Category: Email Client News
Monday, August 18, 2008
.Mac becomes Mobile Me
Last month, Apple replaced it's .mac webmail service with a shiny new web application called Mobile Me. We gave it a try to see whether it did any better on our email ACID test that it's previous incarnation. Read on to find out. Read more »
Friday, May 23, 2008
Novell Groupwise passes with flying colors
With the Email Standards Project we've tended to concentrate on the major email clients, but especially the ones which could charitably be said to have room for improvement. Today we're applauding a product that has got it right, Novell Groupwise. Read more »
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Yahoo! drops paragraph spacing
Not long after we celebrated Yahoo! Webmail meeting all of our Acid test requirements, it seems a change has been made. We received several reports of paragraphs suddenly having no space between them, and Email Standards Project team member Diana Potter investigated. Read more »
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Outlook 2007 doesn’t show image borders
We've updated the report for Outlook 2007 based on an email from Email Standards Project supporter Carl Russell, and testing from the team here. Outlook 2007 apparently does not support border styles on images at all. Read more »
Monday, April 14, 2008
Gmail Appeal Update - We have contact!
Only a few days after the release of our 2008 Gmail Appeal video, we have had some success! A Google engineer has offered to help - read on for more.
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Yahoo! Mail Update: Now in Full Compliance of Acid Test
The Yahoo! Mail team was not satisfied with their acid test results, even though they only lacked support for a single item on our list. So they went off and remedied the bug and are now in 100% compliance. Read more »
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Hotmail Converts HTML to ASCII
Some recent tests have lead to a discovery about how Windows Live Hotmail (Hotmail) processes and delivers HTML in emails. We explored the how and why, and present our findings herein. Read more »
Monday, December 24, 2007
Lotus Notes 8 Update — IBM responds
Our initial results with Lotus Notes 8 were not great - problems like a lack of support for background-color caused serious readability problems. We've been in contact with an IBM representative, and we have a clarification and some encouraging signs to mention. Read more »
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Yahoo! Responds!
I find it truly amazing how responsive the folks at Yahoo! have been to many of the articles/posts I have written. They are actively involved in community discussions and receptive to notes about how things can be improved. This time, they respond to our call for standards-based email clients. Read more »
Monday, December 10, 2007
Is it time for a Gmail intervention?
Gmail is the web application poster-child, the email client that proved webmail did not have to suck. Web designers love it, but when it comes to HTML email, Gmail is decidedly behind the pack. Read more »
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Hotmail serving different content for different browsers
While putting our acid test through the paces it became apparent that Windows Live Hotmail was exhibiting odd behavior in two different browsers. We tested our webmail clients in a couple different browsers not knowing the browsers themselves would have an impact on rendering. As it turns out, it unfortunately does. Read more »