Filed under: MobileMe
Apple updates MobileMe web apps
Apple released details of updates to MobileMe services for the web. It's the second time this month Apple has noted service updates for MobileMe.
For Contacts, searching in large address books has been improved, along with better vCard-Address Book integration. You can also press Shift + Control + N to create a new contact while using the Contacts web app.
Also included in the update is sorting of To Do items in Calendar, Japanese language support for iDisk file names, and the addition of several international domains that now work with hosted iWeb pages.
A full list of the changes is available on Apple's website, along with changes from earlier this month.
[Via Hardmac.com.]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mingistech said 9:04AM on 12-23-2008
But we're still waiting on a feature promised at launch. iDisk is supposed to have a share feature... so you can select any file and select a share file link to give to others for simple download.
What could possibly be taking them so long on such a simple feature.
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wcheese said 9:33AM on 12-23-2008
When considering that this "promised" feature remains absent, keep in mind this is from the same company that finds the lack of something as commonplace as "cut & paste" (for the iPhone) not to be too pressing either.
I love Apple and their products, but as much as there is love there is an underlying frustration running just beneath the surface - neglecting small but far reaching details that taint the user's experience...but I know there is tons of things they do do right, why these things are able to irritate so much!
oward said 9:16AM on 12-23-2008
i can safely say, with no hesitation that the web apps are just as awful as they ever are. i have to use them everyday at work, and they are slow unresponsive, and barely function no matter what browser i use.
it boggles my mind how crap they are.........
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DC said 9:33AM on 12-23-2008
Wow - quite a bit of whining. Maybe your work computer is on a slow network, or maybe it's got a really slow javascript interpreter? Who uses the web apps most of the time anyway? I view the web apps as a place to go when I just don't have my iPhone or my laptop close by. For that purpose they work beautifully, regardless of where you are. The important thing is that it all works now, and with 10.5.6 the MobileMe sync is nearly immediate. It's as if it really is Push finally.
mingistech said 9:34AM on 12-23-2008
Are you using older hardware to access them? AJAX sites like MobileMe are very CPU intensive. MobileMe is fast and responsive on my Macbook Pro but almost unusable on my parents eMac G4.
Go to another AJAX intensive page like http://www.protopage.com/ and see how well it run on your system.
holmes said 4:45PM on 12-23-2008
no, i agree, the web apps are awful. i am required to work on a PC at work, and even using the newest firefox, mobile me is horrid. there are plenty of bugs with the system that annoy me, but the 2 worst problems i face daily:
• when i reply or forward or compose a message, the "send" button will never work. instead, i have to save as a draft and then use my iPhone to send the message.
• after i am done editing a contact in my contact list, i click to save the changes, the page refreshes, and the changes did not stick.
these two issues, combined with the other minor ones i face every day, were not enough for me to complain about while the free trial was in effect. but now that apple has my $100, i'd really like to see a massive improvement in the performance of the system. simple problems like these should really not be delivered alongside a $100 price tag.
Quine said 8:59PM on 12-23-2008
I've done anecdotal speed tests many times with my brand new macbook pro using not only firefox 3 and safari but the latest webkit and firefox 3.1 betas as well. The mobileme apps are consistently slow and unresponsive. Yahoo's and Google's webapps load 5-10x faster than mobileme - hence why when my trial ran out I didn't even consider paying for such a shoddy service.
Mobileme is to Webapps what Vista is to operating systems in my opinion (it really works that poorly for me and my friends who've tried it).
but_I_want_to_like_web_apps said 10:11PM on 12-23-2008
i have the exact same complaint. we call it mobileMEH. the web apps hang when loading contacts and monthly views. i'm on a very fast network and have a decent machine. the problem isn't local to me as I hear this complaint from anyone who relies on the web apps.
Its almost enough to make me switch to google for calendar again. it worked much more reliably and responsively.
Brian B. said 9:18AM on 12-23-2008
MobileMe's calendar app may seriously be the worst web calendar out there. I don't think I've ever seen a calendar that wasn't smart enough to adjust the end time when you change the start time or to understand that "415" means "4:15". And no options for reminders?
For something they charge $99/year for you'd think they'd put more effort into it. It truly is a piece of junk.
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Jcat1118 said 9:45AM on 12-23-2008
Too little, too late. I am finally letting go of my .mac/.me account and shifting over to Gmail. It just isn't worth $99.
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Camperton said 9:48AM on 12-23-2008
@ wcheese
I couldn't agree more with every single word you said. In fact I think it needs to be said more often.
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Marcos said 9:49AM on 12-23-2008
It's still broken in Chrome :(
It used to work...
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Joe Russell said 10:43AM on 12-23-2008
Yay!!
We can finally sync Notes and To Do items to Me.com and/or our iPhones!!
...whoops, sorry. Still not working...
- yet another thing that makes me feel like ass everytime I have to explain to a client that they can't do (including cut/paste on iPhone).
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Earless puppy said 1:36PM on 12-23-2008
In regards to iDisk, download mobilefiles from the app store it's free and does just that...
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tardo said 2:54PM on 12-23-2008
RE: iDisk Share
I think that Apple should change "Coming Soon" to "Coming when we damn well feel like it".
Thats the only reason I signed up for MobileMe and it pisses me off that they can't enable this feature. It's been what, like 5 months now? How is that coming soon?
I use the Godaddy online file folder and I'll just cancel MobileMe when it comes time to renew. Godaddy folder costs just $9.99 per year (not $99!) and works well. Link is below if you want to check it out.
http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/email/vsdb_landing.asp?ci=9022
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holmes said 4:49PM on 12-23-2008
i'm shocked (unless i just haven't figured out how to do it) that you can't get birthdays in iCalendar to show up in mobile me or on the iPhone. i can't believe i have to rely on facebook to make sure i don't miss someone's birthday.
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