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One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

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Re: One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

#11
Disagree. The reason that Gmail for iOS and Gmail in general suck is the total lack of support for cryptography within the application (S/MIME, PGP, or other solutions).

As a friend of mine said, "Gmail -- a private conversation between you, me, and 25,000 SREs."

Re: One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

#12
I've been pretty happy using Mail with GMail set up as an Exchange host in order to get push. I am glad that Google is putting effort into their client. I couldn't figure out how to get the new Gmail to do a real delete instead of an archive.

Re: One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

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post #11

Disagree. The reason that Gmail for iOS and Gmail in general suck is the total lack of support for cryptography within the application (S/MIME, PGP, or other solutions). As a friend of mine said, "Gmail -- a private conversation between you, me, and 25,000 SREs."

Funny, but not necessarily true. Poking around in someone's personal data is a really, REALLY good way to get fired immediately.

Re: One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

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post #12

I've been pretty happy using Mail with GMail set up as an Exchange host in order to get push. I am glad that Google is putting effort into their client. I couldn't figure out how to get the new Gmail to do a real delete instead of an archive.

> I couldn't figure out how to get the new Gmail to do a real delete instead of an archive.

This is exactly the reason I forwarded all my GMail emails to my iCloud email. There is zero configuration after that. I use Mail.app on my desktop too. GMail is merely an address and an backup archive for me after that.

Re: One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

#17
The subject line and contact info also take up a lot of vertical space. The actual content of the email doesn't start until halfway down the screen. Compare this to iOS Mail where the content starts about 20% down (the contact details are hidden until you click Details).

If the author weren't using an iPhone 5 with the longer screen, the first paragraph of the email would barely be visible.

Re: One reason Gmail for iOS still sucks

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post #12

I've been pretty happy using Mail with GMail set up as an Exchange host in order to get push. I am glad that Google is putting effort into their client. I couldn't figure out how to get the new Gmail to do a real delete instead of an archive.

Head over to http://m.google.com/sync on your phone and you can change the settings to allow proper deletion.
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