![]() The thing I disliked most about Gmail itself is its interface, and I was even less thrilled with Mailplane's. ![]() Otherwise, it's a free download and worth a try. The screwy labeling, the missed messages and the lack of Quick Look for attachments are my biggest complaints with the client, and it's something I'm confident that will be fixed before Sparrow emerges from its beta nest. It's a bit of a pain, especially when you're used to this sort of behavior on other e-mail clients on the Mac. You also can't Quick Look attachments on messages from the server, though you can when you're creating a message. Gmail was also missing some messages completely - I flipped to Gmail to compare a feature with Sparrow and noticed a few missed messages. Then, 12 hours later, it was importing messages with the proper labels again. Several webcomic-related e-mails came through with no tag at all. So, you may need to fiddle around with the tags if you're used to color-coding messages a certain way.Īfter the first time Sparrow brought in my messages, however, it stopped attaching labels that are automatically attached to mail in the Gmail interface. For example, messages pertaining to the webcomic I work on are flagged with a red label in the normal Gmail interface. However, Sparrow doesn't import the colors associated with that message in Gmail. Labeled messages are indicated by colored tabs in the upper right corner of the message. You can get message notifications via dock, menu bar and through a tiny bell chime that I quickly turned off. Right click and select "Capture selection from screen" and you can get the screencap you want. Once in the message, you can screengrab on the fly. The icons are largely self-explanatory, and you can also drag an attachment to the dock icon to create a new message. Threaded messages work as you'd expect, and you'll get a notification if there's a new message added to the thread. ![]() When you delete messages, however, make sure to do Option+Backspace to fully delete the message and not just hit the Backspace key, which will archive the message. Right click and you can archive messages, label them, and get rid of spam. A small star on the left will let you star messages. With the preview pane minimized, you can double-click on a message to show the entire thing. If you have a large inbox and don't want to synchronize all of it, there is an option to download messages on demand, which limits the synchronization. I can read my mail on the iPad and it'll mark as being read through Sparrow without having to re-download the message - my biggest pet peeve with Mail via OSX. It makes it very nice for when you're using other programs like Mail on the iPad. Like Mailplane, Sparrow syncs with Gmail, so while you have messages on the Mac, it doesn't wipe them from the Gmail server. For those happily wed to Gmail's shortcuts, you can set those to override Sparrow's so you're more comfortable.īest of all, Sparrow gives you the option to turn off the ad that normally resides at the top of the message panel. You also have the ability to set up custom shortcuts to show/hide Sparrow and create a new message. Sparrow supports aliases, which you also have to manually add to the account you use the alias with. It's not a deal-breaker, but a small hassle that I hope will be fixed in the future. This meant going back to Gmail and copying over my signatures. That's all well and good, but I have specific ones that I use for various accounts. What Sparrow won't import, however, are your signatures. Like iChat, you can either set your own icon or if you already had one associated with your Gmail account for chat purposes, Sparrow will import them. You toggle back and forth between accounts by clicking on the small icons. You can start off with just one account, but it's easy to add more through preferences. Messages are presented in a narrow column with a button on the bottom right of the panel to expand a preview pane. Sparrow dispenses with both the Gmail and the Mac Mail interfaces and goes for a very streamlined look that users of Tweetie for Mac are familiar with.
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