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Comment on Configuring IMAP for Gmail, Mail.app, and iPhone (and iPod touch) (and probably iPad) by Noah

Noah — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:38:03 +0000

Hi Kmuri,

I suspect activesync is a completely different protocol than IMAP, and therefore has different settings.

-Noah

Comment on Configuring IMAP for Gmail, Mail.app, and iPhone (and iPod touch) (and probably iPad) by kmuri

kmuri — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:11:20 +0000

Does this configuration still apply if Gmail on iPhone is set up to use ActiveSync? Thanks!

Comment on Tire selection chart by Noah

Noah — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:04:04 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts! It’s always good to hear other ides.

- Yep, the Y axis is a very nebulous range. It mostly closely relates to toughness vs lightness, and I could have used those words, but width and other factors are also part of the (rather subjective) ordering. It’s pretty loose, and not meant to be definitive, but rather to give people an idea of which tires to look at, like a loose categorical grouping.

- Lighter grid lines would probably be good. I just copied a color from the Riv web site.

- Weight, price, and other factors can be compared once the range of tires has been narrowed to just a few, based on your needs. I don’t think Riv even provides wights for all of the tires they sell.

Cheers, Noah

Comment on Tire selection chart by dandyone

dandyone — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:53:30 +0000

This is great. I got your card tonight at the book reading in the Loveless building, and noticed this diagram on the back of your card. I was perplexed until I headed to the website and discovered this post. I was thinking maybe you used a recycled package or something for your card stock, but the printing wasn’t right, nor was the stock.

As for technical feedback on the graphic…

I think you may be able to improve your y-axis description. It leaves me wondering if burly tires have knobs while svelte tires are slicks? Or perhaps none are slicks, all have tread, and none have knobs. Instead, perhaps this reference continuum is to ride quality (derived from thread count or something)? Or, as you say in your description, ‘toughness’?

I’m also left wondering if there is a grouping logic to the y-axis gridlines. It ‘feels’ like you are trying to pull out nominal categories with the grid lines. Perhaps if they were in a lighter value that would help?

Personally, I’d like to see the weights of the tires up there as well. I know weight-weenies don’t buy Rivendales, but all those ounces quickly add up to ‘pounds, baby, pounds’!

Maybe a hollow circle graduated to the Sm, Md, and Lg rim sizes with the size written in the center? The value of the stroke of the circle could then represent weight? Or maybe just have the weight listed in clean type next to each symbol?

All in all, this is a very nice visualization. Especially when compared to the alternative that you describe! Good design is all about good feedback, though, right?!

It was really nice meeting you tonight. I am happy that I bought the book. It is an impressive collection.

-DA

Comment on Pixel rulers in Visio by Noah

Noah — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:14:34 +0000

Hi Daniel,

As I mentioned in the warning above, this change does mess with existing shapes. I’m not sure what the best fix is. Perhaps try Steven’s suggestion?

Best, Noah

Comment on Pixel rulers in Visio by Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:43:21 +0000

I’ve been using the ol’ pica-to-pixel trick, but am having trouble with some of the company stencils we use. Instead of displaying normally, shapes like scrolling text areas, drop-down lists, and radio buttons loose lines or other elements. Since they’re custom shapes, I imagine there’s something in the make-up of the shapes that causes this to happen. They hold their fidelity until the 1 to 16 scale is applied, then the weirdness ensues.

Has anyone else experienced this issue?

Comment on Configuring IMAP for Gmail, Mail.app, and iPhone (and iPod touch) (and probably iPad) by Kate

Kate — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:03:24 +0000

Is anyone else having issues with using Gmail’s Spam folder as the Junk Mailbox? i followed the steps above, to properly sort drafts and trash and such, but the Gmail spam folder won’t budge. I have tried to “use this mailbox for>junk” 50 times and the folder stays put under the Gmail heading. Any suggestions? Thanks!!

Comment on Configuring IMAP for Gmail, Mail.app, and iPhone (and iPod touch) (and probably iPad) by Brandt

Brandt — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:24:37 +0000

Very happy to see that new iPhone iOS 4.0 has feature to turn on or to turn off gmail archiving (turning this off will DELETE files when you delete them). Go to Settings|[Your Gmail IMAP Account] and on the main page there is a setting called “Archive Messages” which can be turned on or off. Setting this to “On” (default) will archive messages when you swipe. Setting to “Off” will delete them. Thanks GMail – finally!

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Comment on Configuring IMAP for Gmail, Mail.app, and iPhone (and iPod touch) (and probably iPad) by Neel

Neel — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:40:22 +0000

I’m also having the same problem as Simon.

I followed your instructions and did: “Spam” > Use this mailbox for > “Junk”. Once I reboot Mail.app tho, it reverts back to how it was before. There is no “Junk” folder, and the “Spam” folder is back under “[Gmail]“. If I try to repeat the process of “use this mailbox for”, it won’t work.

OS: Snow Leopard 10.6.3
Mail: 4.2
Gmail: IMAP

Hopefully, it is a change by either Apple or Google, or there is a fix. Thanks!