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In what way is the gmail client better? I'm using the Mail app on iPhone 4 and I love it. Joined inboxes, threaded conversations. The only thing missing for

In what way is the gmail client better? I'm using the Mail app on iPhone 4 and I love it. Joined inboxes, threaded conversations. The only thing missing for me is the ability to add rules locally.

grandalf 16y ago
A few things I've notice (and why I stopped using it): - It doesn't show new mail when it arrives - It doesn't do threaded conversations so they're compatible with the gmail web app - Its address book autocomplete is not as good - It stores messages locally so you can't search past mails - It does not hide the quoted text the same way gmail normally does, which sort of breaks that feature when you switch between mail.app and web based gmail. edit: Maybe I'll try it again since you love it so much. It's possible that my initial frustrations led me to write it off prematurely (plus, I heard it's getting updates in IOS 4.2)
- loewenskind 16y ago
  >- It doesn't show new mail when it arrives That depends on the push function. If the server supports push then you get the mail when it arrives. Mobileme works out of the box, as does exchange. Sadly, if you want this to work with gmail you have to set up gmail as an exchange account. >- It doesn't do threaded conversations so they're compatible with the gmail web app Not sure what you mean, it doesn't do them the same way as the gmail app? I haven't looked at that but it does do them and it seems to work pretty well. >- Its address book autocomplete is not as good It works well for me, but maybe I don't have as many contacts. I only have about 90 or so. >- It stores messages locally so you can't search past mails It searches locally but there is a button at the end of the results called "search on server". Does this not do what you want? >- It does not hide the quoted text the same way gmail normally does, which sort of breaks that feature when you switch between mail.app and web based gmail. Yea, that's true. That's a killer feature of gmail. >Maybe I'll try it again since you love it so much. I don't love it, I just find it better than most clients I've used. I just asked because I was genuinely curious what was better because it must be pretty dramatic if it makes the decent iPhone mail app look so bad.
  - grandalf 16y ago
    Thanks for taking the time to reply. I got acclimated to the gmail app for Android for a while before I ditched Android for iPhone, an the only things that are worse in my opinion on iphone are gmail and google voice, which happen to be two very cool apps, which, if stronger, would make iPhone more desirable. I think that the lack of push was probably the biggest annoyance for me, so I may try mail.app again with your tip.

In what way is the gmail client better? I'm using the Mail app on iPhone 4 and I love it. Joined inboxes, threaded conversations. The only thing missing for me is the ability to add rules locally.

grandalf 16y ago

A few things I've notice (and why I stopped using it): - It doesn't show new mail when it arrives - It doesn't do threaded conversations so they're compatible with the gmail web app - Its address book autocomplete is not as good - It stores messages locally so you can't search past mails - It does not hide the quoted text the same way gmail normally does, which sort of breaks that feature when you switch between mail.app and web based gmail. edit: Maybe I'll try it again since you love it so much. It's possible that my initial frustrations led me to write it off prematurely (plus, I heard it's getting updates in IOS 4.2)

loewenskind 16y ago
>- It doesn't show new mail when it arrives That depends on the push function. If the server supports push then you get the mail when it arrives. Mobileme works out of the box, as does exchange. Sadly, if you want this to work with gmail you have to set up gmail as an exchange account. >- It doesn't do threaded conversations so they're compatible with the gmail web app Not sure what you mean, it doesn't do them the same way as the gmail app? I haven't looked at that but it does do them and it seems to work pretty well. >- Its address book autocomplete is not as good It works well for me, but maybe I don't have as many contacts. I only have about 90 or so. >- It stores messages locally so you can't search past mails It searches locally but there is a button at the end of the results called "search on server". Does this not do what you want? >- It does not hide the quoted text the same way gmail normally does, which sort of breaks that feature when you switch between mail.app and web based gmail. Yea, that's true. That's a killer feature of gmail. >Maybe I'll try it again since you love it so much. I don't love it, I just find it better than most clients I've used. I just asked because I was genuinely curious what was better because it must be pretty dramatic if it makes the decent iPhone mail app look so bad.
- grandalf 16y ago
  Thanks for taking the time to reply. I got acclimated to the gmail app for Android for a while before I ditched Android for iPhone, an the only things that are worse in my opinion on iphone are gmail and google voice, which happen to be two very cool apps, which, if stronger, would make iPhone more desirable. I think that the lack of push was probably the biggest annoyance for me, so I may try mail.app again with your tip.