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

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Post by alq » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 3:15 AM UTC

allworknoplay wrote: post #27

alooPotato wrote: post #23

anyone know whats new here, if anything?

pretty sure absolutely nothing, it's really weird. millions and millions of people were on their waitlist when they launched, I'm pretty sure everyone knows about it.

old news indeed.

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

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Post by NeutronBoy » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 3:16 AM UTC

getsat wrote: post #31

sanatgersappa wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

And ActiveSync!

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

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Post by hhsnopek » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 3:17 AM UTC

mattkrea wrote: post #2

I can't help but think they have given up on the Mac client. It's been at version 0.3.14 for an unbelievably long amount of time--so long that I've just gone back to Mac Mail.

I haven't had a single issue with the Mac client... Their primary concern isn't this application, but I agree it could probably use an update for stability

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

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Post by arfliw » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 4:05 AM UTC

I'm confused. Is this the same Mailbox that I've been using on my iPhone for like two years? Why is this news?

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

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Post by ricardo » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 4:20 AM UTC

As much as I love Mailbox's flow for handling my email, I can't get over the performance issues and random crashes with the app. After a few weeks of usage the app slows down on launch and becomes a chore to use.

In contrast, Outlook (previously Acompli) is very stable. It may require more taps to do something like move an email to a specific label, but at least the app performs well and hasn't crashed on me once.

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

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Post by jozzas » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 4:38 AM UTC

I don't personally see what problem this is solving. As with Carousel, Dropbox hasn't wowed me with their releases lately. What is compelling about this over the thousands of other mail clients / gmail skins out there?

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

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Post by bdcravens » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 5:44 AM UTC

gwillen wrote: 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.

Cloud Magic handles pretty much everything (except POP3) and has much of the same UI of Mailbox.

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

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Post by forgotpasswd3x » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 6:07 AM UTC

gwillen wrote: 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.

You're certainly free to make an email app too, and you can make it support anything you'd like. Google isn't stopping you.

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

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Post by sigsergv » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 8:23 AM UTC

The correct title should be: Plus 1 GB of Dropbox space (and Mailbox)

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

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Post by Pym » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 8:41 AM UTC

arfliw wrote: post #44

I'm confused. Is this the same Mailbox that I've been using on my iPhone for like two years? Why is this news?

I was asking myself the same question and the answer is yes: nothing new to see here...