Wmail – Desktop client for Gmail and Google Inbox • Hacker News Board

Re: Wmail – Desktop client for Gmail and Google Inbox

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Post by Mithaldu » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 12:38 AM UTC

zitterbewegung wrote: post #3

melted wrote: post #2

Why "missing" though? On Windows 10, Mail is quite nice. On OSX there's Airmail. On Linux there's bupkis, but that's really not what Linux is for.

This desktop client appears to load the inbox interface and gmail interface in a iframe and has extra related functionality on the side . So it isn't just an email client. Looking at it I don't see how it is much Of a desktop client unless they added offline functionality .

It's not actually a desktop client. It's just a webapp in a thin chromium wrapper.

Re: Wmail – Desktop client for Gmail and Google Inbox

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Post by Mithaldu » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 12:39 AM UTC

amelius wrote: post #6

Looks great. But it makes me really wonder why somebody is doing Google's job.

Why would Google make a webapp in a chromium wrapper, if they can just stick to their web interface in chrome?

Re: Wmail – Desktop client for Gmail and Google Inbox

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Post by Mikeb85 » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 12:43 AM UTC

So it's just the website in a chromium wrapper? So I'd be downloading ~50mb for something that I already have in Chrome? I'm trying to find a feature it has that I can't get through Chrome...

Re: Wmail – Desktop client for Gmail and Google Inbox

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Post by erwinkle » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 12:44 AM UTC

Windows support?

Re: Wmail – Desktop client for Gmail and Google Inbox

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Post by mpinteractiv » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 12:49 AM UTC

So it's not an email client, it's some app exclusively for Gmail and Google Inbox (using OAUTH for authorization ), not that it lessen the value of the app in anyways but it's important to note.

Re: Wmail – Desktop client for Gmail and Google Inbox

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Post by seanalltogether » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 12:50 AM UTC

Mikeb85 wrote: post #13

So it's just the website in a chromium wrapper? So I'd be downloading ~50mb for something that I already have in Chrome? I'm trying to find a feature it has that I can't get through Chrome...

> I'm trying to find a feature it has that I can't get through Chrome...

An individually dockable app with a badge icon showing unread messages?

Re: Wmail – Desktop client for Gmail and Google Inbox

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Post by bmurphy1976 » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 12:58 AM UTC

seanalltogether wrote: post #16

Mikeb85 wrote: post #13

So it's just the website in a chromium wrapper? So I'd be downloading ~50mb for something that I already have in Chrome? I'm trying to find a feature it has that I can't get through Chrome...

> I'm trying to find a feature it has that I can't get through Chrome... An individually dockable app with a badge icon showing unread messages?

And if you use something like Fluid.app you can create an app per email account and even have a separate app for your Calendar like me! Unfortunately Fluid.app is poorly maintained and based on Safari...

Re: Wmail – Desktop client for Gmail and Google Inbox

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Post by moonlighter » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 1:02 AM UTC

bmurphy1976 wrote: post #17

seanalltogether wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm trying to find a feature it has that I can't get through Chrome... An individually dockable app with a badge icon showing unread messages?

And if you use something like Fluid.app you can create an app per email account and even have a separate app for your Calendar like me! Unfortunately Fluid.app is poorly maintained and based on Safari...

Check out https://github.com/jiahaog/nativefier, it's like fluid in that it builds a standalone app for any website, incl. support for badges and segregated cookies.

Re: Wmail – Desktop client for Gmail and Google Inbox

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Post by qkhhly » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 1:03 AM UTC

> Wmail os open source.

There is a typo here.

Re: Wmail – Desktop client for Gmail and Google Inbox

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Post by darren » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 1:08 AM UTC

I've used Mailplane for years - http://mailplaneapp.com

Yes, it is "just" a wrapper, but it's nice having Mail and Calendar in a separate dedicated app. I can restart my browser without impacting my mail, and the integration with the desktop (e.g. mailto: links just work, I can use quicklook on attachments, better drag and drop support, etc.) make it worthwhile.