, I’m really, really hoping that this three-panes-side-by-side thing is just an optional interface possibility, because I can see it being a total show-stopper.
I’m so tired of the whole “3-pane” nonsense, anyway. Why does everyone insist that an email GUI has to be a “3-pane” interface? I don’t NEED or WANT to see all 3 things at the same time! When I’m reading a mail I don’t need to see the list of messages!
All I want is for someone designing an email GUI to look at Unix mail clients for inspiration. Give me one where the message list gets all the room, and then when I want to read a message, the message completely replaces the message list in the UI. Then when I want to go back to the message list, the message view goes away and is replaced by the list. Simple. But no. Everyone wants to cram both of them into the same box, so both of them are always too small. Why? Why, I ask you?
Be sure to check out all the options from Mutt (the unix mail reader). It by far has the best set of features of any email reader I’ve seen. The only problem with it, it’s not GUI. If there were a GUI version of Mutt, I’d be on it in a second.
Ex. Mutt can set the reply-to field depending on who the email if from.
This sounds/looks like a fantastic possibility. I’m goin to be spreading the word about this on the next episode of our podcast (ZeroLogik) which should go live on iTunes tomorrow. Thank you, Matt, and good work!
Mmhhh… 3 pane horizontal interface. Very nice. But I have to marvel at your boldness! Starting a new email client in 2005, not 1985. This means that the bar is very high. There are a number of features that are expected in an email client. It seems like an almost impossible task for just one or a few programmers (OTOH, the best in software has always come from a very small group of dedicated developers). I wish you good luck.
You’ve got my attention! I’ll be watching for sure.
Please consider an option for those of us who read our emails with >’s instead of lines.
Hello — This looks really interesting and if you are looking for some more coders, I may be talked into helping
Scott Morrison
Creator of Mail Act-On and Mail Tags plug-ins for OS X Mail.app.
Will it be Open Source?
Everything looks all nice and interesting, and I’m looking forward to seeing the app. However, I’m really, really hoping that this three-panes-side-by-side thing is just an optional interface possibility, because I can see it being a total show-stopper.
I’m so tired of the whole “3-pane” nonsense, anyway. Why does everyone insist that an email GUI has to be a “3-pane” interface? I don’t NEED or WANT to see all 3 things at the same time! When I’m reading a mail I don’t need to see the list of messages!
All I want is for someone designing an email GUI to look at Unix mail clients for inspiration. Give me one where the message list gets all the room, and then when I want to read a message, the message completely replaces the message list in the UI. Then when I want to go back to the message list, the message view goes away and is replaced by the list. Simple. But no. Everyone wants to cram both of them into the same box, so both of them are always too small. Why? Why, I ask you?
I would love to have a good cocoa IMAP application - and would definitely pay (or donate) some money for a nice one.
Be sure to check out all the options from Mutt (the unix mail reader). It by far has the best set of features of any email reader I’ve seen. The only problem with it, it’s not GUI. If there were a GUI version of Mutt, I’d be on it in a second.
Ex. Mutt can set the reply-to field depending on who the email if from.
Yes, it is going to be open source.
This sounds/looks like a fantastic possibility. I’m goin to be spreading the word about this on the next episode of our podcast (ZeroLogik) which should go live on iTunes tomorrow. Thank you, Matt, and good work!
Mmhhh… 3 pane horizontal interface. Very nice. But I have to marvel at your boldness! Starting a new email client in 2005, not 1985. This means that the bar is very high. There are a number of features that are expected in an email client. It seems like an almost impossible task for just one or a few programmers (OTOH, the best in software has always come from a very small group of dedicated developers). I wish you good luck.
props on your progress so far!
just discovered your project and got very excited - finally there is a chance to have a good and opensource cocoa-mailclient….go go go!