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[Panderp]

Man, Airmail is the best dedicated e-mail client I've ever used. I didn't even like Mail, Sparrow, Mailplane or Unibox, but Airmail works. It has just the right amount of features vs. clarity and actually looks like what an OS X app should look like in 2014. Bye bye, in-browser Gmail interface.

That looks so nice. I've been needing a new mail app where I'm able to sync both my e-mails. I tried Outlook and Mail and didn't like either, so I guess I'll give this a go.

 

[giga]

I've tried Airmail and each time I end up deleting it each time because of all the buttons and options it has. I've been stuck with Sparrow ever since.

But now that Mailbox is coming to Mac, that might change…

Mailbox for Mac isn’t actually much different from the company’s mobile app. It even lets you swipe to archive just like you can on iOS and Android. While Mailbox for iPhone came out first, Underwood and his team envision each of your devices as an equal platform deserving a native experience — something few companies today seem to believe. In the company’s tests, archiving a message on Mac made it disappear from Mailbox on iPhone instantaneously — a feature no IMAP email client can boast.

When the app launches in the coming weeks, the company’s mobile apps will be updated to let you snooze messages not just to tomorrow, but back to your computer. The feature could come in handy on trips, for example, when you want to clear out most of your inbox until you get back to your desk so you can focus on more urgent messages while you’re traveling.

 

[Deku Tree]

Does webm work on OSX or iOS?

 

[GWX]

Does webm work on OSX or iOS?

You can download .webm files and play them on VLC, both in iOS and OSX, or another video player of your preference. Play them from within the browsers, well, I'm afraid it's not possible.

 

[LCfiner]

Does webm work on OSX or iOS?

on OSX, it can

You can download .webm files and play them on VLC, both in iOS and OSX, or another video player of your preference. Play them from within the browsers, well, I'm afraid it's not possible.

get perian for Mac (abandoned, I know) and they’ll play in a new window in safari when you click the links

 

[GWX]

on OSX, it can

get perian for Mac (abandoned, I know) and they’ll play in a new window in safari when you click the links

Does Perian work with Mavericks?

 

[X-Frame]

I've tried Airmail and each time I end up deleting it each time because of all the buttons and options it has. I've been stuck with Sparrow ever since.

But now that Mailbox is coming to Mac, that might change…

I signed up for the beta, hopefully I get in to use the app soon!

 

[Quick]

I'm waiting on Mailbox, too.

 

[The Real Abed]

I'm sorry but I really hate this trend of people only posting .webm files in threads now instead of GIFs. Not everyone has the plugin to make them visible and not everyone can view them on their device. People are jumping on the ship way too fast. They probably won't even be supported by everyone for a long time if ever.

Perian seems to work in Mavericks as far as I can tell. When I click a .webm in OS X it treats it as a QuickTime video in Safari so I guess it's working. Abandoned but working... for now.

But it doesn't help for iOS. All those .webm links might as well be Greek writing because they're useless to me if I'm on my phone or tablet. I get that they're cool and smaller than .GIF but they're completely unsupported in many places. And I doubt Apple will willingly implement support for them anywhere.

 

[snacknuts]

And I doubt Apple will willingly implement support for them anywhere.

Why not? What's the potential downside for Apple?

 

[The Real Abed]

Why not? What's the potential downside for Apple?

They're Apple. They love their H.264 baby. I'd love to see .webm implemented but I'd bet console emulators on the App Store would happen before native .webm support on iOS.

 

[KtSlime]

Why not? What's the potential downside for Apple?

Who on earth uses webm? Not even Google.

The Real Abed: I haven't noticed, if it's important they will post it using a real standard not some aborted technology that died years back.

Didn't google promise that there would be hardware that can decode it so it could compete with mp4 like 3 years ago? Am I wrong in assuming that there is not a single phone with hardware acceleration for the codec? Do Motorola phones even support it?

 

[OneEightZero]

Get the plugin to make them visible?

A problem doesn't exist if it isn't created.

 

[The Real Abed]

Get the plugin to make them visible?

A problem doesn't exist if it isn't created.

We're talking about iOS and mobile here. Plugins aren't always an option.

 

[Deku Tree]

We're talking about iOS and mobile here. Plugins aren't always an option.

Yup. I am mainly a mobile user on GAF, and this recent webm trend makes it nearly impossible to easily see the webm files. Actually I have never seen one yet.

 

[OneEightZero]

We're talking about iOS and mobile here. Plugins aren't always an option.

I thought that said UNLESS I am on my phone and tablet.

Sorry.

 

[The Real Abed]

Yup. I am mainly a mobile user on GAF, and this recent webm trend makes it nearly impossible to easily see the webm files. Actually I have never seen one yet.

I'm hoping hate radio updates his GreaseMonkey script for YouTube to add inline .webm viewing and fix the broken HTML5 option so I can install it into Safari. (Via an extension of course.)

Won't help on iOS but I can forgive it there since viewing GIFs on my mobile while I'm at work kills my battery anyway so the less people embed GIFs and more .webm the more battery I get and I can just view it at home.

But until then, I just ignore .webm links because it's too much of a hassle to click each one, wait for it to load in Perian and then press back. What's the point, you know? At least with a GIF you know people can see it and your witty image based retort will not fall on deaf ears. But not everyone can see your embedded video file! It's too early to all pile on the bandwagon.

 

[Blackhead]

Citation needed. Parallels is amazing.

Siracusa and Marco said as much on a recent episode of the ATP.

Also:

I went with VMWare first because it supports the standard Mac OSX drag&drop uninstall whereas Parallels installs a bunch of custom kernel crap that requires their own uninstaller.

I'd say it's always been a close race. I am partly biased against Parallels though because one of their upgrades once fucked up my data. Arstechnica writes the best objective review — Virtual showdown: Parallels Desktop 7 and VMware Fusion 4 reviewed

On the topic of Parallels vs VMWare I had some bad experiences with Parallels before but not with VMWare. Parallels once fucked up my Windows installation so that I couldn't install some .NET software. I don't remember the details, but it was a pain to set it straight again. Also my Parallels installation didn't survive my update to Lion whereas VMWare did. So yeah, my vote goes to VMWare any time now.

 

[BuggyDClown]

I've tried Airmail and each time I end up deleting it each time because of all the buttons and options it has. I've been stuck with Sparrow ever since.

But now that Mailbox is coming to Mac, that might change…

I'm waiting on Mailbox, too.

I signed up for the beta, hopefully I get in to use the app soon!

This all of this.

That said I bought Airmail on someones recommendation in here, I love it. Though I prefer mailbox on my iPhone and will probably switch over, just signed up for the beta.

 

[The Real Abed]

Siracusa and Marco said as much on a recent episode of the ATP.

Also:

Results are not typical. And the uninstall thing shouldn't even be an issue. You're not uninstalling the app every day.

Parallels is great. And I always wait for a bundle to upgrade or just skip a version. I've been using it for gaming since version 6. I chose it because reviews always say it has better performance in the graphics department. And as long as I'm not trying to run something super advanced it is fine. Spelunky runs great. Older 3D games in the vein of Half-Life 2 visuals run great.


Anyway, I'm bummed. Today the YouTube Options guy put out an update to fix the changes YouTube made that broke yesterday's version of the extension and it's now a monthly subscription based application. $1.99. I don't know if I'm ready to pay $24 a year just for HTML5 video support on YoUTube. (I already have the HTML5 option turned on and it does not work at all. The extension at least made it work 99% of the time. Now I can't find any videos that default to HTML5 anymore. I fucking miss being able to put a fullscreen video into its own space. Goddammit, YouTube.) Tis a sad day. Maybe I'll subscribe. I dunno. All I want is consistent HTML5 and no more fucking Flash ever. (Especially since Flash doesn't do Fullscreen on OS X the same way HTML5 does. I love the way HTML5 handles it. It's so convenient. Flash however is a greedy son of a bitch that takes over the entire screen and complains when you switch away from it. Fucking Flash. Fuck you Flash.)

Sadly there are no other extensions on the Safari store that do anything like this extension did. All I really want is HTML5 YouTube to work properly. It sucks I even needed an extension in the first place. It's 2014. This should be working out of the box, Google.

 

[GWX]

Results are not typical. And the uninstall thing shouldn't even be an issue. You're not uninstalling the app every day.

Parallels is great. And I always wait for a bundle to upgrade or just skip a version. I've been using it for gaming since version 6. I chose it because reviews always say it has better performance in the graphics department. And as long as I'm not trying to run something super advanced it is fine. Spelunky runs great. Older 3D games in the vein of Half-Life 2 visuals run great.


Anyway, I'm bummed. Today the YouTube Options guy put out an update to fix the changes YouTube made that broke yesterday's version of the extension and it's now a monthly subscription based application. $1.99. I don't know if I'm ready to pay $24 a year just for HTML5 video support on YoUTube. (I already have the HTML5 option turned on and it does not work at all. The extension at least made it work 99% of the time. Now I can't find any videos that default to HTML5 anymore. I fucking miss being able to put a fullscreen video into its own space. Goddammit, YouTube.) Tis a sad day. Maybe I'll subscribe. I dunno. All I want is consistent HTML5 and no more fucking Flash ever. (Especially since Flash doesn't do Fullscreen on OS X the same way HTML5 does. I love the way HTML5 handles it. It's so convenient. Flash however is a greedy son of a bitch that takes over the entire screen and complains when you switch away from it. Fucking Flash. Fuck you Flash.)

Sadly there are no other extensions on the Safari store that do anything like this extension did. All I really want is HTML5 YouTube to work properly. It sucks I even needed an extension in the first place. It's 2014. This should be working out of the box, Google.

This is what I use: Youtube 5 extension. It's quite cool.

 

[ComputerMKII]

I've tried Mailbox but I didn't like it. I don't like the colors (too much white), it's in English only and I wouldn't bother learning the gestures. I'll stick with the official Gmail app on iOS and Android.

 

[Ambitious]

Regarding webm: I don't know about Safari, but they work perfectly in Chrome for me after I installed the extension posted in the webm thread. I'm not on my Mac right now to have a look, but I'm pretty sure I don't have Perian installed.

 

[Number45]

Does Mailbox support anything that isn't gmail yet?

 

[LCfiner]

Does Perian work with Mavericks?

yes. that's the setup I have.

 

[Quick]

Does Mailbox support anything that isn't gmail yet?

I thought it did Yahoo mail, turns out that's not the case currently. The only other option is an iCloud account.

 

[Number45]

I thought it did Yahoo mail, turns out that's not the case currently. The only other option is an iCloud account.

Oh, iCloud support is there now? Might well give it a try then.

 

[Mindwipe]

Sadly there are no other extensions on the Safari store that do anything like this extension did. All I really want is HTML5 YouTube to work properly. It sucks I even needed an extension in the first place. It's 2014. This should be working out of the box, Google.

Click to Flash.

 

[Zaphod]

Regarding webm: I don't know about Safari, but they work perfectly in Chrome for me after I installed the extension posted in the webm thread. I'm not on my Mac right now to have a look, but I'm pretty sure I don't have Perian installed.

I've had no problems viewing them in Chrome and I have not knowingly installed either the extension or whatever Perian is.

 

[bionic77]

What's the best mail client that supports multiple addresses and has good exchange support?

Apples OSX mail client is ok at exchange so I am hoping someone else does it better. Somehow my phone handles it better than my Mac.

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

Airmail is a steal. It's made me forget what Sparrow was like (and I used that actively until G-Day).

Reeder 2 beta sounds great. The whole Reeder sagas makes me wonder if Apple (& Google) will address paid upgrades for apps.

 

[The Real Abed]

This is what I use: Youtube 5 extension. It's quite cool.

Thanks! Trying it now. It seems to be working, except on one video. It's weird but this one video out of the 4 I have open is displaying in the original HTML5 player and won't accept YT5's "Do not auto play" setting or use YT5's player. Instead it uses YouTube's default HTML5 player. Weird. I'll do more research after work.

Click to Flash.

Used to have it. It sucked as it didn't work as well as Chrome's did. Plus Safari has the ability to disallow Flash completely on a site by site basis which was enough for me. I dream of a day when I can delete Flash completely.

 

[insmileoutblood]

I didn't know Mailbox for Mac was so close. I'm now very excited, given it's the probably the most useful app I've ever downloaded.

 

[Magypsy]

Airmail is great! I'm using the newest beta right now.

 

[Ambitious]

Has someone here compared iTeleport or Screens to Apple's built-in screensharing? I'm so fed up with the latter. Since Mavericks, it's awfully slow for me, even unusable at times. It frequently disconnects, and more often than not it doesn't even connect (my Mac mini appears in the Finder sidebar of my MBP, but when clicked it just says it can't find it).
Unfortunately neither of them has a trial.

 

[Particle Physicist]

This all of this.

That said I bought Airmail on someones recommendation in here, I love it. Though I prefer mailbox on my iPhone and will probably switch over, just signed up for the beta.

Does Mailbox on iPhones use gmail's tags yet? That is the only thing I did not like about it.

 

[Mindwipe]

Thanks! Trying it now. It seems to be working, except on one video. It's weird but this one video out of the 4 I have open is displaying in the original HTML5 player and won't accept YT5's "Do not auto play" setting or use YT5's player. Instead it uses YouTube's default HTML5 player. Weird. I'll do more research after work.


Used to have it. It sucked as it didn't work as well as Chrome's did. Plus Safari has the ability to disallow Flash completely on a site by site basis which was enough for me. I dream of a day when I can delete Flash completely.

Yeah, but you can set it up on a site by site basis, so just have it working on YouTube and it turns all the videos into HTML5 playing in the internal Safari player.

 

[rezuth]

Everything is gonna look so outdated once Apple shows their new UI design at WWDC.

 

[sweetvar26]

Everything is gonna look so outdated once Apple shows their new UI design at WWDC.

Are we talking about the overhaul of the OSX?

 

[X-Frame]

I think changing the thread title to show Mavericks somewhere would help with this threads activity. I am always on the lookout for new great Mac apps.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[sweetvar26]

I think changing the thread title to show Mavericks somewhere would help with this threads activity. I am always on the lookout for new great Mac apps.

Anyone have any ideas?

There is another OT for Mavericks though.

 

[Tattooth]

http://reederapp.com/mac

Reeder 2 beta is out.
I have been waiting for this day my entire life!

 

[The Albatross]

I really got turned off to Airmail while in the beta... New updates almost every day that popped up every time you used the App, and because it wasnt in the app store, updating meant going to the browser, downloading it, dragging it to apps, and relaunching. New updates came out like 3 or 4 times a week,so i quickly just got sick of it and uninstalled completely.

 

[phillipgessert]

Something about Airmail always felt kinda clunky to me. It somehow looks super appealing in screenshots, so I reinstall it, and remember it's got some sort of intangible inelegance that puts me off.

 

[giga]

Something about Airmail always felt kinda clunky to me. It somehow looks super appealing in screenshots, so I reinstall it, and remember it's got some sort of intangible inelegance that puts me off.

Yup. I think there's just far too many things you can click and tinker with. Information overload.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

Does Mailbox on iPhones use gmail's tags yet? That is the only thing I did not like about it.

Yea, this. It boggles my mind this is still not implemented. It's completely worthless to me.

 

[snacknuts]

They're Apple. They love their H.264 baby. I'd love to see .webm implemented but I'd bet console emulators on the App Store would happen before native .webm support on iOS.

This seems like a reason to be annoyed at Apple instead of the rest of the internet.

 

[dark_prinny]

Just bought 1Password. So good.

 

[Particle Physicist]

Yea, this. It boggles my mind this is still not implemented. It's completely worthless to me.

It's a shame because I like it ether than google's official app... It's faster, nicer looking and easier to use, but I use tags so extensively that it makes it useless for me.

 

[X-Frame]

There is another OT for Mavericks though.

I suppose, but this thread is an OSX thread specific to apps only, whereas that one seems to be the OS in general. There seems to be some overlap I agree though.