New Mobile UI on Beta.

[neilj]

There's a new mobile interface now available on our beta server. It's based on the new desktop interface and as such brings lots of improvements like conversations, better search, faster switching between messages etc. To get it, just go to https://beta.fastmail.fm on your smartphone, make sure the "Use classic interface" checkbox is not selected (this will take you to the current mobile UI), and log in.

We've been testing it in iOS6 (with Safari) and Android 4 (with Chrome/Opera/Firefox), but if you use something slightly less common, feel free to try it and let us know how it goes. Post any thoughts, comments, suggestions, or critiques in this thread.

Neil.

[Terry]

Thanks we will try it tonight....

[Berenburger]

Originally Posted by neilj

We've been testing it in iOS6 (with Safari) and Android 4 (with Chrome/Opera/Firefox), but if you use something slightly less common, feel free to try it and let us know how it goes. Post any thoughts, comments, suggestions, or critiques in this thread.

First of all: looks great.

Then now my (first) testing results:

Android 4.1.2 /w Chrome

• Links in mails won't open in (new) browser tab, except when you press long enough a new popup window opens.
• Can't download attachments. Nothing happens. Except, again with long press a new popup window opens.

Windows Phone 7.8 /w IE9

• Bad behavior. When logging in the compose screen appears and stucks saying loading.
• Pressing (left) on the top row the Mail/Address menu pops up.
• See screenshot.
• Yes, I've cleared my cookies, etc.

[rohanrns]

Really well done, awesome!

This might be obvious, but I can't find it. Using iOS6 (Safari)...how do I logout?

Thanks!

Edit: Nevermind, found it! Folder list, tap the title labeled 'Mail' and 'Logout'

[b7j0c]

thanks so much for working on the mobile interface, i have felt it needed a little attention

that said, while i have everyone's ear on mobile....PLEASE AN ANDROID APP. i need a native app to get:

1. push

2. status notifications

etc

a new mobile interface is AWESOME, but i really really need a native app on android to dump gmail completely

EDIT: i am getting "unresponsive script" warnings on the beta from firefox....a little js gone awry

thanks!
brad

[Berenburger]

Can't zoom text in or out (two fingers). Two ticks on the screen doesn't expand text to the width of the screen. It does that on the current mobile interface.

Tested on Android 4.1.2 /w Chrome.

[henrico]

Looks good!

In the subject line the cursor is not pointing in the right place.

[SamVilde]

No notebook access? 😧

[SamVilde]

I've been using this beta exclusively on my iPad and iPhone, mostly (maybe only) with Chrome. I like it.

On long pages where I have to scroll to the bottom (say, when writing a long email, or clicking on something at the bottom of the page), it's not (or maybe chrome isn't!) letting me scroll all the way down. I was just typing an email where I couldn't see what I was typing - it was under the keyboard (on my ipad, have had the same on my phone) and I couldn't get it to scroll up into the visible area.

Fixable?

[gardenweed]

I receive certain emails that contain table formatting and some hyperlinks.

When I forward these emails using the Mobile Beta UI, the formatting is lost as are the hyperlinks.
One link is inside the table. The other link is just in the plain email body.
Both are https links.
Both are lost.

Edit:
Android 4.04
Chrome for mobile

[gardenweed]

Originally Posted by gardenweed

I receive certain emails that contain table formatting and some hyperlinks.

When I forward these emails using the Mobile Beta UI, the formatting is lost as are the hyperlinks.
One link is inside the table. The other link is just in the plain email body.
Both are https links.
Both are lost.

Edit:
Android 4.04
Chrome for mobile

I just tested this in the Classic mobile interface and the same thing happens.
The hyperlinks are stripped away when I forward the email.

It is only specific emails that I am receiving that do this.
I can't repeat this action myself by sending myself an email with a hyperlink and then forwarding it.
When I try this, the hyperlink is retained.

So this phenomenon seems to happen to a specific set of emails I am getting from one client.
They are transmittals created by TeamBinder with links to documents for downloading.
These links disappear when I forward the email using the mobile interface (Classic or new),

[paleolith]

Not very useful for someone who likes a desktop client and would like tablet capability on occasion. It's still the web page with lots of wasted space. I've been having trouble with my eyes, and though I can enlarge each page, the size reverts when I click any link. The wasted space problem is magnified by the need to magnify.

I'd love to see a really good tablet client -- Kaiten seems to be the best but still lacks a lot. But then I want an excellent desktop client too, and those no longer exist.

Edward

[gardenweed]

When in beta, if I go to Notepad, I get put into the Classic interface.
Once in Notepad, hitting the tab for mail takes me to the Classic interface.
The only way to return to the Beta UI from Notepad is to use the "back" button on the browser.

[gjdev]

It's not possible to disable "use classic interface" when trying to login with Dolphin

[BritTim]

Originally Posted by gjdev

It's not possible to disable "use classic interface" when trying to login with Dolphin

I have not been using Dolphin in a long time, so I cannot easily check this myself.. However, the issue could be that Javascript is disabled. Worth checking.