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Inbox2 Changelog

What's new in Inbox2 0.4.6

Oct 11, 2010
  • MAJOR speed improvements during application startup
  • Lots of stability improvements all over the board
  • Lots of usability improvements

New in Inbox2 0.4.2 (Oct 11, 2010)

  • [CHANGED] Removed expanders from message details view as they weren't doing much anyway
  • [CHANGED] Productivity part (incl. labels etc) in folders is now collapsed by default, also the expanded/collapsed state is saved on application shutdown
  • [CHANGED] Channel selector icons in status updates coulmn are now hidden by default
  • [CHANGED] Removed buttons from activity view, were causing interface to get too crowded and speed benefit is now obsolete with keyboard shortcuts
  • [CHANGED] Made customer improvement program opt-out by default
  • [ADDED] Keyboard shortcuts based on Gmail keyboard scheme
  • [ADDED] God-mode (more on this later)
  • [ADDED] Collapse link for collapsing expanded conversations
  • [FIXED] Lots of small tweaks and bugs (won't bore you with those)

New in Inbox2 0.4.1 (Oct 11, 2010)

  • ADDED] Since Facebook does not support API replies, a message is now shown when replying so that the user is redirected to his Facebook inbox
  • [ADDED] Added the ability to run inbox2 as stand-alone app without installation, handy for people that don't have administrative rights or for running Inbox2 from a USB key (we will write seperately about this feature)
  • [ADDED] Added the ability to set Inbox2 as the Windows default mail client
  • [CHANGED] Removed the person details column from overview, moved contents of column to balloon that appears during mouseover on person name[CHANGED] Changed the way conversation participants are shown in single line view
  • [CHANGED] Labels views do not show trashed messages anymore, consequence is that if you press delete in a label view, the message will be trashed and also not in view anymore
  • [CHANGED] When deleting a message from stream view user is asked whether he also wants to delete the conversation. Single line view always deletes the whole conversation. When threading is disabled only single message is deleted
  • [CHANGED] Archiving now works per conversation
  • [CHANGED] Links in email messages are now opened in the default browser
  • [CHANGED] New popup style
  • [FIXED] Fixed a bug that caused errors when replying to status updates from the search column
  • [FIXED] Fixed a bug where Twitter avatars were not being received correctly
  • [FIXED] Fixed a bug causing sort issues when viewing non conversation views
  • [FIXED] Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the main window not to restore when minimizing to try
  • [FIXED] Fixed a bug that was causing application errors during message update to the backend channel

New in Inbox2 0.4 (Oct 11, 2010)

  • Memory usage:
  • Replaced chromium with IE again due to chromium memory pressure
  • Fixed a couple of memory leaks
  • CPU usage:
  • Inbox2 now uses 0% cpu in idle state, we will still be optimizing CPU usage during send/receives
  • Contact combining:
  • Added a feature for adding profiles to contacts you are viewing

New in Inbox2 0.3.0.8 (Oct 11, 2010)

  • Added quick reply fields to message preview pane
  • Added dockable stream columns
  • Changes in conversation threading
  • Cool search
  • Product update notifications
  • [FIXED] Fixed a bug where Gmail would not correctly remove the very last label on a item
  • [FIXED] Fixed a bug where resizing the window when the home tab was not visible could cause the messages list to disappear
  • [FIXED] Reset layout works better (related to the previous bug)
  • [FIXED] View sitcher did not restore last saved view correctly
  • [FIXED] Imap string decoding caused spaces between names to go missing
  • [FIXED] Menus on XP had a dark foreground color
  • [CHANGED] Modal status updater now shows channel names, making it easier to do cross channel replies
  • [CHANGED] Inbox2 is now a single instance app, every subsequent start will activate the existing instance
  • [CHANGED] Single line view now behaves more like gmail with all conversations collapsed
  • [CHANGED] Changed the way conversations are shown in activity view and single line view
  • [CHANGED] Todos, waitinfors and forlaters are not shown in the labels editor anymore but given a distinct background color in the stream