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What's New in iOS 8: Mail, Safari

What's New in iOS 8: Mail, Safari

Posted June 6, 2014 at 3:10am by iClarified
Apple has added some features in iOS 8 that makes using Mail and Safari easier than ever.

Mail:
There are now gestures that can be used to easily flag, delete, trash, mark messages unread, or mark messages read.

Here's how it works. A short swipe to the left reveals three buttons: a gray 'More' button, an orange 'Flag' button, and a red 'Delete' button. Tapping the Delete or Flag button will perform the associated action. Tapping the 'More' button reveals a UIPopupOver menu with buttons to 'Reply All, 'Forward', 'Flag', 'Mark as Unread', 'Move to Junk', 'Move Message...', and 'Notify Me'. A long swipe to the left will delete a message.


You can also short swipe to the right to reveal a 'Mark as Unread' or 'Mark as Read' button, depending on the status of the message. A long swipe to the right will perform the action without requiring a tap of the button.

What's New in iOS 8: Mail, Safari

When composing an email you can now swipe it down to the bottom of the screen, letting you get access to your email for looking up information. You can then tap the bar at the bottom of the screen to bring the draft back up.

What's New in iOS 8: Mail, Safari


Finally, Mail recognizes reservations, flight confirmation, and phone numbers and pops up a notification. You can tap to add an event to your calendar or a phone number to your contacts.

What's New in iOS 8: Mail, Safari

Safari:
iOS 8 brings the Tab view from the iPhone to the iPad letting you see open web pages, with tabs from the same site grouped together. You can even see tabs that are open on your other devices.

What's New in iOS 8: Mail, Safari

There's also a new Sidebar that slides out to reveal your bookmarks, Reading List, and Shared Links.

What's New in iOS 8: Mail, Safari

You can may also be interested in checking out iOS 8 Messages, QuickType, Third-Party Keyboards, Interactive Notifications, and Contact Shortcuts.

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vp
vp - June 6, 2014 at 2:52pm
Does the new mail app work well with gmail in particular -archiving.
paulMOGG
paulMOGG - June 6, 2014 at 2:31pm
So when's this all going to happen ? Telling us about it is one thing ... Having to wait is another !
Mahmoud Nashat
Mahmoud Nashat - June 6, 2014 at 10:02am
Does the sliding down drafts option work on the iPhone or is it iPad exclusive? Thanks in advance.
iClarified
iClarified - June 6, 2014 at 2:18pm
It works on the iPhone as well.
alex90
alex90 - June 8, 2014 at 8:25am
Will Mail be limited again to 100-200 messages? or will it still take up >1GB of space?
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Wolverinemarky
Wolverinemarky - June 6, 2014 at 3:13am
Can't wait to get ios8 on my iPhone 5s
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