Everything from the installation to the set up feels very natural, and it’s all over in a matter of minutes.

Mailplane is a very Mac-like application.

We dig the clean interface and the balance between Gmail and this new Mac application. Mailplane might not be to everyone’s tastes, but it is to ours. Uses secure connection (https) to keep your messages and account information private.You can control Gmail with Mac keystrokes.Google Talk is built into Mailplane and can be configured to open when you start the application.Built-in Growl support lets you know when new mail arrives, and the menu-bar icon lets you quickly scan the subject lines of your new messages.Set Mailplane (and Gmail, of course) as your Mac’s default email client.Use the included iPhoto plug-in to quickly attach photos to your messages.Drag and drop files into Mailplane to attach them to email messages.But there’s so much more! First, it’s really nice to have Gmail in a dedicated application all by itself - especially one that can automatically log into Gmail. It’s true that Mailplane simply loads the Gmail webpage.

We can already hear the skeptics: “Isn’t this thing just a glorified web browser?” Well, yes and no. We’ll show you around this great application! What’s It Good For? This shareware Mac application (currently free while in Beta testing) brings Gmail to your Mac with a user-friendly interface. If you’re dissatisfied with all of those options, you’ll want to take Mailplane for a spin. But if you work away from home a lot, or if you redirect your other POP3 accounts to your Gmail account, you’re going to want to use something else. We’ve also discussed how to use Gmail with Apple’s Mail, which works great if you only use your Gmail account on your Mac. To actually read the email messages, you still have to open up a web browser and long into Gmail. But these are only good insofar as you can see that you have new email messages waiting to be read. When we discussed Google applications a couple weeks ago, we mentioned several applications that allowed you to check your Gmail account from your Mac’s Desktop. AirPort Apple Apps Backups Developer Education Email Hardware Internet iPad iPhone Mac Music Network Photos Security TV Weekend Wonk

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