Has Fastmail Development Stalled?

[labarum]

I am still using the classic interface and peek at the AJAX interface from time to time but I don't see much development in recent weeks.

Has the the work stopped or slowed to a snail's pace?

[janusz]

Given heaps of abuse FM folks were getting for the Ajax interface, I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to call it a day...

[David]

Originally Posted by janusz

Given heaps of abuse FM folks were getting for the Ajax interface, I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to call it a day...

The Fastmail Ajax interface was very broken, when it was first released, unbeknownst to anyone, it was not even up to an 'Alpha release' standard.

Fastmail fully deserved all the abuse they received (on that occasion) IMHO.

[robn]

Originally Posted by labarum

I am still using the classic interface and peek at the AJAX interface from time to time but I don't see much development in recent weeks.

Has the the work stopped or slowed to a snail's pace?

Work slowed during December and January while people took (and are taking) time off for Christmas and holidays and whatnot.

And of course, lots of stuff we do is not immediately obvious to end-users. For example I do backend server stuff, improving capacity, reliability, that sort of thing. If I'm doing my job right you won't notice anything

Of course there's some good stuff for users coming soon. Fast cross-folder searching is probably going to be the next big thing to land.

Keep an eye on the status blog.

[labarum]

Originally Posted by robn

And of course, lots of stuff we do is not immediately obvious to end-users. For example I do backend server stuff, improving capacity, reliability, that sort of thing. If I'm doing my job right you won't notice anything

That I understand.

Of course there's some good stuff for users coming soon. Fast cross-folder searching is probably going to be the next big thing to land.

Classic with minimum style-sheet is displaying well on my new ARM Chromebook.- better than on my Lenovo W7 laptop that has the same nominal screen size.

I still can't be bothered with the AJAX interface although it may be marginally faster. The separate scroll for the folder list is useful. It would be unnecessary, however, if I could configure font and line spacing.

I prefer Fastmail Classic Minimum to Gmail's cluttered interface, but Microsoft's new Outlook.com/Skydrive interface beats all - pity the back-end is so limiting.

[hobbes]

Originally Posted by robn

And of course, lots of stuff we do is not immediately obvious to end-users.

This is understood. But, surely you realise the biggest issue with FM right now is immediately obvious to end-users?