v3 Alpha: Testing & Feedback (Multi-Accounts, ...)

[timche]

We are currently working on the next major version of Gmail Desktop which includes the long-awaited multi-accounts support. The reason for a major version is that Gmail Desktop will be re-written for most parts in order to make multi-accounts a great experience without suffering any existing features. Another reason is that Gmail Desktop will be renamed to Mazy (hope you like the name), so it must be re-installed and can't be updated automatically from v2 to v3.

Before releasing v3, I'm looking for alpha testers that can provide feedback to ensure everything works as intended and performance is alright.

Current v3 changes:

• Support multi-account (#25)
• Ability to change release channel (latest, beta, alpha)
• Rename project to Mazy or Mailzy

Latest v3 alpha release:

• https://github.com/timche/gmail-desktop/releases/tag/v3.0.0-alpha.1
• Please set the release channel to Alpha at Settings → Updates → Release Channel in order to receive future alpha updates.

How to provide feedback:

- OS:
- Version:

<Feedback/Bug Report>

Known bugs/issues:

• macOS
  • [Testing in progress]
• Linux
  • [Testing in progress]
• Windows
  • [Testing in progress]

Previews:

    

[cyfrost]

Hey @timche, great initiative! I'm happy to test the alpha once it's out. Fedora, Arch Linux, Ubuntu, and Windows 10 are the ones I can lay my hands on for testing. Let me know when the alpha is ready! :)

[zordym]

Hello @timche,

I can test your application.

My setup: Mac os catalina

[zzpxyx]

@timche Hopefully I'm not late for the game. I have access to Arch Linux, macOS Catalina, and Windows 10.

[Cantello]

Would it also be possible with this to switch to other Google services (thinking of calendar & Docs)?

[timche]

Would it also be possible with this to switch to other Google services (thinking of calendar & Docs)?

There are some apps out there that support multiple Google services, but I haven't tried them yet. My primary goal with Gmail Desktop is to focus on Gmail and eventually add other Google services in the future.

[cipriancraciun]

I can test it on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (I don't need any special package except the Linux x86-64 .tar.bz that you already are providing.)

(I forgot to mention that my main use-case is "delegated user accounts" thus not exactly "multiple user accounts"; although I do have that use-case also.)

[cipriancraciun]

There are some apps out there that support multiple Google services, but I haven't tried them yet. My primary goal with Gmail Desktop is to focus on Gmail and eventually add other Google services in the future.

@timche Please keep this project GMail focused. :)

As you've mentioned there are other projects out there that try to do all this, but given that they don't have any focus on any of these "targeted sites", they aren't best at anything.

Meanwhile this project already does provide useful features for GMail, especially in the UI department by cleaning up some GMail artifacts.

[akamizi]

OS: Elementary OS I have various normal and business accounts I am currently using this: https://github.com/openWMail/openWMail

[axllent]

I'd love to test this as well once it is ready, as I have 5 separate Gmail accounts (personal & business) I need to check. Two machines, Ubuntu 16 & 20 (Unity on both).

[Chriscbr]

I'd be happy to test this feature (I have about three Gmail accounts I check on at the moment). I can test on macOS and Windows 10 with my currently available hardware. 😄

[pedrodonkey]

✋ Also available to test if this is still in the works. Running macOS Catalina 10.15.6 (19G2021).

[timche]

It has been a while and I'm just re-opening this issue, because I'm happy to announce that v3 with multi-accounts support is now finally coming! Please forgive me that it took this long. I hope that most of you are still around and interested to be alpha testers.

I'll release the first alpha version very soon with release channel and auto update capabilities. Please note that some features might not be working as expected, some visuals may be not right or some things eventually missing. It's an alpha at the end of the day, but maybe experimental enough as daily driver. So your feedback is important to make it right in the end.

Also Gmail Desktop will be renamed to Mazy. I hope you like that name as much as I do. The reason for the name change is to make it clear that it's not an official app and establish itself as an app.

In the meantime please enjoy some previews:

    

CC @duong-le @brahimmouhamou @floriangbh @gurumark @bsramin @mskelton

[timche]

The first alpha version is released!

https://github.com/timche/gmail-desktop/releases/tag/v3.0.0-alpha.1

Please set the release channel to Alpha at Settings → Updates → Release Channel in order to receive future alpha updates.

When providing feedback/bug report, please follow the template on top of the issue.

Looking forward to your feedback!

[bsramin]

Great Job! 👏

[duongleh]

So I did set up 2 accounts, enabled Hide footer and this is the result I get from the 1st account. The second account is perfectly fine, any idea?

[timche]

@duong-le Unfortunately it's difficult to judge where why it's cut off. I have a Google Workspace and a normal Gmail account, and both are hiding the footer fine for me. I'll provide an option to open the dev tools for Gmail so you can have a look yourself.

[brahimmouhamou]

hi @timche,

Thanks for this release, eager to use it!

I'm having a problem adding my Gmail account, I always get the message "This browser or app may not be secure". So I was following the troubleshooting steps, https://github.com/timche/gmail-desktop#troubleshooting. I added the latest browser:

"customUserAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 11_2_3) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/89.0.4389.90 Safari/537.36",

When adding my Google for Work account, everything works, but when adding my Gmail account, it fails and I keep getting the message "This browser or app may not be secure".

My OS: macOS Catalina 10.15.6

Should I create a separate issue for this? Can I try something else to fix this?

Kind regards,

[timche]

@brahimmouhamou were you getting the pop up to let Gmail Desktop fix it automatically like described in the troubleshooting section when shown the message "This browser or app may not be secure"?

If not, try the automatic user agent fix via the settings menu Settings → Advanced → User Agent → Attempt User Agent Fix

[brahimmouhamou]

@timche sorry, it's fixed!

I did the popup to auto fix it and tried to auto fix it before but I kept having the same problem. But now I tried it again and it works now. Only difference that know is that I already have an existing account (my Google for work) or some kind of caching (?).

[timche]

@timche sorry, it's fixed!

I did the popup to auto fix it and tried to auto fix it before but I kept having the same problem. But now I tried it again and it works now. Only difference that know is that I already have an existing account (my Google for work) or some kind of caching (?).

@brahimmouhamou each account is having their own session storage, so nothing is shared. The user agent is a global setting for all accounts. You can try to reproduce it with Settings → Advanced → User Agent → Remove Custom User Agent and log in again in the affected account.