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Re: FastMail app for iOS and Android now available

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Post by robn_fastmail » Thu, Nov 13, 2014, 11:20 AM UTC

annnnd wrote: post #118

robn_fastmail wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The application gets cached but the data does not. We're looking at ways to improve the initial load time. If you tap the message area when reading, a row of action buttons will appear. You can archive, delete, report spam, move to folder and mark from here.

I am not a parent, but from UX perspective I think you just got a feedback which says the action is either too hidden or not useful enough. :) (it's a single complaint, though)

Yeah, I've answered that questions a few times in the last couple of days. It was also asked a bit when first release the mobile web app a while back. It's on my list to bring it up with the UI team soon :)

Re: FastMail app for iOS and Android now available

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Post by coned88 » Fri, Nov 14, 2014, 3:29 AM UTC

brongondwana wrote: post #85

rufugee wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Totally agree. Things like that should be discussed in public, not buried in individual emails.

I agree with this as well, though it will be buried deep in an individual thread. We don't like making knee-jerk responses to the political posturing by our politicians, because they don't influence what we see. Here's what I can tell you: * while in theory the new laws allow law enforcement to request information from a broad set of computers instead of a single computer, that actually makes sense as a representatio…

I think that's not really the issue. It's moreso will you allow authorities to plant data on your servers to frame users. That seems to be what's being talked about.

So if you plan to cooperate fully then that's fine. But you will likely lose a ton of customers.

Re: FastMail app for iOS and Android now available

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Post by extra88 » Fri, Nov 14, 2014, 11:16 PM UTC

unicornporn wrote: post #86

FastMail looks tempting. But, excusez-moi, it seems quite expensive for what (you seem to) get. I have an email archive that's around 20GB on server. That would cost me $120 a year. Right now I'm paying for a Dreamhost account. For around $100 a year I get "unlimited" storage, IMAP access, Roundcube access and support for domains. And this is only besides all the shared hosting features has never let me down so far.…

Dreamhost is not a great mail host. Before moving my email to Google Apps for Domains I found Dreamhost's IMAP and SMTP notably slower and not super-relable (not constant failures but enough to notice). Do they even have any meaningful spam filtering?

It never happened to me but I think with Dreamhost mail hosting you run the risk of your email suffering from collateral damage if another customer using the same mail server is labeled a spammer (even if you pay extra for a static ip for your web hosting, I don't think it's used for your mail traffic).

What's good about Dreamhost for email is the "unlimitedness," not just mail storage but also domains, email accounts, email aliases, etc. I still use them for a bunch of per-site addresses that forward to a real mailbox so I can just delete the per-site address if it gets spammed.

Re: FastMail app for iOS and Android now available

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Post by kybernetikos » Sun, Nov 16, 2014, 9:16 PM UTC

robn_fastmail wrote: post #42

bruce_one wrote: post #34

Have you got/had any thoughts about making the Android app available through avenues other than the Play store? (eg Aptoide or similar, or even just a link to the apk) I have Fastmail and support for Android apps; but no Play store access... (And if it was a concious decision not to, any particular reason? :-) )

The main feature of the Android app is push notifications, which requires Google Play Services. A version of the app without push notifications is pretty much identical to just using the regular web app in Chrome Android, so there didn't seem to be a lot of point doing distribution via other means (with the extra maintenance overhead that brings). If there's enough demand for something else then we'll be happy to rev…

I am on fastmail and use android without Google Play Services (and would think that a significant proportion of your customers have moved to you from gmail because they care about things that might lead them to avoid google play services). Having said that, I'm happy enough using an IMAP mail client.

I would have been much more excited to have good calendar and contacts synchronization with my phone. Please don't make those dependent on google services too.