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Matt Galligan posted a topic that has since been removed from atebits. see the change log

Matt Galligan posted a topic that has since been removed from atebits. see the change log

Matt Galligan replied on February 10, 2009 15:43 to the idea "The @ tab should also include tweets that aren't just @replies." in atebits:

One of the things to note is that other clients are already beginning to change this. Twhirl, as a matter of fact, now can include @ mentions as a part of the @ replies tab.

I think there's an easy way for you to accomplish this by including a new preference in the settings page that might be able to plug this in there.

While I understand that Twitter should definitely change the API and update this since there's so much more going on with @'s now beyond replies. However, (when I was building SocialThing) I couldn't always rely on the partner adding a new feature and sometimes had to take matters into my own hands.

Now obviously, you guys have your own roadmap, but this is a huge use case. People want to know when they're being talked about. There's a few reasons why a Twitter search better than @replies call, and a few reasons why a Twitter search is better:

Twitter search means I don't get @replies from people that are private.

@replies means I'll only see when things have me in the beginning of the tweet.

New users that are coming to Twitter for the first time have no idea that the concept of "mentions" even exists. They click on the @replies tab and assume it's going to contain anything about them. Unfortunately, because Twitter doesn't surface Search more prominently, there's no way for them to know that they're being mentioned elsewhere. I think this is where clients can really pick up the slack. Combining a Twitter Search call with the @Replies API call could really be useful as part of an aggregated button. It would also mean that I no longer need to do two different actions to get the same (relatively) information.

Matt Galligan shared an idea in atebits on February 09, 2009 23:11:

The @ tab should also include tweets that aren't just @replies.

This should do a simultaneous @reply API call and do a Twitter search for @username. That way it could account for every message coming to me, be it a reply or a mention.

Currently I have to set up a search for @indiekid in the "More" tab just to be able to see everything.

Matt Galligan marked one of Alex Payne's replies in Postbox as useful. Alex Payne replied to the idea "Real conversation view". Matt Galligan and 4 other people think it's one of the best replies.

A comment on the idea "Syncing with multiple computers." in Postbox:

The trouble is, it's possibly extremely large. It's not really that great when you might have a 1.5GB file there. Having it sync basic functionality would certainly be ideal. – Matt Galligan, on February 06, 2009 19:31

Matt Galligan replied on February 06, 2009 19:30 to the idea "Two lines in message list" in Postbox:

Here's a screenshot of how it could look:



This is Microsoft Entourage 2008. Entourage was sort of the first "3 panel" look on Mac OS. I think they do an excellent job of displaying this. I would say that you wouldn't even need user selectable things in the "vertical" display. If you could at least just style it like this, it would be so much better than the situation now where that particular panel needs to be huge.

Hope this helps!

Matt Galligan started following the idea "Background indexing" in Postbox.

Matt Galligan shared an idea in Postbox on February 05, 2009 17:13:

Only inboxes should affect the badge new mail count.

Currently, I am subscribed to a label on Gmail (folder in Postbox). Whenever new mail goes in there, it brings up Growl and updates the badge. Unfortunately, I set up a filter so that I wouldn't see new mail to this label in my inbox, but could pull it up later if need be.

You should only report mail that's hitting the actual inbox.

Matt Galligan marked one of Scott's replies in Postbox as useful. Scott replied to the idea "Widescreen view (message content in its own column).".

Matt Galligan gave praise in Postbox on February 04, 2009 16:33:

With just a little more love, Postbox will be amazing

As much as I'm submitting for ideas and fixes and such, I thought it'd be nice just to throw a little praise your way. Postbox is already my preferred mail client. Great job, guys.

Matt Galligan started following the problem "All Mail folder reports unread message count incorrectly." in Postbox.

Matt Galligan shared an idea in Postbox on February 04, 2009 00:21:

Growl integration should display a preview for the email

Whenever I get an email from Mailplane, etc., Growl pops up and tells me who sent it, a synopsis of the email and then (if they're in my Apple Address Book), a picture of the person that actually sent me the email.

This is an essential feature, because right now I just find myself needing to go in and look at every email that comes across my inbox, rather than being able to be selective depending upon the actual email that comes in.

Matt Galligan shared an idea in Postbox on February 04, 2009 00:13:

Cmd-Z should have an "Undo" function that undoes the last action.

If I "archive" or "delete", hitting Cmd-Z should undo whatever last action I just did...

Matt Galligan replied on February 04, 2009 00:11 to the idea "Hide messages after sending unless there's an error." in Postbox:

An "Outbox" would be a great addition here. That way, if I were to be offline and wanted to queue up messages to be sent, the Outbox could be utilized for this.

Matt Galligan started following the idea "Hide messages after sending unless there's an error." in Postbox.

Matt Galligan started following the idea "Dock Badges for Multiple accounts." in Postbox.

Matt Galligan started following the idea "RSS sync with Google reader" in Postbox.

Matt Galligan started following the question "Auto thumbnail image attachments" in Postbox.