Sparrow Lite is the new free, ad-supported version of the popular new app that offers the first real native Gmail client app for the Mac. Sparrow Lite is also limited to just one mail account. Here’s a slice of its App Store intro and some of its key features: Discover a new way to handle […]
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Sparrow Native Gmail App Now Has a Lite (free) Version in the Mac App Store

Feb 25th 2011 by

App Store

Sparrow Lite is the new free, ad-supported version of the popular new app that offers the first real native Gmail client app for the Mac. Sparrow Lite is also limited to just one mail account. Here’s a slice of its App Store intro and some of its key features:

Discover a new way to handle mails on your Mac.
Sparrow is a minimalist mail application designed to keep things simple and efficient.
No fancy stuff here… just your mail and nothing else.

Sparrow Lite 1.0 is compatible with Google mail only (both classic accounts and Google apps account).

Features:

Threads:
Quickly flick through threaded conversations on your mac like never before.

Labels:
Create and edit Labels straight from within Sparrow. easily keep a clean and tidy inbox.

Quick reply:
Responding to your mails as never been so simple. Click, write and send in the same window.

Quicklook:
Simply tap space to preview all your attachments

Inline attachments:
Drag & drop images and documents straight into your mail

Notifications:
Stay up to date with your mail stream on selected accounts.

Menu Bar:
Always keep an eye on your inbox.

Alias:
Sending mails from different addresses has never been that easy.

I’ve been trying out the full version of Sparrow, as there wasn’t a Lite version around when I first became aware of the app. I think it’s got quite a nice UI, but I haven’t spent that much time with it yet as I’m still quite attached to Mac’s Mail.app.

Have any of you tried out Sparrow or Sparrow Lite yet? If so, what do you think?

Here’s a Mac App Store link for Sparrow Lite.

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