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You're right, I should have said threads, and yes, they're a far cry from GMail conversations. I actually don't understand why conversations aren't more widely

You're right, I should have said threads, and yes, they're a far cry from GMail conversations. I actually don't understand why conversations aren't more widely implemented. Is it particularly difficult to determine which messages belong to the same conversation? You're also right that he compared iPhone Mail to Android GMail, which offers a better experience than standard Android mail. On the other hand, the iPhone Mail interface doesn't get any better if you use MobileMe. Using MobileMe would have given him the equivalent of Where's my Droid?, though.

masklinn 16y ago
> Is it particularly difficult to determine which messages belong to the same conversation? Probably, the outbox might have a different structure than the inbox, and lack some kinds of IDs. > On the other hand, the iPhone Mail interface doesn't get any better if you use MobileMe. Absolutely (well I think you get push support, but that's about it), and I think this here is a core difference between Apple and Google: with Google, the Service (Gmail) is given a seat front and center (its own MUA) because it's what Google "sells", whereas with Apple the service (MobileMe) is really nothing more than a perk, it doesn't have any kind of primary status on the device, and it's not expected that it be the main service for users of the device.
- rbanffy 16y ago
  > Probably, the outbox might have a different structure than the inbox, and lack some kinds of IDs. It should be trivial to associate the messages the mail client sends to the messages it gets from a server. If nothing else, you have the full original message.