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Maybe we should be discussing Apple's closed-ass OS instead of harping on the only workaround that could possibly exist. Such "creative" measures wouldn't need
by dclowd9901 13y ago
Maybe we should be discussing Apple's closed-ass OS instead of harping on the only workaround that could possibly exist. Such "creative" measures wouldn't need to be taken if it was simple for a user to augment their email app.
- jcromartie 13y ago> if it was simple for a user to augment their email app You don't really think it's ever "simple" for a user to augment their email app? Plugins are hard to implement on both ends, and they complicate otherwise simple apps. Open source is also hard, because every codebase is different in many and often unpredictable ways from others. Not even an experienced programmer would always be able to crack open the source to a mobile email client and make this sort of modification.
- arb99 13y agoYou can't really expect a mobile email client to allow third parties to add their own extensions to it. If they were that fussed they could have tried to make a clone of a email client and integrate their own features. If it was better than the default client, people would use it (I use Sparrow on my iPhone for email, not touched the default Mail app for years)
- dclowd9901 13y agoYou know how hard it is to get people to migrate from something as ingrained as an email app? Even a great client will suffer from the migration pain. And to respond to criticisms of "plugin dev difficulty," that's bs. Browser clients have a world more complication when it comes to supporting a plugin environment, and they make it work just fine.
- epo 13y agoYay! Clueless Apple bashing. This thread has everything now.