A word of warning - if you have a reservation, make sure you don't accidentally click on the first button in the app by mistake. Once you do, there's no way to get back to the first screen to enter your reservation code, even if you uninstall and reinstall the app.
Orchestra’s Mailbox app now reservable in the App Store
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Re: Orchestra’s Mailbox app now reservable in the App Store
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+1. Push notification is the only way to notify about new emails. The trade-off is that you are gonna have to store user credentials on server. That's the reason why Sparrow didn't implement push notification.
And even then, I bet they're using https://developers.google.com/google-apps/gmail/oauth_overvi... which means you could revoke the oauth token at any time from your Google account!
Looks good. So you can store oauth on server, which should be safer. Is it possible for an oauth client to "suicide" on its permission? I'm thinking, in case a third-party service is comprised, they can just ask the oauth server to abandon their permission to avoid further loss for users.
Re: Orchestra’s Mailbox app now reservable in the App Store
#23I hope that in time we will be able to use other email accounts than Gmail.
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#24I hate that it is only available for iOS 6. I can't upgrade from 5.1 because my Mac is too old to use the newer versions of Xcode.
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#25Downloaded it, couldn't use it, wondered why a 3rd party needs push access servers for a mail client... became suspicious... deleted it... probably not reinstalling it.
If they didn't have push access and servers, how would they let you know when you had new mail? Third party iOS apps can't poll for new mail, so remote notifications are the only way!
Thats fine, when you get several hundred emails a day you don't want push notifications. If its important it shouldn't be going to me via email, I mean thats why I have a phone.
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#26At it's current rate of fulfilling the queue, I can expect to be invited in about 30-50 days. Looks like a decent app, but no thanks. If this is a marketing ploy, it might backfire on them.
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#27Anyone think that the reservation numbers might be inflated?
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#29I agree I was stupid to have forgotten that the code was not in email but in a text message (not finding anything in the email made me give up and get back into the reservation line). But it is pretty idiotic to not allow us to use our reservation code once we realize mistakes like that and find our codes. And now I have 2 pairs of reservation-private codes sitting idle in my text message inbox.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
If they didn't have push access and servers, how would they let you know when you had new mail? Third party iOS apps can't poll for new mail, so remote notifications are the only way!
Thats fine, when you get several hundred emails a day you don't want push notifications. If its important it shouldn't be going to me via email, I mean thats why I have a phone.
So, turn them off. Most people don't get several hundred e-mails a day.