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The power of sparrow isn't the UI, it's the deep integration with gmail. More specifically, the labels are the killer feature.
by charlesju 16y ago
The power of sparrow isn't the UI, it's the deep integration with gmail. More specifically, the labels are the killer feature.
- Tyrannosaurs 16y agoFor me it's the completeness of the integration - labels, starring, spam. There's not much you can do it the web client you can't do in Sparrow.
- narkee 16y agoThen why not just use the web client? It has 100% integration.
- kes 16y agoAlso, being a native app (Cocoa app) integrates it with OS X, which is really useful.
- jarin 16y agoGrowl is nice, but in fairness Gmail supports a Growl-like notifier now if you're using Google Chrome.
- CrazedGeek 16y agoChrome's notification boxes have three major complaints from me: A. They don't automatically close. (I think you can change this for each web app individually, but I would like a browser-wise setting). This wouldn't be a big issue, if not for... B. The close button is freaking tiny. I can dismiss Growl notifications by clicking anywhere on them, which is much nicer on a laptop than trying to move to a small button. C. The notifcation windows resemble what Apple calls panels. [1] The problem is, "Panels float above other windows and provide tools or controls that users can work with while documents are open." [2] The user isn't meant to be closing panels often, which is why the title bar can be small. Chrome's notifications feel out of place in that regard. 1. http://maxcdn.googletutor.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/gmail-desktop-notification-1.png http://maxcdn.googletutor.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/... 2. http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/XHIGWindows/XHIGWindows.html http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserEx...
- bokchoi 16y ago> A. They don't automatically close. That's strange. They automatically close for me and I didn't change any settings anywhere. I would be nice if they were just Growl notifications however.
- jarin 16y agoSparrow is faster, doesn't take up the same memory that a tab does, and it's faster to find the icon in your Dock than dig through 40 tabs, plus it's nice to be able to quickly switch between Gmail/Google Apps accounts.
- sjs 16y agohttp://fluidapp.com/ http://fluidapp.com/
- JeremyBanks 16y agoI used to use this with Gmail, but switched to Sparrow a few days ago. I've been interacting with my email in a much faster and more fluid way since, which wasn't possible using Gmail/Fluid.
- scrod 16y agoCool, now I can add the memory footprint of an entirely separate browser instance just to check my email! What a great idea.
- sjs 16y agoThat's definitely a valid concern. I use fewer site-specific browsers than I otherwise would because of memory usage, but these days many of us have 4-8 GB RAM and running one or two SSBs doesn't break the bank, so to speak.
- Tyrannosaurs 16y agoSparrow works just as nicely off-line which is the main reason I went for it.
- micampe 16y agoIs the conversation view fixed in the final release or do they still have the stupid thread view without my sent messages every other client but Gmail has?
- tesseract 16y agoSparrow threads include sent messages (which I'm pretty sure has been the case since at least the most recent beta).
- atourgates 16y agoYep. I've been trying to replace mail.app with sparrow for the past 2 weeks. Sparrow's ui is mostly fine - but a bit frustrating at times. I find occasionally I miss new messages - something that never happened in mail.app. But, it really does combine the best of both worlds between Gmail and a desktop app.