FastMail staff purchase the business from Opera - Page 3

Webgenie · 27 Sep 2013, 01:58 AM

Thanks for the answers, robn.
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paleolith · 27 Sep 2013, 04:29 AM

This is great news! FM got the best from Opera's financial support and is now independent again.

Frankly I'm worried about Opera's future. I've been using their desktop browser for well over ten years, but I'm nearly resigned to abandoning it soon. The features that made it special have eroded over the years, and now the next major release is going to be a total rewrite based on Chrome, and I fear most of those special features will disappear. If I can figure out how to get some of the more important features using Firefox add-ons, I may be outta there soon. Well, eventually.

Edward

pjwalsh · 28 Sep 2013, 11:16 AM

Very pleased to hear the news. Congratulations! and best wishes.

I'm 3 months shy of 10 years as a happy FastMail user. Looking forward to the next 10!

Bamb0 · 30 Sep 2013, 05:50 AM

THIS IS EXCELLENT!!!!!!

Please why not give us the GOOD interface back??????

Im tired of this new stuff that doesnt display well on my browser!!!!! (Yours displayed fine) and its slower also!!!!!

THANK YOU FOR SEEING HOW THEY WERE DESTROYING YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU TOOK IT BACK!!!!! (I cant believe they would give it up)

sflorack · 30 Sep 2013, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bamb0

Please why not give us the GOOD interface back??????

Im tired of this new stuff that doesnt display well on my browser!!!!! (Yours displayed fine) and its slower also!!!!!

Give it up, Bamb0. It's time to move on. The old interface is not coming back. The reasons have been explained many, many times.

labarum · 1 Oct 2013, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sflorack

It's time to move on.

The new classic interface works well enough for me since the big font style was introduced - the other styles I found difficult with an 11.5" screen.

I'm not agin it, but I have no desire to embrace the new new interface yet - there are still too many missing features.

It would be nice however, in due course, to have some indication of development plans now the team have control of their own (and our) destiny.

Synchronisation is a continuing issue which ought to be top of the agenda.

One feature I would like - and I don't know if it's technically or commercially possible - would be the ability automatically to pass an attached Word Document to the proper MS Word Web App free on Skydrive.

I run a Chromebook these days, so cannot install a wordprocessor. GoogleDocs and even the promised Quick Office do not handle .doc and .docx well. If Fastmail could link to Skydrive and that would be great.

Tom Gallagher · 1 Oct 2013, 04:56 AM

Congratulations Melbourne.

Bamb0 · 1 Oct 2013, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sflorack

Give it up, Bamb0. It's time to move on. The old interface is not coming back. The reasons have been explained many, many times.

Well it has been explained BY ROBN AND HIS TEAM ... not the original owners who now have it back

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robn · 1 Oct 2013, 09:53 AM

Actually the announcement said that the company has been bought by the "staff and developers", not the "original owners".

But it just so happens that the staff and developers now are mostly the same people as the before the 2010 sale.

I don't have a team. I'm just a junior cog in this machine.

And the old interface you're referring is never coming back.

ChinaLamb · 2 Oct 2013, 10:19 PM

+1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

EXCELLENT NEWS!

-- Happy customer since March 2003.

/cl

FredOnline · 2 Oct 2013, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChinaLamb

+1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

EXCELLENT NEWS!

-- Happy customer since March 2003.

/cl

Is that in response to the change of ownership or the fact the old interface is never coming back?

ChinaLamb · 3 Oct 2013, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FredOnline

Is that in response to the change of ownership or the fact the old interface is never coming back?

New ownership.

Regarding old interface? I like the new "Classic".

Terry · 3 Oct 2013, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChinaLamb

Regarding old interface? I like the new "Classic".

Same here....

ewal · 3 Oct 2013, 10:06 PM

Great news Rob,

I hope that this new phase for Fastmail for you and the team proves to be very enjoyable - and profitable.

Also hope that there are sufficient financial resources for investment in new products, enhancements and additional expertise.

Will long serving users have the chance of becoming shareholders?

kind regards
Ed

Ladrillo · 4 Oct 2013, 04:00 PM

Alright!!!

This is great news. Best of luck.

27 Sep 2013, 01:58 AM	#31
Webgenie Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CA USA Posts: 151	Thanks for the answers, robn. ...

27 Sep 2013, 04:29 AM	#32
paleolith Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 551	This is great news! FM got the best from Opera's financial support and is now independent again. Frankly I'm worried about Opera's future. I've been using their desktop browser for well over ten years, but I'm nearly resigned to abandoning it soon. The features that made it special have eroded over the years, and now the next major release is going to be a total rewrite based on Chrome, and I fear most of those special features will disappear. If I can figure out how to get some of the more important features using Firefox add-ons, I may be outta there soon. Well, eventually. Edward

28 Sep 2013, 11:16 AM	#33
pjwalsh Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 313	Very pleased to hear the news. Congratulations! and best wishes. I'm 3 months shy of 10 years as a happy FastMail user. Looking forward to the next 10!

30 Sep 2013, 05:50 AM	#34
Bamb0 The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,213	THIS IS EXCELLENT!!!!!! Please why not give us the GOOD interface back?????? Im tired of this new stuff that doesnt display well on my browser!!!!! (Yours displayed fine) and its slower also!!!!! THANK YOU FOR SEEING HOW THEY WERE DESTROYING YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU TOOK IT BACK!!!!! (I cant believe they would give it up)

1 Oct 2013, 04:56 AM	#37
Tom Gallagher Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Jersey, USA Posts: 195	Congratulations Melbourne.

1 Oct 2013, 09:53 AM	#39
robn Master of the @ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,007 Representative of: Fastmail.fm	Actually the announcement said that the company has been bought by the "staff and developers", not the "original owners". But it just so happens that the staff and developers now are mostly the same people as the before the 2010 sale. I don't have a team. I'm just a junior cog in this machine. And the old interface you're referring is never coming back.

2 Oct 2013, 10:19 PM	#40
ChinaLamb The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: a virtually impossible but finitely improbable position Posts: 2,320	+1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 EXCELLENT NEWS! -- Happy customer since March 2003. /cl

3 Oct 2013, 10:06 PM	#44
ewal Master of the @ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: West Sussex, UK Posts: 1,335	Great news Rob, I hope that this new phase for Fastmail for you and the team proves to be very enjoyable - and profitable. Also hope that there are sufficient financial resources for investment in new products, enhancements and additional expertise. Will long serving users have the chance of becoming shareholders? kind regards Ed

4 Oct 2013, 04:00 PM	#45
Ladrillo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 117	Alright!!! This is great news. Best of luck.