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"TNW Quick Hit\r\nSparrow is a minimalist mail application for Mac.\r\n\r\nLove It: Nice thread feature, integrated Growl for notifications, easy switching between mail accounts.\r\n\r\nHate It: Feels unpolished.\u00A0 UI almost identical to Tweetie.\u00A0 Icons leave much to be desired.\r\n\r\nOverall: 2.5/5\r\nThe Details:\r\nSparrow, a new mail client for OS X claims to offer a minimal, fast, and fresh UI for those using Mail on a Mac.\u00A0 Unfortunately the UI is anything but fresh, mimicking that of Tweetie, with icons in need of some serious work, and other intricacies that leave the app feeling incomplete.\u00A0 Further, at this point Sparrow only offers support for Gmail, claiming to soon \u201Csupport several IMAP email providers and integrate labels for Gmail users.\u201D\r\n\r\nUpon installation, which for me was slow, but for our Zee was relatively swift, one is presented with a vertical window with avatars (odd inclusion) for one\u2019s email accounts.\u00A0 Clicking on one brings the messages for the account into a pane to the right of the window.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOnce you\u2019re flying with Sparrow, you\u2019ll notice that your messages appear almost identical to what you normally see from an iOS device, another design feature copied by Sparrow, like that of the aforementioned Tweetie.\r\n\r\nTo view an email, one has to double click the conversation, or forgo using the vertical window to reveal the message in the right pane of the window. By opening up the message pane, one can quickly see features resembling those of Gmail, conversation view, and colors, which again, Sparrow has copied.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat, if anything do I like about Sparrow?\u00A0 It is easy to use, the thread features and Growl integration so you can get notified of incoming emails with the ability to answer from within the app, are nice but that is about it at this point.\r\n\r\nAs stated, the app can be slow, is limited at this point to Gmail users, which as one with MobileMe and Gmail accounts, makes using Sparrow one more app I have to needlessly keep open to use.\r\n\r\nThat said, if you are a Gmail-only user, Sparrow is in public beta, and if you are anxious to try a new mail app, Sparrow may be just the thing for you.\u00A0 At this point it certainly isn\u2019t for me, but hopefully future updates will"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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