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Sparrow 1.0 has been posted to the Mac AppStore and is now ‘Waiting for review’.

Sparrow 1.0 has been posted to the Mac AppStore and is now ‘Waiting for review’.

It’s been a while since we gave you news about Sparrow here. We’ve been busy. It’s time to catch up. Sparrow 1.0 is almost ready and will come with a few surprises. We have recently started a Private Beta. The last bugs are being fixed right now thanks to the precious help of a dedicated team of beta testers. The app should be submitted to the Mac AppStore at the end of the week. We couldn’t help but share the new Sparrow icon with you. If you like it, don’t hesitate to drop a note or ‘like’ it on Dribbble. 2 versions of Sparrow will be released. They’ll both be available in the Mac AppStore and on our website: Paid: Sparrow will cost $24,99 but early birds will benefit from the $19,99 introductory price. Free: Sparrow Lite will be ad-supported. Carbon Ads is providing the nice ads you have certainly seen in the latest Beta version. The free version will allow one-account creation only. We can’t provide any precise release date yet as the application has to be approved by Apple. We’ll keep you updated on our progress as soon as we have news. If you have time to answer a few questions, we’d like to know a bit more about you.   Thanks a lot for your support.

It’s been a while since we gave you news about Sparrow here. We’ve been busy. It’s time to catch up.


Sparrow 1.0 is almost ready and will come with a few surprises. We have recently started a Private Beta. The last bugs are being fixed right now thanks to the precious help of a dedicated team of beta testers. The app should be submitted to the Mac AppStore at the end of the week.


We couldn’t help but share the new Sparrow icon with you. If you like it, don’t hesitate to drop a note or ‘like’ it on Dribbble.


2 versions of Sparrow will be released. They’ll both be available in the Mac AppStore and on our website:

  • Paid: Sparrow will cost $24,99 but early birds will benefit from the $19,99 introductory price.
  • Free: Sparrow Lite will be ad-supported. Carbon Ads is providing the nice ads you have certainly seen in the latest Beta version. The free version will allow one-account creation only.


We can’t provide any precise release date yet as the application has to be approved by Apple. We’ll keep you updated on our progress as soon as we have news.

If you have time to answer a few questions, we’d like to know a bit more about you.  

Thanks a lot for your support.

Sparrow Beta 6 Sparrow is faster than ever with IMAP-IDLE! As we have improved performance on many levels, a full new sync will be done on all your mail accounts connected to Sparrow. During this first sync, Sparrow won’t be in IMAP-Idle mode. It will become active once the first sync is completed. Features: IMAP Idle  Report Spam  ‘Add label’ from the right pane  Notifications when pane is open ‘à la Gmail’  Inserting new line in reply  Creating links  Drag & Drop attachments made right Shortcuts: ⌘-⌫ to delete ⌫ to archive  ⌘-A is back!  ⇧-⌘-J to mark as Spam  Configurable HotKeys in Preferences (new mail & Sparrow window) General improvements: Search performance  Switching category/accounts performance  Message loading performance  Higher level for sounds UI: Message list redesign  ToolBar icon hover  Cell selection fade-in has been deleted Menu layout Bug fix: Permanent loading issue  Alias name editing  Label assignment  Sync between all windows  Application won’t stay minimized  Focus problem when switching apps  Search crash  Quicklook crash  Label with [Gmail]/ prefix  Text encoding (Chinese, Cyrillic)  Attachments in replies And many, many more that we won’t list here. We also have improved many of inconsistent behaviors that have been reported by our remarkable community of users. Once again, we would like to thank all of you who are helping us refining Sparrow. Check for updates of download Sparrow Beta 6 here.

Sparrow Beta 6

Sparrow is faster than ever with IMAP-IDLE!

As we have improved performance on many levels, a full new sync will be done on all your mail accounts connected to Sparrow. During this first sync, Sparrow won’t be in IMAP-Idle mode. It will become active once the first sync is completed.

Features:

  • IMAP Idle 
  • Report Spam 
  • ‘Add label’ from the right pane 
  • Notifications when pane is open ‘à la Gmail’ 
  • Inserting new line in reply 
  • Creating links 
  • Drag & Drop attachments made right

Shortcuts:

  • ⌘-⌫ to delete
  • ⌫ to archive 
  • ⌘-A is back! 
  • ⇧-⌘-J to mark as Spam 
  • Configurable HotKeys in Preferences (new mail & Sparrow window)

General improvements:

  • Search performance 
  • Switching category/accounts performance 
  • Message loading performance 
  • Higher level for sounds

UI:

  • Message list redesign 
  • ToolBar icon hover 
  • Cell selection fade-in has been deleted Menu layout

Bug fix:

  • Permanent loading issue 
  • Alias name editing 
  • Label assignment 
  • Sync between all windows 
  • Application won’t stay minimized 
  • Focus problem when switching apps 
  • Search crash 
  • Quicklook crash 
  • Label with [Gmail]/ prefix 
  • Text encoding (Chinese, Cyrillic) 
  • Attachments in replies
  • And many, many more that we won’t list here.

We also have improved many of inconsistent behaviors that have been reported by our remarkable community of users. Once again, we would like to thank all of you who are helping us refining Sparrow.

Check for updates of download Sparrow Beta 6 here.

Sparrow Beta 5 Labels! Here they are!  Thanks for your patience.  Label implementation on Beta 5 is really basic but be sure that we will add a lot more useful features in the next release. Sparrow Beta 5 will begin a new full sync between your gmail account and your Mac. Labels will be the last thing to sync so don’t panic if they don’t show up right away.  The app should be syncing for some time at first launch. We had to do this in order to improve Sparrow’s behavior and overhaul performance. New features Labels Quicklook on attachments Save Cc/Bcc state Click on a sidebar icon (inbox, favorite…) get you to the top of the list ‘Move to inbox’ from archive and search sections Memorize main window size Attachments saved in ‘downloads’ folder Shortcuts Cmd + Enter for send Esc to close the window Space to open/close a message in the message list Open link in background (cmd + click) General improvements ‘Me’ in conversations CPU/ memory usage Scroll speed UI New toolbar New message list buttons New sounds Label and alias icons in preferences New selected cell color Bug fix Single account alias Avatar transparency Email auto-scrolling to the bottom bug Sending issues Removing account crash We’ve done a lot more than what you see in Beta 5. We’ve got to surprise you with Sparrow 1.0. Beta 6 will be the last Beta. After this, Sparrow will go 1.0. Thanks for following. Go and get Sparrow Beta 5 for free here. 

Sparrow Beta 5


Labels! Here they are! 

Thanks for your patience. 

Label implementation on Beta 5 is really basic but be sure that we will add a lot more useful features in the next release.

Sparrow Beta 5 will begin a new full sync between your gmail account and your Mac. Labels will be the last thing to sync so don’t panic if they don’t show up right away. 

The app should be syncing for some time at first launch. We had to do this in order to improve Sparrow’s behavior and overhaul performance.

New features

  • Labels
  • Quicklook on attachments
  • Save Cc/Bcc state
  • Click on a sidebar icon (inbox, favorite…) get you to the top of the list
  • ‘Move to inbox’ from archive and search sections
  • Memorize main window size
  • Attachments saved in ‘downloads’ folder

Shortcuts

  • Cmd + Enter for send
  • Esc to close the window
  • Space to open/close a message in the message list
  • Open link in background (cmd + click)

General improvements

  • ‘Me’ in conversations
  • CPU/ memory usage
  • Scroll speed

UI

  • New toolbar
  • New message list buttons
  • New sounds
  • Label and alias icons in preferences
  • New selected cell color

Bug fix

  • Single account alias
  • Avatar transparency
  • Email auto-scrolling to the bottom bug
  • Sending issues
  • Removing account crash

We’ve done a lot more than what you see in Beta 5. We’ve got to surprise you with Sparrow 1.0.

Beta 6 will be the last Beta. After this, Sparrow will go 1.0.

Thanks for following.

Go and get Sparrow Beta 5 for free here.