iPhone mail: the sequel
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhone, iPod touch
In my post yesterday I whined quite a bit about how it was hard to get control of mail on the iPhone
because there was not a unified mailbox. The post obviously struck a nerve, because there were lots of responses and in our little poll most people seemed to agree that mail was pretty much a mess and needed some love from the Apple development team.There were also many people who made very valid comments about other things that were missing from mail, and I wanted to share those as well. Here they are, in no particular order.
- Mail needs to allow searching. With a lot of messages things are difficult to find. (The people who invented Spotlight on OS X shouldn't find that too difficult)
- People want individual signatures for each email account. Again, not rocket science.
- Many readers wanted to see quick on-screen buttons to move expeditiously from one mail account to another.
- Others wanted to make sure accounts stayed separate. I agree with this, I just wanted a visual or virtual joining of the messages so I would not have to finger dance all over the screen to navigate between accounts. In other words, the way it works in Apple Mail in Leopard.
- Finally, as with all things software, people wanted software switches to turn these features on and off.
Thanks to all who participated in the poll -- even those who thought everything was just dandy in iPhone mail.
iPhone mail: the sequel originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
iPhone mail: the sequel originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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