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Nik asked a question in Postbox, Inc. on April 13, 2009 17:59:

Preference to "Show All in Conversation" by default

When I open a conversation, all the messages in the conversation appear, but they're all closed/grayed out. I'd like to see a preference that expands them by default when I view a message. Having the auto-gather function is great, but now I still have to click a button to get my conversation view.

Nik replied on April 13, 2009 17:56 to the idea "Threads across folders" in Postbox, Inc.:

I agree that a disclosure triangle would be helpful.

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Nik replied on February 11, 2009 13:36 to the idea "rss sync with other postbox instances" in Postbox, Inc.:

Great idea!

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Nik asked a question in Postbox, Inc. on February 11, 2009 13:35:

Open to auto-gather conversations

I would like to always view messages as conversations, and also to have updates while in conversation view (e.g. archive, tag, etc.) to apply to every message therein.

The save responses in the same folder options in great, but having tagging and everything else apply universally and automatically would be awesome.

Nik replied on February 11, 2009 04:42 to the idea "Mac OS X: Store login details in Keychain Access" in Postbox, Inc.:

A master password encrypts your stored logins and passwords, but not your email. You're looking for FileVault, TrueCrypt or something of the like, I think.

Nik replied on February 11, 2009 04:41 to the idea "Hide messages after sending unless there's an error." in Postbox, Inc.:

Whether it's "Sent Later" or "Sent Now," there's no reason to block the UI while the client talks to the server. Pop up a notification if it fails, but otherwise, let it ride.

One option would just be to put everything in "Send Later" by default and schedule the sends. It's a rather 1995 way to deal with email, but it works. Then make CMD+SHIFT+ENTER send immediately (and block the UI).

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Nik asked a question in Postbox, Inc. on February 11, 2009 04:37:

Handcuffed when viewing messages in their own tab/window

I would like to be able to act on messages while viewing them in their own tab or window. When I'm viewing a message (or conversation) in its own tab, I lose the ability to archive or mark the messages. That'd be really nice. Likewise, being able to mark a message as "pending"

Nik replied on February 11, 2009 04:35 to the question "Using an existing archive folder" in Postbox, Inc.:

No, it will not. And your old postbox Archive folder will stick around, too, so you can transfer messages from there.

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Nik replied on February 11, 2009 03:38 to the idea "mac address book integration" in Postbox, Inc.:

There's lots of reasons to leverage the built-in Address Book. Firstly, it integrates with lots of other applications. So, yes, every time you right click on a contact to add them, that contact becomes solely available in Postbox. Secondly, it syncs between computers, to Palms, Smartphones and iWhatevers. By putting contact information into Postbox, you're putting it into a "gulag" that's inaccessible by anything else.

Nik asked a question in Xmarks on January 08, 2009 23:42:

Is there a my.foxmarks bookmarklet I could use on my iPhone?

Is there a javascript bookmarklet for adding new bookmarks to my.foxmarks?

I use Firefox for my browsing, but I'd like to be able to add bookmarks to view later when I'm on my iPhone in Mobile Safari.

And yes, I know there's going to be Foxmarks for Safari, but then the bookmarks would be in Safari and sync from there... just seems overly complicated.

Nik asked a question in ExpanDrive on September 16, 2008 14:27:

Can I use backup software with my SFTP drive?

I'm looking for a way to back up encrypted rolling archives to an SFTP server. Is ExpanDrive fast enough to use, say, Prosoft Data Backup, or does its caching limit its effectiveness? (By, say, syncing my whole backup to my Mac every time I mount the drive)

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