“Totally new. Totally familiar. The new .Mac webmail is coming soon, and you’ll feel like you’ve seen it before,” Apple’s .Mac web page teases.
“With its smart use of the latest web technology, it’ll remind you of the Mail application on your desktop, with a simple and elegant interface, drag-and-drop capability, built-in Address Book, and more,” Apple says.
The new .Mac webmail will soon contain the following:
• A new look: Everything is within easy reach. Your mail folders are next to the Inbox, and you can read full messages and access your contact info without leaving the page.
• Drag-and-drop: Manage your Inbox easily, by dragging and dropping messages, just like you do on your desktop – even multiple messages at the same time.
• Message pane: Read entire messages in a pane located right below your message list, just like you do in your desktop Mail application.
• Smart refreshes: .Mac webmail keeps page reloads to a minimum, by refreshing only the portion of the page that needs updating, instead of reloading the entire page.
• Quick Reply: A .Mac webmail exclusive. Dash off a response without leaving your Inbox, by clicking the Quick Reply button next to the message to which you’re responding.
• Built-in Address Book: It’s fully integrated, so you can quickly access and search your contact info. Start typing in a name, and all your matching Address Book contacts appear in the address field.
• Message previews: The .Mac webmail Inbox displays the beginning of every message, so you can quickly scan your messages without opening them.
• Message flagging: Flag and unflag messages with a single click, just like you do on your Mac Mail application.
• Keyboard shortcuts: Save time with keyboard shortcuts for common operations like composing new messages and searching your mailboxes.
More info here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Willie G,” “mango,” and “George P.” for the heads up.]
slick for web app
The new .mac looks great
Nice! Not sure if this will make me get .Mac, but it’s nice to see.
Nice. If they offered more than 1 lousy gig of storage, I’d consider getting it,,,
They definately chose just the right time to release this info. I’m about to renew my account, and seeing I’ve been a .mac subscriber since iTools I think a LOT of people are about to upgrade.
and this is just a little shout out saying, “we’re still here and doing some cool things, so make sure you put down your $99 cause who know’s what’ll happen in January”
sorry……………..I meant ‘renew’ not ‘upgrade’……………..
On a similar note…
What happens if your inbox gets too big?
Newbie here,
will this be a proper replacement for MS outlook? ( the only program I run daily in “Parallels wnXP)
I refuse to buy MS officce fo Mac (neo works fine)
Mike an Mexico
But my understanding is that .mac does NOT sync your email messages, which would be the most useful thing for me. I have multiple email accounts, don’t use my @mac.com email address at all, and just want a way to keep my email synced across desktop and laptop. And .mac doesn’t help that at all.
Or am I wrong?
Answer a question for me…
I need to renew within the next few days. If I renew while the ‘old’ .Mac is still in place, will I still get the benefits of the ‘new’ .Mac when it is released? Or will the benefits only be for those who purchase after the release date?
Thanks!
I can’t believe how many people complain about the amount of storage that .Mac provides. I bet that it would rarely get filled up. They just don’t want .Mac to look lousy compared to the Gmail’s and Yahoo’s out there. Probably is, even if Apple increased the storage, those same people still wouldn’t pay for it because of the price.
.Mac is a great value, and getting better all the time!
db,
Yes, when .Mac is upgraded, everyone gets the new features. The WebMail feature is a website. There’s only one.
JS, you’re right, but .Mac *can* help that in a way.
If you move your mail storage folders and preference to the iDisk, enable offline caching on all computers, and create the necessary symbolic links, the Mail.app wouldn’t know the difference. Changes made on one computer would show up on the others.
At least that’s how it works for many apps where I’ve used that technique.
You might check to see how many of your email accounts support IMAP protocol. That’s the best solution, and what mac.com addresses use.
Is this the start of the iLife suite (for instance) having web-based versions, as google is doing with their spreadsheets?
Any PHP or MySQL for .Mac sites yet? No? Didn’t think so.
If not, I’m not interested.
Is it usable with 10.3.9?
Actually, I use my .Mac for backups and the 1 GB is a bit small for the price. For mail alone, my Google Mail is over 2.5 GB (the last time I checked).
Peace,
Kevin
Nice update.
What .Mac needs is a total rethink and more competitive features. For example, if gmail can give “free” (ad supported) massive storage, why can’t .mac offer similar for a paid service?
Totally new? huh?? Drag and Drop web based email is hardly new. I’ve been using it on my Yahoo Mail for over a year now.
Apple let their .Mac service lag for so long, it’s about time they catch up to the rest of the industry.
I’d be happy if .Mac just transferred faster.
And BTW people, it’s time to start learning how to spell the word ‘definitely’. Not ‘definately’.
I DEFINATELY agree, macromancer……lol
I can’t see renewing. It’s nice for extreme beginners, but it’s no way to run a serious website. If Apple were to offer real domain server, I MIGHT consider it. But as it stands, I get 5 Mb of space, 99 real email accounts, and a real domain name for $50 at GoDaddy.com.
I still use iWeb for the simpler web pages, save it as a folder, and then drag it into the “Fetch” application/widget.
Sorry, Apple, I suppose I have grown up. Time to move out of the internet kiddie pool.
Is this the start of the iLife suite (for instance) having web-based versions, as google is doing with their spreadsheets?
Is this the start of the .Mac Framework?
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oh wow! let me rush out now and pay 100 dollars for this
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I’ve been a .Mac subscriber since it came out… But, I am dropping it this year. It is just too easy to get most of .Mac’s serices for free. And, many of the services I just don’t use enough to make it worth it.
I definately dont care how my spelling is on MDN posts. Why do you?
Actually, JS and coolfactor are BOTH wrong.
No need to do any iDisk trickery and the like. That’s what the .Mac pane in System Preferences is for. Under the Sync tab, check off both “Mail Accounts” and (if you want) “Mail Rules, Signatures, and Smart Mailboxes”, and tell it to sync whenever you want (I do automatically). Do the same thing on the other computer, and you’re in business! It works ridiculously well, and it’s one of my favorite things about .Mac.
I’m pretty sure this .mac will be fully integrated with the iPhone… In january people will see the potential of .mac
Skeeter’s right about syncing multiple accounts – my big question is this:
Right now in my Apple Mail program, I have the ease of checking both my .Mac personal email and my professional GoDaddy email at the same time, and I’m able to send from both email addresses. I wonder if this feature will be available in the .Mac webmail version? Up until now, I was always able to ‘import’ an extra email account into my .Mac webmail, but the only problem was when I wanted to reply to those messages, I could only do that through my .Mac email address.
If Apple can get it right, match their desktop Mail program and let me SEND from my professional mail (not just RECEIVE it and have to respond from my personal address) then I’ll sign up…
Has anyone else had this problem?
This looks good, but for $99 Apple really needs to do more. .mac needs substantially greater uptime than it’s had in the past, and Apple needs to at least offer domain hosting.
Hey, that looks very similar to the new/beta version of Yahoo mail! Okey, not as clean and smooth looking but similar GUI.
But is there a high-speed pipe into the Department of Trvth and straight up Rumsfeld’s ass?