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Re: Mailbox, from Dropbox (plus 1 GB of space to your Dropbox)

#31
post #16

Great, so now we don't even make email clients anymore; now we make Gmail clients. The open Internet sure is alive and well in the age of Google.

Just use Outlook. They have apps for iOS and Android now.

And IMAP! I'm actually really impressed with Outlook. I signed up the other day.

Re: Mailbox, from Dropbox (plus 1 GB of space to your Dropbox)

#32
post #26

Not so much an "email client" as a "proprietary horseshit client", it seems: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pq0gam1fu1xx25k/Screenshot%202015-...

When Dropbox did the space race, did they say the space was only for two years? I see the message:

>> Your Dropbox Space Race promotion expires on March 4. Here's a limited time offer!

When I tried to look at your screenshot.

Re: Mailbox, from Dropbox (plus 1 GB of space to your Dropbox)

#35
post #26

Not so much an "email client" as a "proprietary horseshit client", it seems: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pq0gam1fu1xx25k/Screenshot%202015-...

When Dropbox did the space race, did they say the space was only for two years? I see the message: >> Your Dropbox Space Race promotion expires on March 4. Here's a limited time offer! When I tried to look at your screenshot.

Yeah, somewhere they had a disclaimer. I explicitly remember thinking about whether I would still be using the space in 2 years.

Re: Mailbox, from Dropbox (plus 1 GB of space to your Dropbox)

#36
post #16

Great, so now we don't even make email clients anymore; now we make Gmail clients. The open Internet sure is alive and well in the age of Google.

My exact gripe with nearly all of the new wave in email clients. I'm aware most people are OK with Gmail, but I'm not--surely IMAP is worth supporting too!

Re: Mailbox, from Dropbox (plus 1 GB of space to your Dropbox)

#37
post #16

Great, so now we don't even make email clients anymore; now we make Gmail clients. The open Internet sure is alive and well in the age of Google.

A lot of people use Gmail. A lot of people use iOS. The Gmail iOS client is pile of shit. That's an opportunity if I ever saw one.

Mobile email is hard. Those old standard email protocols don't cut it. Now, if you're willing to hand over your IMAP or POP3 username and password to Microsoft or RIM, they'll be happy to run your private email through their servers to your phone.

Edit: What's with the down votes?

Is it because I said the Gmail iOS client is a piece of shit? Well, it really is unreliable and unusable garbage. If it wasn't then that's what we all would be using.

Is it because I said mobile email is hard? Well, it is. That's why everyone here is looking for a better mobile email client.

Is it because I said IMAP and POP3 don't cut it? There's never been a remotely decent mobile IMAP or POP3 client. If there was, that's what we'd all be using.

It's 2015. Email has been around for 30+ years and everyone uses it, yet it remains an unsolved problem for many people.

Re: Mailbox, from Dropbox (plus 1 GB of space to your Dropbox)

#40
post #26

Not so much an "email client" as a "proprietary horseshit client", it seems: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pq0gam1fu1xx25k/Screenshot%202015-...

Wow. really? That sucks, but I'm guessing it is a marketing fail on Dropbox's part.

You were probably logged into Dropbox with the browser you were using? So they showed you some promo crap instead of what you were trying to see.

The link is (supposed to be) a public link to a screenshot of their app that shows the "Add Account" dialog, with only two choices: Google and iCloud.

EDIT: oops this was supposed to be a reply to thanksgiving

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