How about crowdfunding to help Benny support another person to help with an iOS version instead?
There’s one example of a pretty good app that works on MacOS and iOS - OmniFocus. They do it, so why not for MailMate in some form? --- Blayne Puklich Minneapolis, MN PGP Key ID: 0xC52CA6C1 * mailto:blayne at puklich.com I'd explain it to you, but your brain would explode. On 3 Apr 2025, at 8:31, Bill Cole wrote: > On 2025-04-03 at 03:19:09 UTC-0400 (Thu, 03 Apr 2025 09:19:09 +0200) > Julian Karhoff via mailmate <mailmate@lists.freron.com> > is rumored to have said: > >> On 3 Apr 2025, at 9:06, Stephan Bösebeck wrote: >> >>> Also, still none of them supports gpg in a useable way. >> >> The only client on iOS which supports GPG IMHO is Canary. It works so far >> for me, but it doesn't get close to MM. >> >> We need a crowdfunding for Benny to tackle iOS development of MM 🚀 > > Oh please no... > > Benny is one of the hardest working public software developers I've seen this > century. It is absolutely amazing that he has not burnt out on MailMate, > given the complexity and never-ending stream of special-casing imposed by the > real world of email. Making a MUA as robust as MM on iOS is a huge challenge > and I would fear it breaking his long running track record of keeping MM > great. > > I'm not convinced that it is even feasible to make a great MUA for a phone. > If you start with the same design goals as a great macOS MUA, you end up with > a MUA like Preside, which is highly capable but too complicated for the tiny > screen. > > > -- > Bill Cole > b...@scconsult.com or billc...@apache.org > (AKA @grumpybozo@toad.social and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses) > Not Currently Available For Hire > _______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > Unsubscribe: https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
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