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knr2345 commented on Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company   cnbc.com/2025/09/04/atlas... · Posted by u/kevinyew
amykhar · 6 months ago
I don't really need AI in my browser. I do like spaces in Arc, and how it handles cleaning up my tabs. The color coding of the sidebar for the various profiles is the one feature I haven't been able to find in things like Orion, Vivaldi, Firefox, etc. By color coding, I mean the ability to make the entire sidebar a different color, which helps me make certain I don't do stupid things in prod.
knr2345 · 6 months ago
Agreed; the occasional Raycast AI query using their web extension suits me well.

Haven’t used Arc as my daily driver in a while now, but I used a similar setup with a semi-bright green sidebar as my debugging space when my last project was in active development. I’m rarely at a desk these days so back to Safari for the time being, but one thing I miss the most is Arc’s near-borderless window ‘frame’.

knr2345 commented on Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company   cnbc.com/2025/09/04/atlas... · Posted by u/kevinyew
amykhar · 6 months ago
I also hated that they were trying to make it a free tool, which would mean selling user data to make money, and would require growth at all costs.

These days, I'm trying to migrate to paid tools. I would much rather work with a slower growing company that has a real business model other than grow and sell out.

knr2345 · 6 months ago
I share your sentiment but still can’t imagine adding a browser-specific AI subscription alongside my current GPT or Claude sub.
knr2345 commented on Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company   cnbc.com/2025/09/04/atlas... · Posted by u/kevinyew
bageljlin17 · 6 months ago
Exactly, they basically have better designer. For the real tech feature, I really don't think they ever brings any new invention to the product. Data sync, AI, etc. All other competitors have these features. They even need to count on chromium update.
knr2345 · 6 months ago
Did they drop data sync? Could have sworn all of my spaces, tabs, folders, favorites and etc synced anytime I logged back in on my other machine (with access to spaces on iOS well)

It’s been a while since I used it regularly though.

knr2345 commented on Show HN: Swift Mail. Fastmail's modern mail standard delivered natively on macOS   swiftmail.io... · Posted by u/knr2345
Nextgrid · 2 years ago
Is there a way to unlock the custom JMAP server option? Currently it says coming soon - is the feature actually missing or is just disabled due to being experimental, and if so is there a secret keyboard shortcut/etc to enable it? Been meaning to play with JMAP but the lack of native clients thus far has been a problem.
knr2345 · 2 years ago
No, it cannot be enabled within the client.

It was disabled pending user feedback to allow private external testing of the feature while the app itself was open to public testing via website link.

This was to ensure a high quality, two way support channel could be established when enabling the feature for external testing. (It also ensured Test Flight data & support channels would not become polluted with failed attempts to sign in with gmail or similar)

knr2345 commented on Show HN: Swift Mail. Fastmail's modern mail standard delivered natively on macOS   swiftmail.io... · Posted by u/knr2345
amluto · 2 years ago
Does this work offline? Fastmail’s first party iOS app has such an amazing lack of offline functionality that I’m seriously considering canceling my Fastmail subscription. (Also the lack of threading is getting old.)
knr2345 · 2 years ago
Swift Mail currently offers partial offline support.

It doesn't provide full offline support by keeping a complete cached copy of all mail data on disk, as an IMAP client might. Any content received from the server will remain accessible offline and during subsequent app launches.

knr2345 commented on Show HN: Swift Mail. Fastmail's modern mail standard delivered natively on macOS   swiftmail.io... · Posted by u/knr2345
fotta · 2 years ago
seems like you've exceeded the bandwidth quota of your cdn provider
knr2345 · 2 years ago
Thank you! Should be back up soon.
knr2345 commented on Show HN: Swift Mail. Fastmail's modern mail standard delivered natively on macOS   swiftmail.io... · Posted by u/knr2345
berkut · 2 years ago
Getting a Bandwidth Restricted error:

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knr2345 · 2 years ago
Thanks! This should be resolved soon.
knr2345 commented on Show HN: Swift Mail. Fastmail's modern mail standard delivered natively on macOS   swiftmail.io... · Posted by u/knr2345
jbverschoor · 2 years ago
Congrats. Also on not collecting data! No trials?
knr2345 · 2 years ago
Thank you! 3 and 7 day trials are available.
knr2345 commented on Show HN: Swift Mail. Fastmail's modern mail standard delivered natively on macOS   swiftmail.io... · Posted by u/knr2345
outcoldman · 2 years ago
Actually, spoke too soon. There is a trial. 7 days trial for annual subscription, 3 days trial for monthly. But I was right about that being MVP/Alpha product:

1. No reply button to email. You can only compose a new mail message.

2. I have received new mail, got notification, but don't see it in the list (inbox). You need to restart the mail client to do so.

3. No images are displayed in the message body.

4. The interface is very not-intuitive in some parts yet. Like in the Threads - to expand the message you need to click a tiny button on the right, clicking on the message or on the body does not do anything.

Anyway, I am excited about this email client. But I don't see how I can justify paying for it yet. It is good maybe for read-only mode, but if I don't replace mail app, I don't see how it is much different from me just opening fast mail in the browser.

knr2345 · 2 years ago
A few of these are not correct.

1. Reply button is below the sender's profile symbol in the thread message header.

2. Thank you for the feedback on activating the notification. This should work as anticipated but it's been quite some time since I received feedback related to notification behaviors so I'll certainly take a look.

3. Images and remote content are blocked by default (similar to Mail.app); clicking the 'photo' button (next to the Flag button) in the message header will reveal these images.

4. Expanding threads by clicking in thread message header white space would be a welcome addition and feature request. I'll add this to the planned feature list. Expansion via body content click will require a bit more investigation, however.

Appreciate the detailed feedback!

u/knr2345

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