Sparrow Changelog

What's new in Sparrow 1.6.4 Build 1176

Sep 11, 2012
  • Bug fixes

New in Sparrow 1.6.3 Build 1164 (Jul 16, 2012)

  • improved performance when loading huge conversations
  • URL in subject can be clicked
  • date / subject in headers can be selected
  • improved avatar in message cells
  • IMAP compatibility issues
  • brazilian localization
  • fixed progress indicator in message view
  • fixed crash when loading some HTML messages
  • crash when reimporting POP fixed

New in Sparrow 1.6.2 Build 1144 Beta (Jul 3, 2012)

  • New features:
  • Mountain Lion and Notification Center support
  • Retina Display support
  • Send & Archive in Quick reply
  • Always expand messages option
  • Always show the 'i' section
  • fixed close/minimize/zoom button behavior
  • enabling always show info will show info of the opened messages
  • enabling always expand all will expand all messages
  • HTML signature
  • Bug fix:
  • Growl Notification with Growl 1.3
  • Growl Notification for POP accounts
  • Memory consumption improvement
  • Fixed syncing of flags

New in Sparrow 1.6.2 Build 1134 Beta (Jul 2, 2012)

  • New features:
  • Mountain Lion and Notification Center support
  • Retina Display support
  • Send & Archive in Quick reply
  • Always expand messages option
  • Always show the 'i' section
  • fixed close/minimize/zoom button behavior
  • enabling always show info will show info of the opened messages
  • enabling always expand all will expand all messages
  • Bug fix:
  • Growl Notification with Growl 1.3
  • Growl Notification for POP accounts
  • Memory consumption improvement

New in Sparrow 1.6.1 Build 1081.51 (Jun 5, 2012)

  • Bug fix:
  • Fixed keychain issue
  • Fixed forwarding of emails with attachments on POP accounts
  • copy-paste of images in the message composer now generates PNG instead of TIFF files
  • Fixed gmail group sync
  • POP account folders management issues
  • POP account management
  • Fixed chinese localization
  • Performance issue

New in Sparrow 1.6.1 Build 1081.38 (May 22, 2012)

  • Bug fix:
  • Fixed keychain issue
  • Fixed forwarding of emails with attachments on POP accounts
  • copy-paste of images in the message composer now generates PNG instead of TIFF files
  • Fixed gmail group sync
  • POP account folders management issues
  • POP account restoration
  • Fixed chinese localization

New in Sparrow 1.6.1 Build 1081.32 (May 19, 2012)

  • Bug fix:
  • Fixed keychain issue
  • POP account folders management issues
  • POP account restoration
  • copy-paste of images in the message composer now generates PNG instead of TIFF files

New in Sparrow 1.6 Build 1081.26 (May 15, 2012)

  • Bug fix:
  • Fixed Chinese localization.

New in Sparrow 1.6 Build 1081.24 (May 15, 2012)

  • New features:
  • POP support
  • Esc on Quick Reply saves as draft
  • Empty spam
  • Unified inbox shows starred, sent, drafts, etc.
  • Inbox zero message
  • Composer: tab toggle now works for selecting the sending account
  • Pull to refresh updates list of starred messages / unread messages / priority messages
  • Shift-cmd-option-M toggles Extended Sidebar
  • App startup time improvement
  • Preferences to open link in background
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed avatar behavior (thanks to Ellis Hamburger)
  • Improved charset decoding
  • Remove flickering when message list is empty
  • Fixed scrollers behavior in sidebar
  • Random scroll in the list when switching folder
  • Parsing issue with Asana mail
  • Periodical log clean up
  • Remove flickering when message list is empty
  • Improved contacts synchronization from Gmail
  • Draft icon aligment in conversation view
  • Refresh folders list periodically
  • Fixed Asana emails parsing issue
  • Avoid marking conversations as read automatically when it was previously selected and mailbox is empty
  • Handle additional international subject reply and forward prefix
  • Gmail shortcut 'g' will allow to select a label

New in Sparrow 1.5 Build 1043 (Dec 1, 2011)

  • First, Dropbox:
  • Drag, drop, send (and sync). Sending a mail with attachment has never been simpler. And without even noticing it, you are syncing your files in the cloud making sure you never lose them.
  • Second, block remote images:
  • Keep control of the images displayed in your mail: once or always.
  • Third, search:
  • With it’s new smart search & Gmail-like tokens, find the mail you’re looking for in a matter of seconds.

New in Sparrow 1.5 Build 1032 (Nov 30, 2011)

  • New features:
  • Dropbox integration: drag, drop, send (& sync). Attaching files has never been easier.
  • Search has been dramatically improved. Search suggestions lets you find the message you're looking for in a matter of seconds.
  • Block remote images: keep control of the images displayed in your mail. Turn it on in Sparrow's Preferences.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Font always go back in Helvetica 13
  • Encoding problems in Chinese, Korean, Russian & Thai
  • Crash when opening emails from a certain sender
  • Crash when opening a protected PDF
  • CPU usage is too high
  • iCloud messages deleted on iPhone still appear on Sparrow
  • Unread counter does not always reflect the number of unread messages
  • and many more...

New in Sparrow 1.4 (Oct 5, 2011)

  • New features:
  • GetCloudApp integration: directly upload your attachments to the cloud. Drag, Drop, it's in the cloud. Share file fast.
  • Reversed threads (à la Gmail): simply reverse the order of messages in the conversation view from Sparrow Preferences
  • Pull-to-refresh
  • Cmd-A now works to select all text in the conversation view
  • UI:
  • Default image in conversation view when no message or multiple message are selected
  • Default compose window size is kept
  • Message list keeps its default size when resizing the window
  • Sidebar animations when showing/hiding
  • Under the hood:
  • Sending performance
  • New draft management system
  • Bad network/offline behavior
  • Improvement on mail database
  • Synchronization performance
  • Bug fixes:
  • Zoho compatibility
  • Lotus Domino compatibility
  • Free compatibility
  • Dovecot server
  • Crash on Send & Archive and various crashes
  • Animation bug when un-minimizing Sparrow from the Menu bar icon
  • Hanging issue on Lion
  • Erased space in signature
  • 'Not Spam' option in the Spam folder

New in Sparrow 1.3.2 (Aug 2, 2011)

  • Features:
  • Drag and drop mails in your folders / labels in extended sidebar
  • Character counter in compose window for Shortmail accounts
  • Focus on Compose window in full screen mode
  • UI:
  • New conversation view design
  • New quick reply design
  • Top bar gradient re-design
  • New default avatars for incoming mails
  • Bug fix:
  • Transparent text issue in message composer
  • Window and sidebar size memory issue
  • Alt-L Polish character issue
  • Fixed Esc key behavior in fullscreen
  • Deminimized animation fixed
  • Shift-Cmd-2 in Extended sidebar Unified Inbox
  • Copy and paste issue in compose window
  • Inline attachments resize issue
  • Improved memory usage
  • Fixed various crashes

New in Sparrow 1.3.1 (Jul 18, 2011)

  • Fixes crash issue.

New in Sparrow 1.3 (Jul 18, 2011)

  • New features:
  • Extended Sidebar: directly access all your label & folders in the sidebar
  • Send & Archive: one of the coolest Gmail feature now available for all IMAP accounts
  • Drag and Drop: select any message and simply drag and drop it to other apps and your desktop
  • Hide sidebar: keep it minimal and hide your sidebar for a streamlined experience. ⇧-⌘M or a lateral three finger swipe in the sidebar will do the trick.
  • 'Empty trash' button
  • View mail source
  • Improvements:
  • All animations have been rewritten from the ground up.
  • Sidebar animations: account and category switching is faster and smoother
  • Message list: we made the scroll more fluid and natural
  • Window animations: we killed all window animations to make Sparrow faster and simpler
  • Sidebar scrollbar: it was always possible to scroll the sidebar but we made this obvious by adding a scrollbar when you can actually scroll.
  • Priority inbox behavior: now shows all Priority mails of the inbox regardless of the fact that they've been read
  • Compatibility:
  • Omnifocus: drag a mail in the app to create a new task
  • Things: drag a mail on the dock icon to create a new task
  • Back-end:
  • Yahoo compatibility
  • DAV Mail compatibility
  • MBox mail compatibility

New in Sparrow 1.2.2 (Jun 30, 2011)

  • Avatar show the picture of last sender
  • Fix message threading issue
  • Various bug fix
  • Improved search performance

New in Sparrow 1.2.1 (Jun 15, 2011)

  • Facebook wall post is unchecked by default
  • Expand/collapse all messages (Alt-Click)
  • Fixed various crashes

New in Sparrow 1.2 (May 26, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • Facebook friends profile pictures integration
  • Add Facebook friends directly from Sparrow
  • Unified Inbox
  • Gravatar support
  • Threading by subject
  • New interface design
  • Dock icon: compose new message on right click
  • Free resizing of the message list
  • Font preferences in compose window
  • Preference to hide Inbox selection bar
  • Account names appear faster on hover
  • Localization in 8 languages:
  • French
  • Chinese
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • Russian
  • Dutch
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Bug fix:
  • Icon bounce
  • various calendar invite fix
  • Text expander issue fix
  • Fix for folder mapping
  • Greek, Korean, Swedish text encoding
  • Fix connection issue with Zoho
  • Multiple copies of sent mail issue
  • Hidden at start up fix
  • Growl picture is now sender avatar
  • Connection doctor

New in Sparrow 1.1.2 (Apr 21, 2011)

  • Fixed duplication in Sent mailbox on Exchange servers
  • Fixed selection in folder mapping
  • Fixed crash on sync
  • Fixed keychain conflict
  • "New message" option has been added to right-click on Dock icon

New in Sparrow 1.1.1 (Apr 4, 2011)

  • New features:
  • Folder mapping
  • Custom SMTP alias support
  • Bug fix:
  • Spell-check bug
  • Mobile Me blank messages
  • Yahoo account refresh issue
  • Allows SMTP connection withtout authentication
  • Text expander support
  • Japanese input
  • Fixes issues in mail database
  • Fixes remote server issues
  • Fixes crash when database is corrupted

New in Sparrow 1.1 (Mar 22, 2011)

  • General imap support: Mobile Me, Yahoo, AOL and any custom IMAP account are now supported
  • Formatting bar: Sparrow now makes it easy to change fonts, font size, add bulleted or numbered list.
  • Priority Inbox: one of the most awaited feature of Sparrow users is now integrated.
  • Unread section: see your unread mail and only your unread mail
  • Minimal mode: hide message previews and see more mail in a glimpse.
  • Multitouch gestures: Sparrow takes advantage of the power of multitouch gestures on the desktop and a lot more.

New in Sparrow 1.0.1 (Feb 18, 2011)

  • Improved sending speed
  • Improved thread/conversation refresh
  • Basic Apple script support
  • ‘Menur bar only’ mode
  • Various bug fixes