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I'm sure they want you to use the iOS Gmail app. While it doesn't support true "Push" email, it does receive push notifications which is a pretty good approxima

by ogmo 14y ago

I'm sure they want you to use the iOS Gmail app. While it doesn't support true "Push" email, it does receive push notifications which is a pretty good approximation.

nwh 14y ago
It fairly awful if you spend any serious time with it. The badge on the app reflects the unread count of every account that is active in the app, but even when you open it, there's utterly no indication of which inbox has unread email. I've just three accounts added to their app, and its already a hunting game finding where that mysterious (1) is coming. Most of the interface feels weird too. You can't slide to archive an email in the new version, as it opens the siding panel. The behaviour is still hidden away though, tap and hold and slide tricks the old gesture into working again. Ticking and tapping for every interaction feels clunky. It's not a replacement for proper psush email in Apple's Mail.app. I'd host my own push email, but I've struggled finding anything that is lightweight and supports IMAPs IDLE command (allowing for push email).
- Firehed 14y ago
  Fully agree. While you get new mail notifications, the messages are not downloaded to the app in the background as they hit your inbox. Every time you swipe the notification to view the message, you have to wait a good ten seconds for the app to load and then retrieve the message, assuming you have the good fortune for it to even send you to the right message (it's been spotty at best for me). I could get over the interface oddities as that's mostly a matter of aesthetics, but it's nowhere near as fast as Mail.app to actually open your new email, and that's the killer for me.
  - joezydeco 14y ago
    I think this was discussed on another HN thread. The app is native to handle the push notifications, but loads a webview to handle the actual display of the inbox. And it seems like it loads the webview every time you view the app. Lots of Googly magic is probably happening in all of that JavaScript. The load time led me to delete the app. But I can't get mad about the loss of push to mail.app. TANSTAAFL.
- cynix 14y ago
  I agree that the UI needs some improvements. But for me, the Gmail app is the only way to get consistent push notifications for new emails. The iOS Mail.app would always stop getting new mails if I don't use my phone for a while. Also you can't manage labels in iOS Mail, or specify a different From address.
- feross 14y ago
  FYI: Slide from right-to-left on a message to bring up the "archive" button.

by ogmo 14y ago

I'm sure they want you to use the iOS Gmail app. While it doesn't support true "Push" email, it does receive push notifications which is a pretty good approximation.

nwh 14y ago

It fairly awful if you spend any serious time with it. The badge on the app reflects the unread count of every account that is active in the app, but even when you open it, there's utterly no indication of which inbox has unread email. I've just three accounts added to their app, and its already a hunting game finding where that mysterious (1) is coming. Most of the interface feels weird too. You can't slide to archive an email in the new version, as it opens the siding panel. The behaviour is still hidden away though, tap and hold and slide tricks the old gesture into working again. Ticking and tapping for every interaction feels clunky. It's not a replacement for proper psush email in Apple's Mail.app. I'd host my own push email, but I've struggled finding anything that is lightweight and supports IMAPs IDLE command (allowing for push email).

Firehed 14y ago
Fully agree. While you get new mail notifications, the messages are not downloaded to the app in the background as they hit your inbox. Every time you swipe the notification to view the message, you have to wait a good ten seconds for the app to load and then retrieve the message, assuming you have the good fortune for it to even send you to the right message (it's been spotty at best for me). I could get over the interface oddities as that's mostly a matter of aesthetics, but it's nowhere near as fast as Mail.app to actually open your new email, and that's the killer for me.
- joezydeco 14y ago
  I think this was discussed on another HN thread. The app is native to handle the push notifications, but loads a webview to handle the actual display of the inbox. And it seems like it loads the webview every time you view the app. Lots of Googly magic is probably happening in all of that JavaScript. The load time led me to delete the app. But I can't get mad about the loss of push to mail.app. TANSTAAFL.
cynix 14y ago
I agree that the UI needs some improvements. But for me, the Gmail app is the only way to get consistent push notifications for new emails. The iOS Mail.app would always stop getting new mails if I don't use my phone for a while. Also you can't manage labels in iOS Mail, or specify a different From address.
feross 14y ago
FYI: Slide from right-to-left on a message to bring up the "archive" button.