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[.Neo]

I read Acrylic Software has been bought by Facebook and their apps are unlikely to receive further updates as well. I was having problems with one of their apps, Pulp, and the developer(s) refused to answer my emails asking for support. As such I just filled in a refund request at Apple. Within 30 minutes I received an email from the Mac App Store support team honoring my request. I can see a store credit of €7,99 in 3 to 5 business days.

Talk about service!

[Hurmoth]

Sparrow for Windows was 'just a few weeks away,' says developer: http://t.co/S1bqXVak

Possibly more bad news, provided Google doesn't release this.

[HawkMan]

SMELTN, on 20 July 2012 - 16:53, said:

Considering the gmail app for iOS is horrible as well.

But why would you even need a gmail app on iOS, heck I don't even see the point of a gmail app for Android. gmail is Mail, use the mail app and have all your mail in one place. having one app for one type of mail is just stupid.

[.Neo]

Hurmoth, on 21 July 2012 - 22:36, said:

Sparrow for Windows was 'just a few weeks away,' says developer: http://t.co/S1bqXVak

Possibly more bad news, provided Google doesn't release this.

It definitely shows that porting over interfaces from one OS to another 1:1 works poorly.

[BetaAddict]

Just got a popup from Sparrow on OSX asking if I wanted to buy it.

Imagine all those new mac owners this summer that might actually still buy this app only to realize that there might not be any new features coming to it. It's a great app and I hope the Google team takes over to make it their default iOS/Mac gmail app as opposed to simply porting whatever like out of it and then trash the rest.

[evo0o]

I was about to buy Sparrow, sigh.

[HawkMan]

BetaAddict, on 22 July 2012 - 04:41, said:

Just got a popup from Sparrow on OSX asking if I wanted to buy it.

Imagine all those new mac owners this summer that might actually still buy this app only to realize that there might not be any new features coming to it. It's a great app and I hope the Google team takes over to make it their default iOS/Mac gmail app as opposed to simply porting whatever like out of it and then trash the rest.

So an app is only good enough to buy if there's new features coming to it now o_O

pretty sure people buy apps because of how good they are NOW

[+Mephistopheles]

Hurmoth, on 21 July 2012 - 22:36, said:

Sparrow for Windows was 'just a few weeks away,' says developer: http://t.co/S1bqXVak

Possibly more bad news, provided Google doesn't release this.

'Sparrow for Windows' was never an official Sparrow client, not even close to 'weeks away'

[Hurmoth]

Mephistopheles, on 22 July 2012 - 09:59, said:

'Sparrow for Windows' was never an official Sparrow client, not even close to 'weeks away'

Yeah, I saw that in Reeder a little while after posting this. Some times I wish journalist would vet a story before publishing it.

[tiagosilva29]

I never heard of this company/application.

[BetaAddict]

HawkMan, on 22 July 2012 - 09:53, said:

So an app is only good enough to buy if there's new features coming to it now o_O

pretty sure people buy apps because of how good they are NOW

I'm not sure what your formula for buying apps is, but for me, apps are an investment. When I buy an app, I look for whether the app is what is good at what it does now as well as whether the dev releases updates, maintain compatibility, and push new features on a regular basis so that their app will continue to be among the best in the future. Sparrow for OSX costs $9.99, rather expensive imo, so I'm not going to pay for the full version without the assurance the Google is keeping the app and continue to develop for it. My thoughts would be slightly different if they were not bought by Google. But hey, I'm not denying the devs anything by using the free version because they are getting paid either way for putting ads they put above the inbox.

[PyX]

- Kaboose -, on 21 July 2012 - 15:25, said:

don't see why people are moping, the features or program will probably be made free...

Google can’t design an application. They’re going to destroy Sparrow.

[SMELTN]

PyX, on 22 July 2012 - 14:20, said:

Google can’t design an application. They’re going to destroy Sparrow.

I don't agree with you on that. Well I don't agree with you on the designing an app part. I think most of Googles apps look very good and are extremely functional, and are fantastic for the price of each.. "FREE" I do agree though, that Sparrow will be no more, and we will never hear the name again.

[Hurmoth]

SMELTN, on 23 July 2012 - 12:39, said:

I don't agree with you on that. Well I don't agree with you on the designing an app part. I think most of Googles apps look very good and are extremely functional, and are fantastic for the price of each.. "FREE" I do agree though, that Sparrow will be no more, and we will never hear the name again.

Have you ever tried their iOS apps? Their web apps might be great, especially if they're not in a wrapper app, but going straight through Safari. But their iOS apps suck. Up until the most recent version of Google+ app, it was pretty bad.

Google's recent UI changes, to these darker colors are pretty bad too.