other Friday morning , Apple released an anticipated update to its MobileMe Web apps , as well as a Modern Find My iPhone app . TheMobileMe Mail betathat we take a first flavour at last calendar month is now available to all members , and Apple even add up some surprisal .
Besides a redesigned planetary house - in page , Mail received the most significant update , profit both a major interface redesign and some novel feature . It now default on to a three - newspaper column view with brochure on the left , a top - to - bottom message list in the middle , and a tall reading pane of glass on the right hand . Users can now set filtering rules online in MobileMe Mail , which makes organizing ring mail before it hits your inbox more convenient . Other new features admit a one - click message archive option ( like Gmail ) , racy - textbook data format when composing messages , sempiternal scrolling through the subject matter tilt ( no “ click for [ X ] more messages ” button needed ) , a third view mode in instance you do n’t like the three - column opinion , significant performance improvement , and more .
Apple added a match of surprisal feature to MobileMe Mail for today ’s release that were n’t in the beta : send off post from an extraneous speech and ameliorate junk filtering .
Sending from extraneous addresses has been a longtime vantage of Gmail and even Yahoo Mail Plus ( the latter involve a subscription fee ) and it allows users to prove that they own a non - MobileMe e - mail service address and send messages from that address using theme.comsite . If you have a lot of e - post address , MobileMe Webmail has joined the social status of the few tools that allow you fully get by mail service for those addresses in one seat .
Junk filtering also received some attention since the MobileMe genus Beta . Now , when messages are suspected to be junk , MobileMe moves them to the junk mailbox mechanically ( in fact , junk options have been removed from MobileMe Mail ’s preferences entirely — this is on by default and not configurable ) . If a message is real , you’re able to get through the “ Not Junk ” clitoris in its header to move it back to the Inbox .
The only other app that seems to have receive a major redesign is incur My iPhone . Instead of a modest map and a inclination of options with verbal description below , almost the entire page now becomes the map , save for a left sidebar that hold in entries for each equipment that you have tie to your accounting . Click a machine in the sidebar and it is quickly exhibit on the mathematical function with an iPhone - like popover . you’re able to click the popover to discover encounter My iPhone options like playing a sound , display a message , or wiping the gadget .
The rest of Apple ’s MobileMe Web apps did not receive such a sweeping feature update or redesign as Mail and Find My iPhone did , except for the fresh navigation user interface . All apps now have Mail ’s top bar of iPad - like button , and gone are separate button for each MobileMe Web app .
Now , users can click the cloud icon in the top left recess to exhibit a MobileMe app whipper similar to the Command - Tab switcher in Mac OS X. you could use the computer mouse or keyboard to pick MobileMe apps in this switcher , which includes discover My iPhone but no longer the preferences image . explanation mount and aid options have moved to the far right under a menu titled with the name of the user currently lumber in .
Besides MobileMe on the Web , Apple liberate a raw , ecumenical Find My iPhone appfor the iPhone and iPad . If someone fall behind their twist , they can put down their MobileMe credentials into this app running on a ally ’s iPhone or iPad to locate it . Users can also remotely mark a passcode whorl on their lost machine , display a message for anyone who establish it , or remotely wipe it to protect sensible datum . Apple ’s discover My iPhone app will automatically log you out after 15 second to maintain your privacy .
The MobileMe Web app changes are available now to all MobileMe users . regain My iPhone is also usable now for free in the App Store , and it requires Io 3.1.3 or subsequently .
Updated 6:40am PT with further point on MobileMe changes , including endless scrolling , improved dust treatment , and the new polarity - in Thomas Nelson Page .
update 9:37am PT with Find My iPhone redesign details .
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