Next Enhancements ?

Houman · 11 Oct 2002, 11:40 PM

I was wondering if there would be any inside info on what would be the next enhancements added to Fastmail ?

Just fyi, I stopped using the web interface and am using OE at work, because of the tab issues where you'd have to press it a lot to switch between to, cc, etc... (I know the enhancement is coming)

Houman

kc80027 · 12 Oct 2002, 12:14 AM

Check out Coming Enhancements or do you mean additional enhancements besides these?

Jeremy Howard · 12 Oct 2002, 09:55 AM

We're currently working on performance--we hope to be able to provide some substantial speedups soon. We've also been working on reliability, and have almost completed a new infrastructure design that removes all single points of failure.

Next major launch will be reseller and business/family products. These will provide integrated billing, user management, and customisation.

We haven't set priorities after that yet. I'm keen to get address syncing and file storage working. Also I'd like to add a few minor web interface functions, like raw-message view, and adding spam scores (optionally) to subject lines. But Rob and I will discuss all that once the other stuff is done, so it's too early to say what the priorities will be...

Terry · 12 Oct 2002, 10:20 AM

A lot of us would like HTML..............about 75%.... so will it be this year ? as I hate using hotmail.

**psalzer** · 12 Oct 2002, 11:04 AM

Addressbook fields. I'm in Fastmail all day. I would so like to be able to use it to store snail mail addresses. Of course, performance is more important, but I was really hoping that the addressbook thing was high on the list after that.

Jeremy Howard · 12 Oct 2002, 02:55 PM

Yes, HTML composition is also high on the list (at least something basic; preferably a proper [optional] rich text editor).

The address book would be enhanced when we do address book syncing (otherwise we'd have to redo the sync stuff as we change the data model...)

AndreasW · 12 Oct 2002, 04:09 PM

Sorry, but what about error corrections? There are a lot of known bugs.

davidbstanley · 12 Oct 2002, 05:39 PM

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We're currently working on performance--we hope to be able to provide some substantial speedups soon. We've also been working on reliability, and have almost completed a new infrastructure design that removes all single points of failure.

Good to see the priorities are right! Speed has not been as good as it should be recently. I look forward to the address book enhancements too - both extra fields and synchronisation. I won't be using the HTML composition though....

Jeremy Howard · 12 Oct 2002, 07:44 PM

AndreasW, squashing bugs is always a priority. Sorry I didn't explicitly mention that.

eggman · 14 Oct 2002, 08:56 AM

For me an extra field of 50 characters in the address book would mean I could move my [street] addresses off yahoo and onto Fastmail.

Is that an easy thing for you to add? I know it impacts on capacity but this would mean several of my friends may move over......

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mikemee · 15 Oct 2002, 01:54 PM

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Originally posted by Jeremy Howard
Next major launch will be reseller and business/family products. These will provide integrated billing, user management, and customisation.

Jerry, are the details / timeframes of either of these available? (Point me at an url or email me, whatever you prefer). I inherited ~20 email customers of varying sizes (about 120 mailboxes total at $2/ea/mth) from a dot com and would happily move them all to fastmail (which, after all is my main email service) if possible.

FYI, the main thing they require is the ability to easily administer mailboxes within a domain. Currently its a little too clunky for my (mostly very inexperienced) customers to deal with the twists and turns of setting up an enhanced account with the domain, then aliasing / forwarding to other fastmail accounts. (I'd be happy to give you an admin account on a dummy domain so you could check out the UI, btw).

I'm also not fussed whether I resell or just move them over to you directly as long as their needs are met.

cheers, michael

Jeremy Howard · 15 Oct 2002, 01:57 PM

It's looking like about middle of next month. Email salesATfastmailDOTfm with the details of what you're after and we can give you pricing details. You should be able to make a profit reselling at $2/month.

When you email, please do include details about admin interfaces that you like. Rob is working on this at the moment, so we're always looking for ideas.

chrisdamato · 15 Oct 2002, 11:30 PM

I know that the fastmail.fm team has a whole lot of great value-adding features in the works, and it's great that we users have so much to look forward to. But if they added one tiny little feature it would be a big hit with me and maybe some other folks:

Please can fastmail remember what I want to do with the original message when I forward it or reply to it?

Thank you in advance.

sjk · 16 Oct 2002, 07:05 AM

I hear you on that one, Chris. I think it's quite an important option for streamlining message composition. Achieving a condition with overly repetitive actions that could be a default doesn't serve those users well.

robmueller · 16 Oct 2002, 07:15 AM

I hear you too. It's probably the most common 'little' request we have...

Rob

11 Oct 2002, 11:40 PM	#1
Houman Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 94	Next Enhancements ? I was wondering if there would be any inside info on what would be the next enhancements added to Fastmail ? Just fyi, I stopped using the web interface and am using OE at work, because of the tab issues where you'd have to press it a lot to switch between to, cc, etc... (I know the enhancement is coming) Houman

12 Oct 2002, 10:20 AM	#4
Terry The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VK4 Posts: 3,029	HTML A lot of us would like HTML..............about 75%.... so will it be this year ? as I hate using hotmail.

14 Oct 2002, 08:56 AM	#10
eggman Essential Contributor Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: AU Posts: 471	For me an extra field of 50 characters in the address book would mean I could move my [street] addresses off yahoo and onto Fastmail. Is that an easy thing for you to add? I know it impacts on capacity but this would mean several of my friends may move over...... </Pleading> Last edited by eggman : 14 Oct 2002 at 09:00 AM.

15 Oct 2002, 11:30 PM	#13
chrisdamato Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 65	Ignore/Prefix/Append Preference I know that the fastmail.fm team has a whole lot of great value-adding features in the works, and it's great that we users have so much to look forward to. But if they added one tiny little feature it would be a big hit with me and maybe some other folks: Please can fastmail remember what I want to do with the original message when I forward it or reply to it? Thank you in advance.

12 Oct 2002, 12:14 AM	#2
kc80027 Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 48	Check out Coming Enhancements or do you mean additional enhancements besides these?

12 Oct 2002, 09:55 AM	#3
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	We're currently working on performance--we hope to be able to provide some substantial speedups soon. We've also been working on reliability, and have almost completed a new infrastructure design that removes all single points of failure. Next major launch will be reseller and business/family products. These will provide integrated billing, user management, and customisation. We haven't set priorities after that yet. I'm keen to get address syncing and file storage working. Also I'd like to add a few minor web interface functions, like raw-message view, and adding spam scores (optionally) to subject lines. But Rob and I will discuss all that once the other stuff is done, so it's too early to say what the priorities will be...

12 Oct 2002, 11:04 AM	#5
psalzer Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,654	Addressbook fields. I'm in Fastmail all day. I would so like to be able to use it to store snail mail addresses. Of course, performance is more important, but I was really hoping that the addressbook thing was high on the list after that.

12 Oct 2002, 02:55 PM	#6
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	Yes, HTML composition is also high on the list (at least something basic; preferably a proper [optional] rich text editor). The address book would be enhanced when we do address book syncing (otherwise we'd have to redo the sync stuff as we change the data model...)

12 Oct 2002, 04:09 PM	#7
AndreasW Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 80	Sorry, but what about error corrections? There are a lot of known bugs.

12 Oct 2002, 07:44 PM	#9
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	AndreasW, squashing bugs is always a priority. Sorry I didn't explicitly mention that.

15 Oct 2002, 01:57 PM	#12
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	It's looking like about middle of next month. Email salesATfastmailDOTfm with the details of what you're after and we can give you pricing details. You should be able to make a profit reselling at $2/month. When you email, please do include details about admin interfaces that you like. Rob is working on this at the moment, so we're always looking for ideas.

16 Oct 2002, 07:05 AM	#14
sjk Master of the @ Join Date: May 2002 Location: Eugene Posts: 1,975	I hear you on that one, Chris. I think it's quite an important option for streamlining message composition. Achieving a condition with overly repetitive actions that could be a default doesn't serve those users well.

16 Oct 2002, 07:15 AM	#15
robmueller Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 6,102 Representative of: Fastmail.FM	I hear you too. It's probably the most common 'little' request we have... Rob