Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch • Hacker News Board

Re: Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

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Post by iradik » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 6:13 PM UTC

I just got a message saying the item I tried to buy is no longer available.

Re: Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

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Post by rglover » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 6:14 PM UTC

Looks like they removed it from the App Store:

"Update: 11/2/11: Earlier today we launched a new Gmail app for iOS. Unfortunately, it contained a bug which broke notifications and caused users to see an error message when first opening the app. We’ve removed the app while we correct the problem, and we’re working to bring you a new version soon. Everyone who’s already installed the app can continue to use it."

Re: Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

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Post by dendory » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 6:15 PM UTC

I've always been very satisfied with the iPhone mail app personally.

Re: Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

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Post by jamesgagan » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 6:16 PM UTC

annnd...it's been yanked already, according to thenextweb: http://thenextweb.com/google/2011/11/02/google-pulls-gmail-a...

Re: Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

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Post by euroclydon » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 6:19 PM UTC

falling wrote: post #52

marbletiles wrote: post #20

Shows exactly how far apart the distance between native apps and web apps really is. People were impressed with the GMail web app when it launched; this is basically a skin around that same app and they're recoiling from it in horror.

When it launched, the mobile Gmail app was great. Unfortunately they decided to break scrolling by poorly reimplementing it in JS and it's all downhill since then.

Yesterday there was a google team blog post about the new gmail interface. I went there (the blog) in my iPad and there were no scrollbars and accelerated flick to scroll didn't work at all. It definitely felt weird to have no accelerated scroll.

Re: Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

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Post by angrycoder » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 6:20 PM UTC

smackfu wrote: post #55

Splines wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't this sort of a sanity-level thing you'd check in QA? You know, install the app and boot it?

Or in the vaunted app review process?

The app review process isn't QA.

Re: Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

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Post by jimbrock » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 6:22 PM UTC

Not terrible but not at all great, either.

Re: Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

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Post by bejar37 » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 6:24 PM UTC

Ha. Seems like it was pulled from the app store (Probably because of the push bug). Nicely done.

Re: Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

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Post by grandalf » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 6:25 PM UTC

Lewisham wrote: post #26

I'll echo other comments here that this looks like it needs a bit more work. * Notification error on startup: ridiculous * Laggy scrolling (how?) * No support for Send As, which is actually what is really missing from the iPhone Mail app. It's almost there. It needs a bit more love.

also multiple google accounts signed in at once would be nice (and would allow me to stop using mail.app)

Re: Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

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Post by bmj » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 6:25 PM UTC

bmj wrote: post #56

phoboslab wrote: post #8

Apparently not available in Germany. The AppStore search function only finds third party apps and the AppStore link from the blog post opens the AppStore and shows the unhelpful error message "Your request could not be completed".

Also not available for me, in the U.S., browsing the app store from my iPod Touch.

And apparently this is because the app was pulled because of a bug.