Hawk Wings » Blog Archive » Talking Mail.app: Merlin Mann

Tim Gaden’s been doing a series on various Mac folks’ usage of Mail.app. He’s talked with folks like John Gruber, Mathowie, and Ethan Schoonover about what they like (and don’t) about OS X’s default mail application, as well as the ways they’d like to see it improve.

Tim was kind enough to ask me as well, and the results are up at Hawk Wings:

HW: If you could tell the Apple Mail development team one thing, what would it be?

MM: You are so good-looking.

No, actually, I think I’d suggest that they try to bring the quality of Smart Folders up to where it is with Smart Playlists over in iTunes. Meaning I can base rules on other rules, plus there should be several more characteristics to filter on (beginning with “Message is Not Flagged”).

I’ve come around to the idea that like it or not, email is where people live today. Personally I think it’s daft to focus on email’s ability to constantly deliver new messages, but if I have to live in email to communicate effectively with the world, my wish list is likely to grow and grow.