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Mail Designer 365 Changelog

What's new in Mail Designer 365 4.1

Apr 8, 2024
  • New: Placeholder inspector supports changing the placeholder to a different type.
  • New: You can emphasise placeholders in the placeholder inspector.
  • Improved: Stability improvements.
  • Improved: Better handling of pasting multi-line content into lists.
  • Fixed: References to non-existing images on export have been fixed.
  • Fixed: Selection in Design Chooser after moving document only includes the moved documents.
  • Fixed: Mobile preview of documents with masked images renders them correctly.
  • Fixed: Exporting documents with mobile-modified text styles retains these properties.
  • Fixed: Adding layout blocks to documents without mobile version no longer breaks its layout.

New in Mail Designer 365 4.0.8 (Jan 8, 2024)

  • Improved: App quit waits for cloud uploads to finish.
  • Improved: Stability improvements.
  • Fixed: Upload to Campaign Monitor.

New in Mail Designer 365 4.0.6 (Nov 28, 2023)

  • Previews for iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max
  • Fixed loading documents with image effects
  • Improved support for placeholders in links
  • Fixed copy & paste of text containing placeholders
  • Creating a link automatically uses an URL in the pasteboard as target
  • Fixed Outlook compatibility of some layout blocks

New in Mail Designer 365 4.0.5 (Nov 10, 2023)

  • The sidebar width can now be resized
  • Updated calendar graphics for 2024
  • Added X (formely known as Twitter) logo
  • Fixed "mailto:" link generation with empty target email address
  • Fixed disabling underline for links on macOS Ventura and Sonoma
  • Fixed generation of preview images for some documents
  • Strip all Javascript tags on export
  • Improved compatibility when uploading to mailchimp

New in Mail Designer 365 4.0.3 (Oct 20, 2023)

  • Improved TeamCloud upload speeds
  • Improved speeds of repeated document exports
  • Fixed documents being shown twice in Design Chooser
  • Warn about unsupported placeholders before starting a campaign delivery
  • Fixed "upload as new" team document conflict resolution

New in Mail Designer 365 4.0.1 (Oct 9, 2023)

  • Introducing Campaigns: a single streamlined platform for building newsletters from design all the way to sending. Mail Designer 365 Campaigns consists of three services:
  • Save your email designs to *TeamCloud*: Automatically keep designs up to date across all your devices and between team members.
  • With *Crew Chat* your whole team can preview designs on the web. Give feedback, discuss and approve designs.
  • Use *Delivery Hub* to send email campaigns to your subscribers, with advanced audience management, scheduling tools, live stats and reports.
  • Get started free:
  • A free Campaigns plan is included with every Team. Advanced Mail Designer 365 Campaign Plans are available today.
  • How does it work:
  • TeamCloud:
  • Save your design to TeamCloud in your Mail Designer 365 App and it'll show up for your whole team
  • Crew Chat:
  • Choose "Crew Chat" in the Mail Designer 365 toolbar to get input from your team
  • Delivery Hub:
  • Simply select "Start Campaign" in the Mail Designer 365 toolbar
  • Choose your audience and schedule your campaign in Delivery Hub
  • Other changes:
  • Testmail:
  • You now have three fast options: send yourself a design, send it to the entire team, or send to an external email address – the latter now with delivery reports and statistics powered by Mail Designer 365 Campaigns.
  • Export & Send via my account:
  • Other newsletter services and sending via your own account are now available in the Share menu.

New in Mail Designer 365 3.0.6 (Sep 1, 2023)

  • Improved compatibility with Outlook for Mac
  • Better integration with my.maildesigner
  • An account sign-in issue has been fixed
  • Bugfixes and performance improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 3.0.3 (Apr 19, 2023)

  • TextScout AI: You can now easily switch languages from the globe icon to get snappy subject lines in more languages.
  • Other improvements:
  • An issue that could cause you to become signed out of your account has been fixed.

New in Mail Designer 365 3.0.2 (Apr 9, 2023)

  • Improved app launch performance
  • Improved signup workflow for new users

New in Mail Designer 365 3.0 (Mar 30, 2023)

  • NEW: TextScout AI
  • Genius Subject Lines in Seconds:
  • AI-powered subject lines
  • Generate inspiring ideas
  • Perfect subject lines in seconds
  • Other Improvements:
  • This update fixes a critical issue under macOS 13.3 Ventura

New in Mail Designer 365 2.14 (Feb 15, 2023)

  • Object rotation has been fixed!
  • (Tip: did you know you can rotate shapes and other objects by holding down the command key and dragging a corner? You do now!)

New in Mail Designer 365 2.13 (Feb 15, 2023)

  • New Preview Devices:
  • Check out a preview of your message on the latest devices, including
  • iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro
  • iPad Air 2022
  • Apple Watch Ultra and Apple Watch Series 8
  • MacBook Pro 16" M2 Pro and MacBook Air M2
  • iMac 24, Studio Display, Apple Pro Display XDR
  • New categories to make it easier to find a specific device
  • Other Improvements:
  • Optimized memory usage
  • Improved content sidebar loading speed
  • An issue loading your team view in Design Chooser has been fixed
  • An issue with App Store purchases has been fixed

New in Mail Designer 365 2.10 (Nov 30, 2022)

  • 3 new festive Design Ideas for Christmas and New Year - find them in the Design Chooser under the "Seasonal" category
  • New 2023 customizable calendar graphics
  • Design Idea refresh: Ready for the 2022/2023 holiday season
  • Stability and performance improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 2.9.2 (May 8, 2022)

  • This update fixes an issue uploading images to Mailchimp caused by a breaking change made in Mailchimp's infrastructure.
  • What’s new:
  • NEW All new Mailchimp Upload:
  • Secure image loading
  • Better "View in browser" support
  • Integration with Mailchimp Content Studio

New in Mail Designer 365 2.9.1 (Feb 27, 2022)

  • NEW: 3 new Design Ideas for anniversaries and milestones:
  • Company Anniversary
  • Anniversary Sale
  • Company Milestone
  • NEW: Template for International Women's Day:
  • Use this template to promote a special event or launch a themed seasonal sale
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Further stability and performance improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 2.9 (Dec 7, 2021)

  • New features and resources:
  • NEW: 2 new Design Ideas for New Year 2022
  • Happy New Year
  • New Year Offer
  • NEW: 2022 calendar graphics:
  • 12 new 2022 calendar graphics to help you get ready for the new year. Use for appointment confirmations, event invitations, promotions, and more.
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Further stability and performance improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 2.8.1 (Nov 14, 2021)

  • New: 3 Sales Design Ideas for the holiday sales season:
  • Holiday Sale
  • Super Sale
  • Autumn Sale
  • New: 4 Seasonal Design Ideas for Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas:
  • Thanksgiving Offer
  • Happy Hanukkah
  • Christmas Blessing
  • Christmas Message
  • New: Ready-made graphics for sales and sustainability:
  • 1 dozen new colorful badges for seasonal sales and promotions
  • New sustainability badges, including “vegan” badge:
  • New: Shipping service logos:
  • Delivery logos for online shops to show their chosen shipping services, including DHL, UPS, and FedEx
  • New: Ready-made layouts:
  • Ready-made layout blocks for call-to-action layouts, social media, service icons, and disclaimer text
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • macOS Monterey: An issue with preview images in the design chooser has been fixed. Note the preview will be fixed the next time you open and save your design.
  • Further stability and performance improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 2.7 (Oct 7, 2021)

  • New: Seasonal Design Ideas for Fall:
  • Halloween Event
  • Trick or Treat
  • Fall New Season
  • New: Design Ideas for sales and e-commerce:
  • Re-engagement
  • Thank You Offer
  • Pet’s Delight
  • New: iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 device previews:
  • iPhone 13
  • iPad mini (6th Gen.)
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Fixes a text alignment issue
  • Optimization for M1 Macs
  • Further stability and performance improvements
  • NEW: Suggest Design Ideas:
  • Not finding the perfect design for your next meeting? Missing a template for your annual sale newsletter? Let us know! Head up to the help menu and choose "Request a Design Idea"

New in Mail Designer 365 2.6 (Sep 1, 2021)

  • NEW: Birthday-themed Design Ideas:
  • 2 new email templates "Birthday Offer" and "Birthday Message"
  • NEW: Colorful sales graphics and birthday eye-catchers:
  • 3 fun new birthday graphics
  • New ready-made graphics, eye-catchers, and call-to-action buttons for sales campaigns
  • NEW: Design Ideas for sales and announcements:
  • New Premium template "Purchase Confirmation Table" featuring a pre-made table layout (exclusively available in Business Premium plans)
  • 2 stylish new Design Ideas "eBook Promotion" and "Home Essentials" for standard sales campaigns and announcements
  • NEW: Interactive educational content:
  • The interactive "Design Tips" template (Business Premium) has been updated with new educational content on creating a photo collage effect
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • General stability and performance updates

New in Mail Designer 365 2.5.3 (Aug 20, 2021)

  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • Improves Mailchimp upload reliability
  • Stability and performance updates

New in Mail Designer 365 2.5.2 (Jul 20, 2021)

  • NEW: Design Ideas for the Leisure & Entertainment Sector:
  • Three colorful, new Design Ideas for the leisure and entertainment sector, perfect for summer
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Resolves an issue with the object distribution tool
  • Fixes a crash associated with using the Touch Bar on MacBooks running macOS 11 or later
  • Improved support for future macOS versions
  • General performance and stability updates

New in Mail Designer 365 2.5.1 (Jun 28, 2021)

  • Key stability and performance improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 2.5 (Jun 22, 2021)

  • NEW Design Ideas for Back to School promotions:
  • 2 new email templates "Back to School Shopping" and "Back to School Savings" for effective back to school themed promotions
  • NEW Summer email templates:
  • 2 vibrant new Design Ideas: "Summer Staycation" and "Summer Deals" for seasonal marketing campaigns
  • New Premium template "Happy Hour" featuring Blend Modes and premium graphics (exclusively available in Business Premium plans)
  • NEW Colorful summer graphics:
  • 13 new seasonal graphics for summer and back to school, including Call-to-Actions and eye-catcher badges
  • New ready-made layout element for travel newsletters
  • New social media CTA for WhatsApp - available under ready-made layout blocks
  • NEW Interactive educational content:
  • The interactive "Design Tips" template (Business Premium) has been updated with new educational content on creating vector graphics
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • General stability and performance updates

New in Mail Designer 365 2.4 (May 19, 2021)

  • NEW Design Ideas for business:
  • 5 new email templates for key everyday business use-cases
  • NEW Ready-made layouts:
  • 12 new ready-made layout blocks now available in the ready-made blocks menu
  • New call-to-action blocks, plus sales, events, social media, and footer layouts
  • Added new category for business layouts
  • NEW Business calendar icons:
  • 6 new calendar icons for Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook, Office 365, Yahoo, and Calendar
  • Ideal for event invitations and business reminders
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • A problem involving the incorrect detection of table layout blocks has been fixed
  • General stability and performance updates

New in Mail Designer 365 2.3 (Apr 16, 2021)

  • New configurable speech bubble shape:
  • New speech bubble shape with adjustable tip, rounding, and sizing options now available in the shapes library
  • Email resources for the healthcare sector:
  • 5 new Design Ideas for appointment confirmation emails, healthcare newsletters, and more
  • Call-to-actions for appointment bookings and feedback
  • New testimonial graphics, donation badges and healthcare service icons
  • 4 new seasonal Design Ideas:
  • New Father's Day design
  • 2 new Design Ideas for Mother's Day
  • Design Idea for Eid al-Fitr
  • More design elements:
  • 11 new stylised text objects with fun, vintage themes
  • 4 new service icons for e-commerce
  • 2 new ready-made layout blocks
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • Stability and performance improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 2.2 (Mar 15, 2021)

  • New Features & Content:
  • 8 new Design Ideas:
  • 3 new seasonal Design Ideas
  • 3 new Design Ideas for bloggers
  • 2 new Design Ideas for business events (Business Premium)
  • 2 new configurable shapes now available in the Content library:
  • Checkmark shape
  • Arrow shape
  • Web fonts update:
  • 200+ more webfonts now available
  • Updated social networking, media, and business icons:
  • Updated YouTube logos with different colorway options
  • Added icons for popular chat and IM services: WeChat, Viber, Telegram, Signal
  • Houseparty icons now available
  • Added RSS icon and button
  • New LinkedIn button
  • New text objects:
  • 5 new inspirational text styles
  • 8 new stylish typefaces for headlines, CTAs, and eye-catchers
  • New ready-made graphics:
  • New call-to-action buttons for online events
  • New layout for YouTube videos
  • New ready-made click & collect and sales graphics
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • A problem affecting the PDF export function has been rectified
  • General performance and stability improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 2.1 (Feb 1, 2021)

  • NEW Configurable heart shape:
  • New heart shape with adjustable tip and curves now available in the shapes library
  • NEW Design Ideas:
  • Three brand new Design Ideas for Valentine’s Day
  • Two new sales Design Ideas
  • More Resources for online stores:
  • 20+ new sales badges, eye-catchers, buttons and promotional banners
  • New payment provider icons
  • 11 new service icons for online shops
  • Star graphics for ratings and reviews
  • Updated social media layouts and icons:
  • New social media call-to-action blocks for LinkedIn, Instagram, Google Maps
  • New social footer blocks
  • New icons for Twitch, Clubhouse and Likee
  • More design elements:
  • 7 new text styles
  • 10 new ready-made layout blocks
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • The in-app Approval view has been improved
  • Improved the test mail service for demo users
  • Stability and performance improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 2.0 (Nov 13, 2020)

  • NEW: Mail Designer 365 2.0:
  • This major Mail Designer 365 update adds support for macOS Big Sur, is ready for new Apple M1-based Macs and adds new sales and marketing resources for newsletter designers.
  • Ready for the next Big Surprise:
  • Mail Designer 365 is now fully optimized for macOS Big Sur
  • Ready for the latest Macs with Apple M1 Chips
  • NEW: Graphic Elements and Holiday Design Ideas:
  • New ready-made buttons, text styles, and layout options
  • Stylish new background patterns
  • New icons for social media, e-commerce, and video conferencing platforms
  • New iPhone previews: iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Max, and iPhone 12 Mini
  • New holiday Design Ideas for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year
  • New category for seasonal Design Ideas
  • Ready for Teamwork:
  • Easily discover your Mail Designer 365 Team via your corporate email address
  • See team-members
  • Access Mail Designer 365 Approval right from the app
  • Ready for Mail Designer 365 Team Cloud - coming soon
  • Fixes and Improvements:
  • Dark mode UI optimization
  • Fixed a problem affecting the performance of Blend Modes
  • Fixed a crash involving Vimeo placeholders
  • Fixed an issue involving Mailchimp placeholders
  • Improved optimization for Outlook
  • Improved team view
  • Performance and stability improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 1.9.4 (Feb 11, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Preformance improvements related to dragging windows and images
  • Stability improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 1.9.3 (Jan 10, 2020)

  • A rendering issue that would clip views in mobile mode has been fixed.
  • A rendering problem which affected certain layout blocks has been resolved.
  • An issue with the shadow tool has been fixed.
  • A problem with blended images not being updated after text changes has been fixed.
  • An issue adding links to text has been corrected.
  • A font issue with one of the included text objects has been resolved.
  • A rendering problem affecting Blend Modes with background images has been corrected.
  • UI improvements when editing layout block backgrounds.
  • An issue rendering images in the smartphone layout has been fixed.
  • A crash in the image optimization panel has been fixed.
  • A crash in image masks caused by empty images after cropping has been fixed.
  • Two crashes related to Fonts have been fixed.
  • The coordinates inside the cropping mask have been fixed for flipped images.

New in Mail Designer 365 1.9.2 (Dec 13, 2019)

  • NEW: Three new Design Ideas for the Holidays!
  • Fixes:
  • A crash caused by high memory usage in image areas has been fixed
  • A crash when rendering image groups has been fixed

New in Mail Designer 365 1.9.0 (Dec 4, 2019)

  • NEW Blend Modes Available in Business Premium plans:
  • Create stunning visual effects when layering graphic elements together in your email designs. Use all new Blend Modes to experiment with color, gradient and texture to produce amazing results.
  • NEW Features:
  • SMS message links: Build special links to create a new text and pre-fill your number and message on smartphones
  • Calendar graphics for 2020
  • Fixes & Improvements:
  • Opening a design animates more smoothly
  • An issue with shadows on grouped elements has been fixed
  • Optimizations for macOS Catalina
  • A crash that occured when creating lists has been fixed
  • A crash that happened after removing system fonts has been fixed

New in Mail Designer 365 1.8.5 (Aug 7, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • An issue that could cause dragged in images to appear transparent has been fixed
  • Loading web fonts in image areas has been improved
  • Fixed a very rare crash on startup
  • Fixed an issue when creating lists in empty layout block
  • Improved pasting between image areas inside Mail Designer

New in Mail Designer 365 1.8.4 (Jul 15, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • HTML Export now has an option to rename image files completely, instead of just prefixing them
  • Fixes:
  • An issue that could cause sluggigh performance after browsing for Unsplash images has been fixed
  • An issue under macOS El Capitan (10.11) has been fixed

New in Mail Designer 365 1.8.3 (Jul 11, 2019)

  • IMPROVED Paste Tables (with Mail Designer 365 Business Premium):
  • You can now copy & paste tables from Excel / Numbers / Google Sheets
  • Mail Designer 365 will automatically insert a table layout block
  • You can also now copy & paste between multiple tables
  • IMPROVED Sending via Gmail Accounts:
  • Mail Designer 365 now uses the new Gmail Authorization API and only uses "Send" access
  • Note: You may need to re-authorize Mail Designer 365 to send via this version
  • Other Improvements:
  • The sending panel now always display full email addresses
  • New direct increment controls for line-height
  • Performance improvements when resizing and moving backgrounds
  • We've fixed an issue that could cause significant slowdowns when dragging & dropping background images
  • You can now hide categories in the Design Chooser and the entire sidebar can be scrolled
  • Last recipients are now stored per design
  • Borders are now automatically set to 1px when a style is first selected
  • You can now set the cropped size in pixels
  • The cropping tool now shows the cropped size in pixels
  • The replace image tool now preserves image adjustments
  • The brightness image adjustment tool has been reworked and now delivers better results
  • Duplicating a design now removes comments and todos
  • Fixes:
  • The width of your email is stored correctly in new designs
  • The sort order is respected correctly in the design chooser
  • An issue with certain image layout block padding has been fixed
  • A font issue in mobile previews has been fixed
  • Switching to landscape mobile preview now renders the design correctly
  • An issue with line breaks in tables has been fixed
  • An issue with font colors in tables has been fixed
  • An issue with retina images in mobile layouts has been fixed
  • An issue loading certain webfonts has been fixed

New in Mail Designer 365 1.8.2 (May 28, 2019)

  • Pasted links are now saved correctly
  • A UI issue that could occur when resizing the main window has been fixed
  • An issue has been fixed that could cause multiple "Imported Designs" folders to appear

New in Mail Designer 365 1.8.1 (May 24, 2019)

  • Approvals: Now only team members that have been invited to share feedback appear in the overview
  • The "Lending" status of a design is now shown in the Design Chooser
  • New folders for lent designs
  • An issue with fonts in tables has been fixed
  • The cursor no longer jumps when editing lists
  • Replacing images now works correctly with cropped images
  • Improved scaling of grouped elements with text

New in Mail Designer 365 1.8 (May 13, 2019)

  • IMPROVED:
  • Three all-new Business Design Ideas
  • An issue when cropping Gifs has been fixed
  • Tel: Links now have additional class information, to improve compatibility with certain ESPs
  • Updated social media and OpenTable logos
  • An issue with certain characters in email addresses has been fixed
  • Adding new iCloud email accounts now works more reliably
  • An issue with video placeholders in designs has been fixed
  • White or opaque custom graphics you add to Mail Designer's sidebar are now easier to see
  • An issue with certain image effects has been fixed
  • Image placeholders are now rendered correctly in PDF exports

New in Mail Designer 365 1.7.1 (Apr 27, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • List indentation now works as expected
  • Improved formatting of lists in Gmail
  • An issue with Undo after pasting content has been fixed
  • Optional additional logging for mail sending.

New in Mail Designer 365 1.6.2 (Apr 1, 2019)

  • Fixed incorrectly displayed WebFonts

New in Mail Designer 365 1.6.1 (Mar 12, 2019)

  • The approval button in the toolbar is now visible for all users
  • The color picker now always applies the selected color to the correct target window
  • An issue that may lead to very long opening times of documents was fixed
  • Fixed a few minor issues and crashes

New in Mail Designer 365 1.6 (Mar 4, 2019)

  • NEW Design Approvals:
  • With Mail Designer 365 Design Approvals, you can now share your design on the web and invite team-members to comment or approve.
  • Share a web-based preview of your design
  • Get feedback & comments from all stakeholders
  • Mobile-optimized for feedback on the go
  • Approvals are available now under my.maildesigner365.com and are available with Business and Business Premium plans.
  • NEW Automatic E-Mail Account Setup:
  • Automatic setup for easier sending via your own email account
  • Support for all major email providers
  • Settings are auto-detected for non-public servers
  • Enterprise customers can submit details to be added for employees
  • IMPROVED Color Handling:
  • This update fixes inconsistencies when picking and assigning colors. Differences in the color picker's color profile and Mail Designer were causing inconsistencies for some users.
  • Now you can use hex values consistently in the new color swatch popover field, to ensure consistent color matching.
  • What's changed:
  • All colors are now stored in the sRGB color profile
  • You can specify hex color values directly in the color swatch popover
  • Mail Designer tries to set your macOS Color Picker to also use sRGB whenever possible
  • Other Improvements:
  • You can use the "All Caps" option on text in image areas
  • LinkedIn links that can't be checked automatically by the PreFlight tool now show a different message
  • An issue when cropping retina images has been fixed
  • Editing the inner message background now works as expected
  • Preflight size estimates are more accurate
  • An issue that could cause images to appeared slightly blurred after scaling has been fixed

New in Mail Designer 365 1.5 (Jan 14, 2019)

  • NEW Mobile-aware Styles
  • Text styles now support mobile-only adjustments:
  • Make changes to text-style that only affect your mobile layout
  • Tweak the font size or line-height for smartphone, without replacing the entire layout block
  • By default all changes made to your text style in the smartphone view will only apply to the smartphone layout. To make general changes, switch to the Desktop view.
  • Mobile Style Adjustments are not supported by non-Gmail addresses in the Gmail mobile app – check your design using the new Gmail (IMAP) preview.
  • NEW New Layout Blocks: Side-by-Side & 4-up text:
  • Two new blocks to display images and text side-by-side in your smartphone layout, instead of stacking them underneath each other
  • A new 4-column text block
  • NEW Device Previews:
  • The new iPad Pro 11” and iPad Pro 12.9” with FaceID
  • MacBook Air 13” 2018
  • Other Improvements:
  • New 4-column text Layout Block
  • The Preflight HTML size check now takes your HTML export options into consideration and more closely reflects the actual file size
  • The pre-filled email link editor uses a larger font size
  • An issue with the color picker has been fixed
  • A problem that could cause a demo plan to take precedence over a paid plan has been fixed
  • Stability improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 1.4.4 (Oct 17, 2018)

  • A quick update to fix an issue with OS X 10.11 El Capitan.

New in Mail Designer 365 1.4.3 (Oct 17, 2018)

  • Apple Watch HTML support:
  • With watchOS 5, Mail on Apple Watch will render your full mobile layout. Our updated Apple Watch previews for watchOS 5 now reflect that.
  • Other Improvements:
  • List improvements: we've fixed a few issues, including an alignment problem and an issue that could cause blank spaces to appear after exporting your design
  • A crash has been fixed that could occur when editing images in external apps
  • Improved Undo support when editing lists
  • Additional stability improvements related to closing windows
  • An issue has been fixed that could cause layout resizing issues

New in Mail Designer 365 1.4.1 (Sep 28, 2018)

  • Fully optimized for macOS Mojave:
  • All new Dark Mode UI
  • Continuity Camera – add photos right from your iPhone
  • Updated UI for macOS Mojave
  • New Mobile Device Previews:
  • iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max in Gold, with landscape split view preview option
  • Apple Watch Series 4
  • New Image Effects (with Mail Designer 365 Business Premium):
  • Duotone: choose from 8 different Duotone looks, for a modern take on the pop-art atheistic
  • Vibrancy: Re-create the translucency effect seen in iOS and macOS – available in Light & Dark
  • Tables (with Mail Designer 365 Business Premium):
  • Improved mobile-optimized card-layout
  • Formatting and editing improvements
  • Images are now automatically centered
  • Improved Teamwork Sharing:
  • Your design can now be opened with one click when you share or lend it to team members via email
  • Todos and comments will now be grouped by date
  • Other improvements:
  • Improved sidebar usability on smaller MacBooks
  • A color mismatch issue when using the color picker has been fixed
  • A line-height formatting issue has been corrected
  • Performance and Stability improvements
  • A crash has been fixed

New in Mail Designer 365 1.4 (Sep 24, 2018)

  • All new Dark Mode UI:
  • Continuity Camera – add photos right from your iPhone
  • Updated UI
  • New Image Effects (with Mail Designer 365 Business Premium):
  • Duotone: choose from 8 different Duotone looks, for a modern take on the pop-art atheistic
  • Vibrancy: Re-create the translucency effect seen in iOS and macOS – available in Light & Dark
  • Tables:
  • Improved mobile-optimized card-layout
  • Formatting and editing improvements
  • Images are now automatically centered
  • Improved Teamwork Sharing:
  • Your design can now be opened with one click when you share or lend it to team members via email
  • Todos and comments will now be grouped by date
  • Other improvements:
  • Improved sidebar usability on smaller MacBooks
  • A color mismatch issue when using the color picker has been fixed
  • A line-height formatting issue has been corrected
  • Performance and Stability improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 1.3.1 (Sep 1, 2018)

  • Improved login reliability:
  • When you next sign in, Mail Designer 365 can automatically store your username and password in your Keychain
  • Bug fixes:
  • An issue that could cause Mail Designer to not recognize your plan has been fixed
  • A crash that could occur when editing images has been fixed

New in Mail Designer 365 1.3.0 (Aug 23, 2018)

  • NEW TABLES: (Available in Business Premium plans)
  • Design information-rich price tables, project lists, organization reports, schedules and more, right in Mail Designer 365. And make sure your message looks great on iPhone, with a smart card-based layout for mobile devices.
  • Build stunning, fully mobile-optimized tables
  • Add borders, padding, backgrounds, header columns…
  • Fully mobile-optimized with card-style layout
  • NEW BATCH IMAGE OPTIMIZATION:
  • Choose image optimization options and apply them to all your images in one go.
  • Available under Edit > Optimize All Images…
  • OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Layout Block categories have been re-organized
  • We've fixed a crash that could occur when opening designs
  • Saving Ready-made Layout Blocks works again
  • An issue that could occur when resizing multiple image elements has been fixed
  • The Business Premium badge now looks more premium
  • An issue with copy/paste has been fixed
  • Background color accuracy in Outlook has been improved
  • A formatting issue in multi-column text layout blocks has been fixed
  • Imported designs are now automatically added to a dedicated folder

New in Mail Designer 365 1.2.7 (Jul 18, 2018)

  • Improvements:
  • We've fixed an issue that could cause missing images in the PDF export
  • Link colors are now preserved after the export / upload
  • The order and naming of layout block categories has been cleaned up

New in Mail Designer 365 1.2.6 (Jul 11, 2018)

  • Improvements:
  • We've fixed an issue that could cause the sending progress bar to remain on screen after your message was sent
  • An issue that could cause your inbox snippet to appear above your message in some Outlook versions has been fixed
  • We've fixed a bug that could occur while resizing grouped graphics
  • A crash while sending has been fixed

New in Mail Designer 365 1.2.5 (Jun 19, 2018)

  • Mail Designer 365 now remembers and auto-suggests your last 10 recipients
  • Designs are now displayed more accurately in Yahoo Mail for iOS and Android
  • We've fixed an issue that could cause T-Online webmail to display certain content areas twice

New in Mail Designer 365 1.2.1 (Apr 13, 2018)

  • Teamwork: Lending emails now include a design preview, as well as your latest comments & todos
  • Teamwork: Simply click a message to reply to it
  • A delay when lending designs has been fixed
  • Fixed an issue that could cause mobile layout guides to appear incorrectly
  • An issue with gif image sizes has been fixed
  • Stability improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 1.1.6 (Mar 4, 2018)

  • Improvements:
  • Fixed an issue with certain links
  • Additional bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 1.1.5 (Feb 13, 2018)

  • An issue that could prevented a previously deleted design to be re-uploaded to MailChimp has been fixed
  • Improved Outlook compatibility for layout blocks with padding
  • Image flip controls now work more reliably

New in Mail Designer 365 1.1.4 (Jan 26, 2018)

  • An issue that caused missing images in Mail Chimp and Campaign Monitor has been fixed.

New in Mail Designer 365 1.1.3 (Jan 20, 2018)

  • An issue that could cause certain GIFs to be displayed incorrectly has been fixed
  • Unsplash image search improvements
  • A crash that could occur when deleting lots of designs on a TouchBar MacBook Pro has been fixed
  • Various other stability improvements and fixes

New in Mail Designer 365 1.1.1 (Dec 13, 2017)

  • NEW Nested Lists:
  • You can now create nested lists with multiple levels of indentations in Mail Designer 365 - just hit the tab key.
  • Improvements:
  • A new HTML export option lets you set all links to open in a new window/tab
  • Updated calendar graphics for 2018
  • Gmail web-app rendering improvements
  • We've fixed a few bugs that could occur while resizing and rotating shapes
  • We've removed some photo backgrounds from the textures tab - you can find them and many more via Unsplash search
  • Command+a now correctly selects all text within a layout block
  • Individual gifs no longer show a duplicate retina warning
  • A crash that could occur when closing a design before you've saved it has been fixed

New in Mail Designer 365 1.1 (Nov 21, 2017)

  • NEW Unsplash integration:
  • Search for stunning royalty-free images from the Unsplash collection – right within Mail Designer 365. Find gorgeous backgrounds, captivating header images or mood pics for your next newsletter.
  • NEW Rounded Corners for images:
  • Add an interesting effect to images – perfect for combining with the new shadow and border effects!
  • Improvements:
  • Pre-flight checks: fixed an issue in the HTML size calculation
  • An issue when saving instant layout blocks has been fixed
  • We’ve re-arranged the order of Style controls in the sidebar to be more consistent

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.5 (Jul 5, 2017)

  • Introducing: Newsletter Academy.
  • Everything you ever wanted to know about email newsletter marketing is now available right within Mail Designer Pro:
  • Exclusive articles to help small businesses to email marketing success
  • Video tutorials and how-to's available directly within the app
  • Step-by-step instructions to work along to

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.3.2 (Jun 13, 2017)

  • Fixed a crash that could occur with certain email account configurations.

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.3.0 (Feb 13, 2017)

  • All new Oulook Engine:
  • Outlook is one of the biggest HTML compatibility challenges out there. We have developed a brand new HTML approach that lets us specifically target Outlook. The result? Your design will look even more accurate in all versions of Outlook.
  • Detailed Outlook improvements:
  • 3-column layout blocks are always displayed with correct alignment
  • Line-height is correctly adjusted in all Outlook versions
  • A problem that could cause layouts to become misaligned has been fixed
  • An issue that could cause extra padding to surround an element has been fixed
  • Simply put: All new and existing designs will be improved by the new Outlook engine, so they look just like you intended.
  • Other Improvements:
  • New Plain text export: When you export as a HTML file, the plain text version is now also included as a separate file
  • New If you're sharing documents with colleagues, Mail Designer Pro now lets you know if a font was used that you don't have on your Mac
  • When copy & pasting from Microsoft Office documents, we now prevent HTML elements being added inadvertently
  • We've fixed an iPad preview issue under macOS Sierra
  • You can now use multiple mailto links with advanced options in your newsletter
  • An issue that could cause very large newsletters to not upload to MailChimp correctly has been fixed
  • An issue with image quality has been fixed
  • A few minor issues with mobile background editing have been fixed

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.2.3 (Jan 12, 2017)

  • All calendar graphics have been updated for 2017 – ready for your next event newsletter.

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.2.2 (Dec 14, 2016)

  • New:
  • Advanced email links: Now you can add an email link to your newsletter and pre-fill a subject line and message – great for getting feedback, RSVPs etc.
  • Layout blocks for 1+2 or 1+4 images - perfect for one larger ‘poster’ image and smaller detailed closeups
  • Layout block with 1 text area and 3 images – ideal for a footer with your contact details + social media icons
  • Important macOS Sierra 10.12.2 Fix:
  • This update addresses an issue that can cause images with transparency display incorrectly.
  • Other Improvements:
  • If you’ve optimized a layout block to use JPG, any transparent areas will automatically be turned white (previously Mail Designer would just use PNG instead)
  • When replacing an image, you can now navigate into sub-folders
  • Scroll through templates on the Touch Bar when in the Design Chooser
  • Your photo library can now be selected in the picker for your Image Area background
  • Improved support for email accounts that use MD5 Challenge / Response security

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.2.1 (Nov 23, 2016)

  • This update includes a number of improvements, including:
  • We’ve banished Comic-Sans from the email-safe font list (because it’s not mobile-safe)
  • An issue that could cause items to be left instead of center-aligned in Outlook has been fixed
  • Placeholder graphics work properly in Apple Mail under macOS Sierra
  • Exporting to Campaign Monitor now works more reliably
  • OS X 10.9 sending issues have been resolved

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.2 (Nov 11, 2016)

  • NEW: Touch Bar Support:
  • Mail Designer Pro is now optimized for the new Touch Bar on MacBook Pro: Switch between views and access text formatting and style options – all without leaving the keyboard.
  • Text style, formatting and layout controls
  • Adjust background color and tint, or zoom background images
  • Switch between desktop & mobile layouts, pull up a smartphone preview or toggle layout guides
  • Customize the Touch Bar with your preferred shortcuts and controls
  • NEW: iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Device Previews
  • Check out a preview of your design on the latest iPhones.
  • NEW: Tab-support:
  • Working on two newsletters? Group them into one window and switch between them in a flash – with tabs in macOS Sierra.
  • Other Improvements:
  • Improved color management when working with animated gifs
  • Improved support for mobile-optimized newsletters in Gmail for iOS

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.1.1 (Nov 3, 2016)

  • NEW PNG Image optimization:
  • Mail Designer Pro will now automatically use lossless PNG compression to shrink your PNG images, logos and graphics down - for leaner, cleaner, faster-loading mails.
  • Smarter Image Algorithm:
  • We've made Mail Designer Pro a bit smarter about images: It now detects whether an image is a photo or a sales graphic and uses that to choose whether to save an image as a PNG or JPG file, while also keeping file-size and quality considerations in mind.
  • When combined with PNG image optimization, you should see much smaller email file sizes.
  • Other Improvements:
  • Animated gifs now loop correctly
  • PDF export: fix for transparencies
  • Web fonts are now loaded over HTTPS
  • We’ve re-structured the Export menu
  • A few formatting bugs have been fixed

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.1 (Oct 18, 2016)

  • NEW: Gmail Responsive Design Update! Mail Designer Pro now has full support for Gmail's new mobile-responsive design engine – so your designs look stunning in Gmail on any device
  • NEW: iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Device Previews – check out your design on the latest iPhones in Black or Jet Black
  • NEW: Google Pixel Device Preview – perfect for checking out your design in the new look Gmail app
  • Also included some bug fixes and performance improvements for good measure.

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.0.8 (Oct 5, 2016)

  • New shortcut: Hit command g to group objects. Throw shift into the mix to ungroup!
  • We’ve fixed an issue that could cause a crash when dragging in layout blocks
  • An issue that could cause crashes when exporting or sending designs has been fixed

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.0.7 (Sep 29, 2016)

  • We’ve fixed an issue that could cause a crash when dragging in layout blocks
  • A problem with layouts when sending via MailChimp has been fixed
  • NEW: Mail Designer Pro now shows you a notification once your message has been successfully sent
  • Improved compatibility with older Mail Designer documents

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.0.6 (Sep 23, 2016)

  • NEW: Replace Image:
  • We’ve all been there: You’ve designed a great header image with the perfect font, logos, call-to-action button – everything. Then your clients asks you to change the background photo for something “more fun”. Ugh.
  • Introducing ‘Replace image’ – simply swap out any image for a “better” one, while keeping the size, position and layout of the original.
  • Style improvements:
  • You guys have told us what you like about styles and what needs improving: First off, the lock is gone. Next: we’ve improved the indicator that lets you know which style is currently selected. And we’ve also fixed a few bugs that could occur when switching between styles and ’No style’ text. And we’ve also removed the confusing ‘All emphases’ option – simply select all text and hit ‘Remove’ instead.
  • Other Improvements:
  • Shadows are exported correctly
  • The color picker has been improved and we’ve fixed some color profile issues that could lead to colors being slightly off
  • You can now hit Shift+Return to insert a simple line break instead of starting a new paragraph
  • Resizing with modifier keys works like in other apps
  • An issue that could cause exported PDFs to cut off has been fixed
  • Alignment guides are now underneath layout block edges, so they aren’t accidentally selected when you’re trying to adjust your layout

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.0.5 (Sep 1, 2016)

  • New: Hit Command + N to instantly start a new blank design
  • New: Placeholders for Apple Mail
  • Command + K is now the default shortcut for creating new text links
  • Mobile device previews now correctly reflect web font support in Gmail
  • Clarified how placeholders work with MailChimp and Campaign Monitor
  • We now show a hint on how to accurately preview your design in MailChimp
  • Fixed an issue that could cause really wide layouts when adding layout blocks
  • We've fixed an issue with image backgrounds in Apple Mail

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.0.4 (Aug 30, 2016)

  • New: Placeholders for Apple Mail – handy for automatically putting today’s date into your mail
  • Improved compatibility with Gmail
  • Mobile device previews now correctly reflect web font support in Gmail
  • Clarified how placeholders work with MailChimp and Campaign Monitor
  • We now show a hint on how to accurately preview your design in MailChimp
  • We’ve fixed an issue that could cause your layout to become really wide when adding layout blocks
  • Improved support for macOS Sierra Public Beta

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.0.3 (Jul 21, 2016)

  • NEW Paragraph spacing: Set the amount of space to leave before and after your text paragraphs – for nicer formatting and improved readability
  • NEW Strike! Use strike-through formatting on your text – perfect for sales prices and other eye-catchers
  • NEW Layout blocks for headers with logo + navigation menu links
  • Other improvements:
  • Image masks now support pixel-precise positioning
  • You can now resize image area backgrounds from the sidebar
  • Improved cursor visibility within text objects in images
  • Wide designs now have nicer thumbnails
  • Fixed an issue that could cause fonts to appear incorrectly in mobile previews
  • Fixed an issue that could cause Mail Designer Pro to reset your plain-text fallback
  • Improved MailChimp support for background images and gifs
  • Stability and other minor improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.0.2 (Jun 24, 2016)

  • NEW PDF Export: We’ve rebuilt PDF export so your designs are now exported as a single full-page PDF — ideal for printing, uploading to websites or Facebook and more
  • What could be better than 71 Design Ideas? 72! We've added a new Design Idea “Furniture”
  • Set the corner radius for rectangles and number of points on stars in the sidebar
  • HTML export: We now remember your export folder name
  • Designs sent via MailChimp are more compatible with a range of email apps

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.0.1 (Jun 19, 2016)

  • New: Display images side-by-side on mobile devices with 4 brand new layout blocks – perfect for menus or social media icons
  • Improved: All position and size values in the sidebar can now be changed with keyboard cursor keys
  • Improved Outlook compatibility when campaigns are sent via MailChimp
  • We’ve also fixed an issue with Mail Designer Pro and the macOS Sierra developer preview

New in Mail Designer 365 3 3.0 (Jun 9, 2016)

  • Pixel-perfect graphics tools
  • Desktop retina image support
  • Send desktop Mails directly with Apple Mail
  • Font Weights support
  • Background reposition and zoom
  • Desktop email previews
  • Improved HTML export workflow
  • Now over 70 Design Ideas: Templates for Sales, Announcements, Events & Transactional mails
  • Updated HTML engine: Fully compatible with all major email apps and services
  • Quick tips in the app: Learn to use Mail Designer Pro in minutes with our quick tips documents

New in Mail Designer 365 2 2.6.1 (May 22, 2016)

  • There's a new 'Automatic hyphenation' option (disabled by default) that you can use for designs with very long words (common in certain languages)
  • The Preflight tool will now warn you if hyphenation is recommended to avoid layout issues
  • We've improved the overall app stability

New in Mail Designer 365 2 2.6 (Apr 26, 2016)

  • iPad Pro and iPhone SE Device Previews:
  • We’ve added three new mobile device previews for the latest iOS devices: Make sure your newsletters look great on the 12.9” iPad Pro, 9.7” iPad Pro as well as on the iPhone SE.
  • Zoom option for Mobile Previews:
  • Mail Designer Pro 2.6 introduces a new scaling option, so you can fit any iOS device on your Mac’s screen. Want to check out your design on the 12.9” iPad, but using an 11” MacBook Air? No problem.
  • Smart Link Checking:
  • The built-in preflight feature goes through your design and checks things like image size, retina image and all links. We’ve made the link checking much smarter and fixed a few cases where custom URL types weren’t checked correctly.
  • Improved HTML engine:
  • A lot of work has gone into the new HTML engine in Mail Designer Pro 2.6: We’ve redesigned the way our layout is built and fixed a number of alignment issues, such as those that you could occasionally see in Outlook.
  • Here are some of the specifics that have been improved in the new HTML engine:
  • Outlook alignment bugs have been fixed
  • You can use % and & reliably in custom link types
  • Improved Gmail support when sending via MailChimp
  • Mobile-only layout blocks no longer show up in Yahoo webmail
  • Fixed an issue that could cause missing images in MailChimp
  • A bug that could cause images not to appear in Outlook when sent via external services has been fixed
  • Link formatting has been fixed, so removing the underline and changing link colors work as you’d expect
  • We’ve also taken steps to prevent redundant style tags that were occasionally generated by the styles editor. So the HTML is cleaner, more concise and improves compatibility in all email clients!

New in Mail Designer 365 2 2.5.5 (Feb 12, 2016)

  • MailChimp improvements

New in Mail Designer 365 2 2.5.4 (Dec 22, 2015)

  • We've updated all existing Season's Greetings packs for the New Year's 2016!
  • Updated calendar graphics for 2016
  • Split-View optimized
  • Full OS X Photos integration

New in Mail Designer 365 2 2.5.2 (Nov 20, 2015)

  • NEW:
  • New iPhone 6s Rose Gold Device Preview
  • Advanced link options for email, phone numbers and other types of links
  • IMPROVED:
  • Removing a style (by selecting 'No style') now preserves the current formatting
  • Nicer default color suggestions for text in image areas
  • Mobile-specific text styles are labeled accordingly
  • Improved support for custom SMTP servers for test emails
  • FIXED:
  • Images were occasionally missing when printing or exporting as PDF
  • Your cursor no longer jumps around after inserting a link
  • Text formatting issues after inserting a link have been fixed
  • Formatting issues when dragging & dropping text have been fixed
  • Images could become skewed while resizing
  • A number of crashes have been fixed

New in Mail Designer 365 2 2.5.1 (Oct 8, 2015)

  • This update fixes a few issues.

New in Mail Designer 365 2 2.5 (Sep 30, 2015)

  • Redesigned for OS X El Capitan and Split View - Mail Designer Pro 2.5 now has a beautiful new sidebar, which offers quick access to Content and Formatting controls. This makes it a breeze to work on your newsletter in fullscreen Split View, with your content on one side and Mail Designer Pro on the other.
  • Styles - Styles in Mail Designer Pro 2.5 give you powerful, instant control over the look and feel of your entire newsletter. Make adjustments to a style and instantly preview the changes across your entire design — you'll even be able to preview your style changes on an iPhone or iPad!
  • Gorgeous new content - With new beautiful backgrounds and header images, Mail Designer Pro 2.5 is packed with artwork and tools you need to build amazing email newsletters.

New in Mail Designer 365 2 2.3.1 (Aug 4, 2015)

  • A UI glitch that could occur when editing links has been fixed
  • Fixed an issue that could cause rich-text editing controls to appear in plain-text mode
  • Force Touch: Use the new Force Touch trackpad on 2015 MacBooks to quickly enter & exit edit mode

New in Mail Designer 365 2 2.3 (Jun 5, 2015)

  • Improved link formatting: Design and send your very own linked-list email newsletter
  • Force Touch: Use the new Force Touch trackpad on 2015 MacBooks to quickly enter & exit edit mode
  • The iPhone 6 preview now displays your email correctly in landscape mode
  • We've improved the Apple Watch preview to be more true to life
  • Dragging a layout block from one design to another will now copy that block (instead of moving it)
  • Improved compatibility with MailChimp, Outlook and Gmail for Android

New in Mail Designer 365 2 2.2 (May 15, 2015)

  • THIS IS A BIG UPDATE WITH FIVE MAIL-TASTIC NEW FEATURES:
  • NEW: Design your email text for Apple Watch:
  • Mail Designer Pro 2.2 now lets you customize the plain text version of your newsletter that will be displayed on Apple Watch: Optimize the structure and flow of your email to get your message across on apps and devices with limited screen real estate.
  • NEW: Apple Watch Previews:
  • Preview your email's plain text content on Apple Watch. Mail Designer Pro helps you to optimize the layout and length of your newsletter for improved Apple Watch emails.
  • NEW: Inbox Optimize:
  • You only get to make a first impression once: Add a custom inbox preview text to your message to increase your open-rates and conversions.
  • NEW: OS X Photos Integration:
  • Add photos, product images or event shots from your Photos library, right within Mail Designer Pro.
  • NEW: Force Click Optimized:
  • Mail Designer Pro has been optimized to take advantage of the new force click trackpad built-in to the new MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 13": Force Click to quickly edit your design's background, preview designs and more.
  • OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:
  • An issue that caused prevented you from entering image URLs for HTML export has been fixed
  • The image compression feature is a bit smarter
  • An issue with saving documents has been fixed
  • When scaling an image in a placeholder, you can now hown down the option key to override snapping
  • Exporting to MailChimp is more reliable

New in Mail Designer 365 2 2.1 (Mar 12, 2015)

  • NEW: Team & Business Communication - The all-new mobile-optimized Team & Business designs in Mail Designer Pro 2.1 make it easy to send emails, memos, notes, links, invites and more using incredible mobile-reponsive designs. Launch offer deal now available with an in-app purchase!
  • Other improvements:
  • A disappearing cursor issue has been fixed
  • PDF export now works more reliably
  • An issue with background color selection has been fixed
  • Tip: Drag to add your own images, backgrounds or even custom layout blocks to the content window, for easy re-use!

New in Mail Designer 365 2 2.0.5 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • A problem with the Design Delivery service has been fixed
  • An issue while saving documents has been fixed
  • Uploads to Campaign Monitor are more reliable
  • We've fixed an issue with PDF export
  • A few visual glitches have been de-glitched
  • Tip: Hold down the option key to open multiple content windows

New in Mail Designer 365 2 2.0.4 (Jan 3, 2015)

  • Updated sales graphics for 2015
  • A font panel issue has been fixed
  • Other bug fixes

New in Mail Designer 365 2 2.0.3 (Dec 8, 2014)

  • NEW: Season's Greetings Vol. 7 — 24 gorgeous new Designs for the holidays with animations and photo drop-zones
  • DEALS: All Holiday-themed template packs are on sale for the holidays!
  • ANIMATED: holiday cards with gifs are now animated in the quick-look preview

New in Mail Designer 365 2 2.0.2 (Nov 11, 2014)

  • Design Ideas are displayed more crisply in the Design Chooser
  • An issue with certain mobile layouts with MailChimp has been fixed
  • Nicer mobile preview refreshing
  • Improvements to the shape editing tools

New in Mail Designer 365 2.2.1 (Sep 18, 2014)

  • This update improves support for OS X 10.9.5.

New in Mail Designer 365 2.2.0 (Mar 1, 2014)

  • Updated Mail Designer Pro's HTML engine for the latest email clients
  • Uploading designs to Campaign Monitor works more reliably
  • MailChimp: An unsubscribe link is now required and free plan users can also add a Rewards badge to their templates. This prevents the default MailChimp footer from being added.
  • Fixed a layout issue that could cause cause certain mobile layout blocks to appear in Outlook 2007 and 2010
  • Improved overall app stability

New in Mail Designer 365 2.1.2 (Jan 24, 2014)

  • New iOS and Android device previews:
  • New device previews: iPhone 5s, 5c and iPad Air with iOS 7, Android 4.
  • An issue that could cause extra padding to be displayed on the right of a template has been fixed.
  • The overall stability of the app has been improved and we've fixed a bunch of smaller issues.

New in Mail Designer 365 2.1.1 (Dec 5, 2013)

  • Improved reliability when sending designs
  • Fixed an issue while lending a design

New in Mail Designer 365 2.1.0 (Nov 21, 2013)

  • 27 mobile-optimized Design Blueprints for the Holidays
  • Work just like Design Ideas: Blueprints are fully customizable
  • Include space for your logo, signature and other elements

New in Mail Designer 365 2.0.3 (Jul 13, 2013)

  • Improved compatibility of certain layout blocks with Outlook
  • Fixed an issue with designs exported as HTML documents
  • Removing the background color of a layout block now works more reliably
  • Added missing fallback fonts to certain design idea templates

New in Mail Designer 365 2.0.2 (Jul 3, 2013)

  • Improved compatibility with various versions of Outlook
  • Fixed a bug that prevented pasted rich text from being center-aligned
  • A few issues have been resolved in the design idea templates
  • A crash that could occur when separating desktop and mobile layout blocks has been fixed

New in Mail Designer 365 2.0.1 (Jun 27, 2013)

  • This update improves responsive design compatibility with the Android mail app and includes other improvements.

New in Mail Designer 365 1.3.0 (Apr 23, 2013)

  • Now integrates with Campaign Monitor:
  • Upload designs to Campaign Monitor
  • Designing for a client? Choose that client during upload
  • Use placeholders to automatically add subscriber information
  • Send newsletters to large numbers of subscribers with Campaign Monitor
  • Fixed a number of other issues.

New in Mail Designer 365 1.2.4 (Feb 6, 2013)

  • Graphics updated for 2013

New in Mail Designer 365 1.2.3 (Jul 28, 2012)

  • This update adds full support for Apple’s latest update, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. We’ve tweaked the way Mail Designer integrates with Mail, to keep things working smoothly. Mail Designer also fully supports Mountain Lion's new Gatekeeper security feature.

New in Mail Designer 365 1.2.2 (May 3, 2012)

  • Fixed a crash that could occur while uploading to MailChimp
  • Fixed a bug when pasting formatted content (e.g. from Pages) into Mail Designer
  • Font sizes are now preserved when sending Business Edition templates to Apple Mail
  • Design backgrounds will now reliably change when switching between template variations

New in Mail Designer 365 1.2.1 Build 2505 (Dec 5, 2011)

  • NEW We updated Mail Designer for our new Season’s Greetings 4 stationery collection
  • NEW We’ve added two brand new Design Ideas as well as two layout blocks
  • NEW You can now open multiple content windows at the same time, e.g. to see Layout Blocks and Graphics at the same time
  • NEW Includes new calendar graphics for 2012
  • IMPROVED Fixes line height deviations in Outlook
  • IMPROVED Fonts whose name includes a space are now displayed correctly in Outlook
  • IMPROVED Fixes color deviations in images
  • IMPROVED The Paste command now works again in the HTML export dialog
  • IMPROVED Fixes font size deviations
  • IMPROVED Fixes a rare crash during HTML export
  • IMPROVED Improves overall stability

New in Mail Designer 365 1.2.0 Build 2444 (Oct 27, 2011)

  • NEW: HTML Export - you can now export messages as an HTML document
  • NEW: OS X Lion users can now use Mail Designer in full-screen mode
  • NEW: Mail Designer now supports OS X Lion's resume feature
  • NEW: We've added 3 new layout blocks with bullet lists
  • NEW: Layout Blocks can now be duplicated with a menu bar command
  • IMPROVED: The width of all layout blocks has been adjusted
  • IMPROVED: Layout block resizing is now more reliable
  • IMPROVED: Compatibility of backgrounds in Outlook, Thunderbird & Gmail
  • IMPROVED: Added support for all types of links (e.g. tel, ftp, https, etc.)
  • IMPROVED: Image placeholders can now overlap
  • Mail Designer now has an SDK for plug-ins. Interested developers should please visit our API page

New in Mail Designer 365 1.1.1 Build 2223 (Aug 30, 2011)

  • You can now change the formatting of placeholders after inserting them
  • Fixes font size deviations with various email clients
  • Fixes problems with background images with resolutions other than 72 dpi
  • Fixes layout errors when viewing emails with Gmail
  • Improves stability of photo browser
  • Fixes error messages in Console when started on Mac OS X 10.7
  • The alignment menu items now reflect the state of the selected text

New in Mail Designer 365 1.1.0 Build 2129 (Jul 13, 2011)

  • NEW Direct export to MailChimp, the popular email marketing service
  • NEW Mail Designer now speaks French
  • IMPROVED Mail Designer is ready for Lion, the next update of Mac OS X
  • IMPROVED Better photo browser
  • IMPROVED Optimized quality of JPEG images
  • IMPROVED Preview images in the Save As dialog are now always up-to-date
  • IMPROVED Optimized selection behavior in the Design Chooser
  • Fixes an issue which caused the email background to be larger than necessary after forwarding an email
  • Fixes font size deviations with various email clients
  • Fixes problems with the # character in link URLs
  • Fixes a display error with rotated text objects
  • Fixes problems with images in the CMYK color space

New in Mail Designer 365 1.0.1 Build 1904 (Jul 6, 2011)

  • NEW: New mode for easier editing of email and content background
  • NEW: You can now drag layout blocks between documents
  • NEW: We’ve added six new layout blocks
  • NEW: You can now drag text objects from the content window to any text area
  • IMPROVED: All Business Edition stationeries now support layout blocks
  • IMPROVED: It’s now possible to use smaller vertical spacers
  • IMPROVED: Improved handling of links to email addresses
  • FIXED: Fixes crashes when opening some Business Edition stationeries
  • FIXED: Fixes occasional crashes when saving documents with image placeholders
  • FIXED: Fixes crashes when viewing previews of some Business Edition stationeries
  • FIXED: Fixes an issue which sometimes prevented changes in text objects from being saved
  • FIXED: Fixes a crash with the Lion Developer Preview when opening the Textures tab
  • FIXED: Fixes a problem which sometimes caused background color changes not to be transferred to Mail
  • FIXED: Fixes a problem due to which background areas were sometimes filled with black when editing them
  • FIXED: Fixes an error which prevented undoing previous changes after sending