On the Mac, Mailplane is a good fit for Gmail users who like Google’s Web-based interface but also want desktop features. With version 4, Mailplane rolls out many changes, including a new reliance on ...

For many years, my preferred way of reading email was through the Gmail-specific client Mailplane. It wraps Gmail’s Web interface in a native Mac app that provides additional features and Mac-native ...

The debate between web-based e-mail services and desktop clients came up again recently with the launch of Thunderbird 2.0. An article on Thunderbird earlier this week generated a fair bit of ...

Are you a Gmail person? With more than one @gmail.com account? Thought so. How many times have you thought how much you like Gmail but felt frustrated by one aspect or another of the limits (mostly ...

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Mailplane, Rubin Bakker's Mac OS X-integrated Gmail client, has received a feature bump and price details for when it goes gold. Bringing features like the iLife Media Browser, an Address Book panel, ...

Uncomplex has updated its Gmail client, Mailplane, with support for Gmail’s recently released Priority Inbox feature, a new ‘unseen’ message counter, some minor bug fixes, and more. [ Black Friday: ...

Mailplane, the native Mac app for Gmail and Google Apps email, has been updated to version 2.2, adding several new features and improving on others. Leading the charge is support for the ...

Four years ago, we reviewed Mailplane 2, the first dedicated Gmail client that avoided traditional IMAP and POP approaches to Gmail, opting instead for standard browser technology under the hood. The ...

Mailplane, the desktop client that brings Gmail to Mac OS X, has received an unassuming version bump to 1.51, bringing some uncharacteristically major new features. At the top of the list is ...

Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we're using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment. Do we like ...