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Did he / she / they ever fix the IMAP compatibility issues that arose in the first version? The app was doing some funky stuff with IMAP Namespaces and wouldn'

Did he / she / they ever fix the IMAP compatibility issues that arose in the first version? The app was doing some funky stuff with IMAP Namespaces and wouldn't work with Fastmail's strict implementation, for example. There was a bit of a he-said she-said exchange on Twitter but I never saw a resolution. For example; https://mobile.twitter.com/mailpilotapp/status/406777317457793024 https://mobile.twitter.com/mailpilotapp/status/4067773174577...

tptacek 11y ago
Total tangent, but in the future, you can just use "they" to mean "he/she/they". The singular, gender-neutral "they" is, contrary to the opinions of a rogue group of turn- of- the- last- century prescriptive grammarians, perfectly standard written English.
- dctoedt 11y ago
  Stop! Abomination! Monstrosity! <g>
  - tptacek 11y ago
    I tells you whats: you convince Jane Austen to revise and correct Pride and Prejudice, removing the singular "they", and I'll concede the point.
    - dctoedt 11y ago
      I'll make you a deal, Thomas: If you'll lobby equally vigorously for Jane's use of comma splices [1] [2] as acceptable practice, I'll reconsider the singular "they." [1] E.g., the second comma in "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." (Chapter 1, first sentence.) Or the third [EDIT: fourth] comma in "Not all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject, was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley." (Chapter 3, first sentence.) [3] [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_splice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_splice [3] https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1342/1342-h/1342-h.htm#link2HCH0001 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1342/1342-h/1342-h.htm#link2...
      - tedunangst 11y ago
        Those aren't comma splices because there aren't two independent clauses.
        dctoedt 11y ago
        True -- is there a better term for the comma usage illustrated in the two Jane Austen quotes?
        tedunangst 11y ago
        Superfluous, stylistic commas. Or superfluous stylistic commas if you prefer. Commas are inserted seemingly at random by some authors to control the pacing of a sentence. It's not necessarily wrong. btw, "confessions of a comma queen" in the new yorker may be an interesting read.
- jesserosenthal 11y ago
  English teacher cosign. Though I do usually advise students to be aware of their audience, and avoid the singular "they" if it will distract pedantic readers. (Essentially, and unfortunately, you have to advance to the point in life where people are no longer searching for reasons to use a red pen.)

tptacek 11y ago

Total tangent, but in the future, you can just use "they" to mean "he/she/they". The singular, gender-neutral "they" is, contrary to the opinions of a rogue group of turn- of- the- last- century prescriptive grammarians, perfectly standard written English.

dctoedt 11y ago
Stop! Abomination! Monstrosity! <g>
- tptacek 11y ago
  I tells you whats: you convince Jane Austen to revise and correct Pride and Prejudice, removing the singular "they", and I'll concede the point.
  - dctoedt 11y ago
    I'll make you a deal, Thomas: If you'll lobby equally vigorously for Jane's use of comma splices [1] [2] as acceptable practice, I'll reconsider the singular "they." [1] E.g., the second comma in "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." (Chapter 1, first sentence.) Or the third [EDIT: fourth] comma in "Not all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject, was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley." (Chapter 3, first sentence.) [3] [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_splice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_splice [3] https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1342/1342-h/1342-h.htm#link2HCH0001 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1342/1342-h/1342-h.htm#link2...
    - tedunangst 11y ago
      Those aren't comma splices because there aren't two independent clauses.
      - dctoedt 11y ago
        True -- is there a better term for the comma usage illustrated in the two Jane Austen quotes?
        tedunangst 11y ago
        Superfluous, stylistic commas. Or superfluous stylistic commas if you prefer. Commas are inserted seemingly at random by some authors to control the pacing of a sentence. It's not necessarily wrong. btw, "confessions of a comma queen" in the new yorker may be an interesting read.
jesserosenthal 11y ago
English teacher cosign. Though I do usually advise students to be aware of their audience, and avoid the singular "they" if it will distract pedantic readers. (Essentially, and unfortunately, you have to advance to the point in life where people are no longer searching for reasons to use a red pen.)