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Re: Sparrow for iPhone

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Post by jonshea »

ivanstojic wrote: post #25

I have several (breaking) issues with the paid desktop version of the Sparrow.app. I've posted the most bothersome one on their support forums about two weeks ago: no reply at all. Nothing. As a company that does epic UI, they should figure out that customer support is a form of user interface as well. I'm not ready to give them any more money at this point.

I find Sparrow for Mac much more pleasant than gmail or Mail.app. I’ve been on Sparrow’s beta build since the Sparrow beta started. I haven’t had any serious issues since version 1.0 was released, and I’ve received grateful replies to all of the minor issues I have emailed them about.

Sparrow for iOS is an insta-buy for me.

Re: Sparrow for iPhone

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Post by mike-cardwell »

RandallBrown wrote: post #75
mike-cardwell wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Re push, I use an IMAP client called K-9 Mail on Android which has support for IMAP IDLE, which is basically the IMAP version of push. It keeps a constant connection open to my IMAP server and is immediately informed of any new mail. I have not noticed any reduction in battery performance since moving from 15 minute polls. I still get 1.5 to 2 days use out of it (HTC Desire Z). There's nothing inherently wrong with t…

sure, K-9 Mail works fine and implements everything correctly. But what happens when you have 4 or 5 apps that start polling constantly for updates because they don't want to deal with push notifications? I think Apple opening up this functionality would be a mistake that's open for abuse by other developers.

You think it would be harmful if iOS allowed apps to run in the background and make connections whenever they want?

That's exactly the scenario we have with Android, and it's not a problem there...

Re: Sparrow for iPhone

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Post by Terretta »

zschallz wrote: post #23

I'm becoming very irritated with Apple's behavior in the app store. While it's nothing new, I hate that they're restricting apps that compete with native apps. Sparrow? No push notifications for you. Dolphin? Here's an NC17 rating (wtf?) for you, and by the way-- no way to change the default browser. I'd really like to see a reasonable explanation for both of these scenarios by Apple. My guess is the only reasonable…

Apple's happy to let Sparrow use push. Sparrow didn't want to use push, they want to poll. Allowing that would be good for time-pressed or unskilled devs, but bad for users.

Sparrow admittedly doesn't want to figure out how to do push securely. But look at the fantastic PushMail app (dopushmail.com) to see a beautiful push implementation. Apple's not blocking push.

// Too bad about dopushmail.com having to stop selling the app. That leaves an opportunity for someone...

Re: Sparrow for iPhone

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Post by Terretta »

joering2 wrote: post #80

Just quick question, since I lost a track of AppStore Developer's guides&rules: wasn't there a rule that an app that is copying functionality provided in iOS will not be approved? Was that changed? Aside of this email app, I dont see any music players for my iPod other than the native Apple app (I see plenty of opportunities for an upgrade).

There are lots of alternative music players. I use the SRS Labs' "MyTunes" for example, which is even iTunes Match savvy.

Re: Sparrow for iPhone

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Post by dbg9 »

Doesn't support Outlook... just a warning to anyone who assumed it would support everything the default mail client on the phone supported.

Re: Sparrow for iPhone

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Post by squadron »

lylejohnson wrote: post #56
ivanstojic wrote: post #25

I have several (breaking) issues with the paid desktop version of the Sparrow.app. I've posted the most bothersome one on their support forums about two weeks ago: no reply at all. Nothing. As a company that does epic UI, they should figure out that customer support is a form of user interface as well. I'm not ready to give them any more money at this point.

I stopped using Sparrow due to a bug in their implementation of two-factor authentication for Gmail (it would always "forget" my app-specific password on startup). I got at least one (unhelpful) response to my support request(s) but the trail eventually went dead, with no resolution to the problem.

I can't for the life of me sign into my gmail account using the Sparrow iPhone app. Is this an issue other people have been having?

Re: Sparrow for iPhone

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Post by dorianj »

lylejohnson wrote: post #56
ivanstojic wrote: post #25

I have several (breaking) issues with the paid desktop version of the Sparrow.app. I've posted the most bothersome one on their support forums about two weeks ago: no reply at all. Nothing. As a company that does epic UI, they should figure out that customer support is a form of user interface as well. I'm not ready to give them any more money at this point.

I stopped using Sparrow due to a bug in their implementation of two-factor authentication for Gmail (it would always "forget" my app-specific password on startup). I got at least one (unhelpful) response to my support request(s) but the trail eventually went dead, with no resolution to the problem.

I've been using Sparrow with an app-specific password for months without problems.

Re: Sparrow for iPhone

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Post by chriswarren »

squadron wrote: post #87
lylejohnson wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I stopped using Sparrow due to a bug in their implementation of two-factor authentication for Gmail (it would always "forget" my app-specific password on startup). I got at least one (unhelpful) response to my support request(s) but the trail eventually went dead, with no resolution to the problem.

I can't for the life of me sign into my gmail account using the Sparrow iPhone app. Is this an issue other people have been having?

Looks like that's a bug that they're fixing in the next release. https://twitter.com/sparrow/status/180334664890855424

Re: Sparrow for iPhone

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Post by halostatue »

ivanstojic wrote: post #25

I have several (breaking) issues with the paid desktop version of the Sparrow.app. I've posted the most bothersome one on their support forums about two weeks ago: no reply at all. Nothing. As a company that does epic UI, they should figure out that customer support is a form of user interface as well. I'm not ready to give them any more money at this point.

Yes, Sparrow's customer support is substandard.

I had used emoji in some of my label names—all valid Unicode code points—and it broke Sparrow hard (to the point where even preferences would self-dismiss on clicking an icon). It took about six weeks to get to the point where the "unusual" Unicode characters were the problem.

It's a nice email client, but I don't find it that much better than the native gmail email interface that I use most of the time.

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