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For those who tried the beta and didn't like the lack of features (like me), it's now WAY better. I thought the beta was just a pretty face to gmail with limited features: only single account, can't access labels, etc, etc.

But now I took the leap and spent the $10 and I'm loving every second of it, especially the amazing integration with gmail shortcuts. Pretty much every shortcut works instantly and reliability, without the lag and wonkiness of the web interface.

After turning on gmail shortcuts, I've found it to be one of the most keyboard friendly apps I've ever used. And the beautiful UI is still there animating all your actions. Makes me feel like an email ninja.

How well does its offline support work?

seems fine so far. appears to do full downloads of messages. attachments aren't all downloaded, but previously downloaded attachments stay accessible unless you delete them.

sending while disconnected results in message being saved as a draft locally.

and there's this really cool activity window that shows exactly what it's doing: http://d.pr/CSVm

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