Sparrow for Windows was just a few weeks away

Re:Sparrow for Windows was just a few weeks away by statictype on Saturday July 21, 2012 @03:23PM (#4275531)

Since hearing that Thunderbird is going to start collecting dust, I've been looking for a decent Windows client and was wishing Sparrow worked on Windows. So this makes me even more sad. I wish Google would do the right thing and open-source it like they did with Etherpad.

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Re:Sparrow for Windows was just a few weeks away by rvkennedy on Saturday July 21, 2012 @07:24PM (#4275994)

Comms (www.comms.io) is my project, it's a lightweight IMAP client for which Windows is the initial platform. The alpha is a few weeks off.

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Re:Sparrow for Windows was just a few weeks away by torpy on Sunday July 22, 2012 @08:16PM (#4278958)

Just a heads up, 'comms.io' (without the www.) sends you to a bluehost landing page.

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Re:Sparrow for Windows was just a few weeks away by TobbenTM on Saturday July 21, 2012 @03:50PM (#4275594)

Got the exact same problem. Actually using Windows Live Mail right now. Really hoping Panos finishes it and releases it!

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Re:Sparrow for Windows was just a few weeks away by cdh on Saturday July 21, 2012 @03:37PM (#4275563)

I've been using Postbox, and I couldn't be happier with it.

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Re:Sparrow for Windows was just a few weeks away by statictype on Saturday July 21, 2012 @08:27PM (#4276106)

Postbox was my next solution. Is it better than Thunderbird?

I've been somewhat happy with Thunderbird actually, in terms of performance and stability. It's just that the whole codebase seems unwieldy (try developing extensions for it) and may not be around a lot longer.

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Re:Sparrow for Windows was just a few weeks away by techsupporter on Sunday July 22, 2012 @03:44AM (#4276722)

I bought Postbox and really like it. They've based it on Thunderbird 2 which is the version I like--3 made some UI changes I don't prefer. By continuing to update 2's code, I get an up-to-date e-mail client that acts how I want. Plus, with a couple of settings tweaks, it can look just like Sparrow, it's available for Mac AND Windows, it supports Gmail's tags (I don't use Gmail so I can't check that), and even does the social network integration. It's also the same price as Sparrow (actually, 4 cents cheaper) at USD$9.95.

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Re:Sparrow for Windows was just a few weeks away by bjonathan on Sunday July 22, 2012 @06:10AM (#4276948)

side question : how can I make my postbox looks like sparrow ? is there plugins to install ? thank you :)

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Re:Sparrow for Windows was just a few weeks away by techsupporter on Monday July 23, 2012 @02:15AM (#4279801)

I set the layout to Vertical View, sorted incoming e-mails "newest at top," and collapsed the folder pane on the left.

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