Since I can remember, I have had to wrestle Apple’s Mail.app to submission in order to get it to work right for me and Gmail. The default settings just seemed clunky; archiving when it should be deleting, multiple junk mail folders, and list goes on. It always worked, but a lot of time I preferred using the Gmail web interface better. But a new player is in town and they are filling that gap quickly.
Just earlier this month Sparrow’s first beta was released and it is already taking over my workflow. Upon downloading and installing the first beta, I was very pleased with its clean iPad like interface, but ultimately had some issues with it. I wasn’t able to see my archived mail, only what was in the Inbox. I sent them my concerns along with a couple of bug reports and have been pleasantly surprised. Within weeks they have already cleared up the bugs I mentioned, and added support for the “All Mail” function of Gmail. Of course I can’t take credit for that suggestion, they were already working on it.
Now in the forth beta of their wonderful Gmail client, the Sparrow team leaves me very impressed. I have been using it for the past few days and have not even looked back to Apple’s mail client. If your interested you too can download the latest beta here.
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