Apple Tweaks Mail Toolbar Once Again in iOS 13.4 Beta 2, Replacing Flag Button With Compose Button

[doctor-don]

Nice to see that MacRumors is still updating articles - Verizon / Yahoo have not updated MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors since the 15+ Tips to Make Your Battery Last Longer article. That was 3 days ago.

 

[CarlJ]

If your point is that pine was the pinnacle of email client design, nobody here is disagreeing with you.

Indeed, Pine with a good set of procmail rules in front of it served me quite well for a number of years, after mush gave up the ghost.

 

[cmaier]

Indeed, Pine with a good set of procmail rules in front of it served me quite well for a number of years, after mush gave up the ghost.

Before pine I used elm.

 

[glindon]

"The inclusion of a compose button makes more sense and offers more utility than the prior flag icon "

No it is not. I can compose by hitting the reply button. Flagging is good for Follow-up and highlighting important emails.

And it bugs me we are at iOS 13.4 still without a dedicated number row at the top of the keyboard!

Never once have I wanted to start a brand new email when I have an email opened. It only makes sense in the context of the new email button being in the same place no matter what screen you are in. Of course the correct place for the new email button should have always been the top right corner as most apps have a + button there.

 

[emdub]

omg, no, please. don't remove the flag. it's my most used button on ios mail. it's how i classify all the stuff to followup on the mac later.

 

[iBJW]

It would be nice to allow customizable icons in the toolbar. Why not allow me to move the icons to where I want them.

 

[cmaier]

It would be nice to allow customizable icons in the toolbar. Why not allow me to move the icons to where I want them.

because 90% of users will inevitably lose the buttons they want to be there and not know how they did that or how to get them back?

 

[Neepman]

Is it too much to ask to go back to the iOS 12 version, which had a flag, folder, trash, reply, and compose icons?

Apple, this is DUMB. Mail in iOS 13 has been three steps back.

THIS times a million. Why did they further obscure the message you are replying to with the creation of dead space so you need to scroll instead of having the visual cue of at least the first sentence or two of what you are replying to?

 

[macmyworld]

Between the toolbar and emails always being slow to load, I’d be happy to go back to v12.

 

[Eminemme]

The inclusion of a compose button makes more sense and offers more utility than the prior flag icon - NO IT IS NOT

 

[Jay-Jacob]

I hope that not final decision cos I want flag come back. It my most used icon. Always flag important email and flag email stuff I order online make sure it arrive etc and no problems before I unflag it.

It bit pain have to either reply button then flag it or go back inbox (after read email) and swipe flag it.

 

[Mattlcook]

First thought was "yes, this makes sense". But, of course, as others have pointed out, you don't often need to compose a new e-mail when viewing a message. I have to believe the most common action is "reply", which should continue to be bottom right. Muscle memory will cause many people to hit "compose" when intending to "reply" and then wonder whey they don't have recipients, subject, etc.. This is terrible. In the current design, you hit "reply" to bring up an options sheet that doesn't even include compose. And now they will make it a prominent icon?? Confusing design.