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Appvita review Mail’ette
www.appvita.com is one of the most beautiful app review sites around, and it’s not hard to see why when you check out the guys that run it! dotvita.com
And we’re very pleased to say, they’ve reviewed Mail’ette!
If you’d like to read the original article please head to the Appvita website here:
http://www.appvita.com/2012/08/17/mailette-share-design-mockups-by-email/
Or check this out:
Designers know the drill – by Stephanie Miles, Aug 17 2012
You work tirelessly on a mockup for an important client, then struggle when deciding the best way to send your design over for approval. Sending files by email has traditionally been a risky proposition, since the designer has no control over which program the client uses to view the mockup and no way of knowing when his mockup has been viewed.
Now designers can use Mail’ette to organize and present mockups to busy clients and colleagues.
With Mail’ette, designers can send mockups, track feedback, and ultimately get approval from clients in very little time.
The entire Mail’ette application is driven by email, which means it fits into most designers’ workflows and doesn’t require designers or their clients to get into any new habits.
Uploading a file to Mail’ette couldn’t be easier. Just attach the file in an email, and send that email to a special Mail’ette address. Mail’ette will quickly send you a confirmation email containing a link to a webpage where you can see your mockups laid out.
Quickly add any notes that are necessary to explain your design, and then send your client the provided Mail’ette link to see how the mockup you’ve created actually looks online.
Designers who use Mail’ette can customize their mockup pages to include their logos and other branding pieces, especially useful for larger organizations.
In Summary:
- Mail’ette is a simplified version of many competing applications
- People who use email regularly don’t have to change their workflows or routines
- Clients don’t have to register or log-in to see their mockups
- Designers can get email confirmations once clients have approved their work
Practical Uses:
- Find out what your client thinks of the mockup you’ve created
- Share your designs with colleagues online
- Give your client an idea of what the page you created will look like on his website
- Add notes to your mockups to provide context when necessary
Insider Tips:
- Designers can add logos to their Mail’ette pages
- Clients can comment on mockups with Mail’ette’s basic feedback forms
- Mail’ette emails designers once their mockups have been reviewed
- Use the Editor tool to rename, reorder, and share designs at any time
BetaPunch.com take a swing at Mail’ette
If you haven’t seen the awesome service betapunch.com provide, be sure to check out their latest app and website reviews.
We think their service is great value for start-ups, and for any website where customer experience is critical…they are to the point!
Here’s one review for Mail’ette, it’s a few videos, so kick back with a cup of tea and enjoy seeing Mail’ette get sucker-punched: ) http://www.betapunch.com/startups/view/127
Mail’ette featured on feedmyapp!
We’d personally like to thank the team at www.feedmyapp.com for their awesome review of Mail’ette!
If you’d like to read the full article please head here: http://feedmyapp.com/review/unique-no-fuss-email-alternative-creative-types-get-their-projects-approved/
Or check out the bits we loved most below: )
Mail’ette: A unique, no-fuss email alternative for creative types to get their projects approved.
What does the modern day designer do when needing to share designs with clients for approval? Chances are, it will come down to the good old faithful email with bulky attachments which are sent back and forth with recommendations and comments until approved. Mail’ette is a new design collaboration application which simplifies and cleanly delivers all your designs elegantly with feedback forms and a simple one-click approval.
A unique, no-fuss solution that is ideal for designers, photographers and all you creative types.
Mail’ette is a great app to get your designs approved the easy way. Here you can email your work to your Mail’ette address and you’ll quickly get a unique link to share that elegantly showcases your designs and your clients won’t have to register, use passwords or learn a new system to view and respond to them. There’s a basic feedback form built-in and one-click approvals. Mail’ette is a unique, no-fuss solution for designers, photographers & creatives.
Forget dealing with clumsy email attachments or complicated collaborative software and showcase your mockups the easy way.
Mail’ette can be used for client presentations on-site and for conveniently delivering working drafts to multiple decision makers. Another big plus is that many creative companies are on Macs and sometimes there can problems sending files to PC clients. Mail’ette means you don’t have to worry about that anymore.
Mock-ups are full res, so a client can see exactly what a 16px font looks like on their screen and the interface is very professional. Mail’ette presents designs more professionally than if they were just email attachments and clients will love that they only have to click a link to see their designs without having to download multiple attachments – especially when they are on their mobile.
After using Mail’ette for a while you will wonder why no one has created an app like this before.
Usually we just have to just take our chances with a rather hit and miss email system to get our designs to clients and here is a fast, reliable and professional way of doing it properly.
Once you’ve used Mail’ette you will be lost without it.
How to brand your Mail’ettes
As designers, something we need to consider and keep track of is our ‘brand strength’.
It means everything in our initial client contact, conversions and for ongoing work.
So here’s how you theme your Mail’ettes in minutes:
1. Login to your Mail’ette account : http://mailette.com/login/
2. Click on ‘Settings’ and then ‘Theme’
3. Customise your background and color scheme.
Hot Tip: Your twitter background image can work a treat!
If you have a Pro account, you can also run Mail’ette seamlessly from your own domain, for full branding strength.
Like always any questions or feedback just drop us a line support@mailette.com
regards
Tom, Ben & Adam.
Mail’ette Launch Competition Winners!
First of all, a massive and sincere thank you for making the launch of Mail’ette such a huge success. During the competition alone, you helped to get our little app in front of 955,230 folks….a simply amazing result. Thanks!
So let’s get into it. Here are the ten lucky winners of our Lifetime Mail’ette Pro competition!
Congrats a bunch guys! We know you’ll love your prize!
If you weren’t one of the lucky recipients, be sure to keep your eye on a special email announcement from us in the next week or so.
Again, thank you all so much for all of your amazing Twitter love & support!
Warm regards,
Tom, Ben & Adam,
your Aussie co-founders
Monster May Mail’ette Giveaway
Wow, It’s been a huge two weeks since the Mail’ette launch. Thanks for all your support.
Everyday we get a growing amount of mail saying how much you are all enjoying using Mail’ette. We’re glad it’s become a killer tool in your work flow! That means a lot to us!
If you have tried Mail’ette and have any suggestions on how we can make it work better for you, please get in touch. Over 1,000 designers helped us to shape Mail’ette, but we know everyone works in their own unique way.
For example, Adam and I couldn’t agree on our favourite childhood TV show, so we created a Mail’ette to settle it once and for all.
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Do you remember these? – http://mltt.me/K7jPeH
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Tell us what you loved about them and check your email soon after! Secretly I hope you approve the Hoff…check out that promo pic.
We’re also blown away by your Twitter love. With only 2 weeks left to go in our 10 x lifetime Pro account giveaway you’ve helped get Mail’ette in front of 750,000 folks. And huge big-ups to our friends :
@smashingmag – http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
@TheNextWeb http://thenextweb.com/
@wwwhatsnew http://wwwhatsnew.com/
@BetaList – http://betali.st/
@csscount – http://www.csscount.com/
Be sure to check out these great resources.
So thanks again for your amazing support, a little more news soon…and our lucky winners!
Mail’ette is Live!
It’s finally here, the launch of Mail’ette!
The Mail’ette BETA has been quite a journey, and we truly thank you for your feedback, advice and effort during the last few months. You’ve made Mail’ette much more than a design approval app!
From your feedback, we believe Mail’ette is the only design approval app with an actual ‘approve button’.
Neat huh?
And now, the wraps are off – Welcome to Mail’ette! *fireworks*
To celebrate the launch of our little app, we’re doing something rather snazzy and giving away 10 lifetime PRO accounts. You can win yourself one, and it only takes a few seconds to enter!
Also, we’ll be transitioning all beta users to our new ‘free plan’ on June 1st.
I’ll send more details in the coming weeks, but until then be sure to get in for a chance to win a PRO account, it’s way cool: )
Thanks again for your amazing support, we couldn’t have done it without you!
Ben, Tom & Adam,
Mail’ette Support is launched!
A little news from the Mail’ette camp, and some updates that have been in demand!
1. One support to rule them all.
If you ever have any questions or feedback, which we love, you can now get in touch directly with Ben or Adam at support@mailette.com – Please just keep in mind we’re in Australia so may take a few hours to get back to you, we’re working on round the clock support; )
2. You can change your registered email address.
If you’ve registered with an old email address, you can now easily update it.
Simply head into your Mail’ette dash, then settings: http://mailette.com/account/settings/
Type in your new email address, press save and whammy!
3. BETA is almost over!
It’s been an awesome journey, and we can’t’ thank you enough for your feedback to date. Your input has made Mail’ette much more than a design approval app!
So stay tuned for details on launch, including a sweet lifetime Pro account giveaway. We’ll also soon have a page up for what the switch from BETA to our new free plan means, yup still a freebie: )
Thanks, any questions please feel free give our new support email a try!
e: support@mailette.com tw: @mailette w: www.mailette.com
Lovely new 5 second guide for using Mail’ette here
Mail’ette Beta 2 is Live!
After many months of hard work, we are proud to announce the launch of the next version of Mail’ette. This update is full of exciting new features and much-needed refinements.
What’s new : http://mltt.me/ysE7Md
Beta 2 is now active on all accounts right now, so we’d love for you to try it out and let us know what you think.
Don’t know your password? You can reset it here
Milestone : The first one thousand
Woo! Today we hit a nice little milestone in the development of the app, with our 1000th Mail’ette sent! It’s a really exciting and encouraging milestone for all the team here to see this come around so quickly.
To celebrate, we’d like to congratulate our lucky 1000th Mail’ette sender :
Dean Yorimitsu of OneTwentyTwo
Congratulations Dean, you’ve picked up a year’s free premium Mail’ette account as well as a 12 issue subscription from Wired Magazine. That’s twelve of those deliciously papery-smelling issues coming your way, you lucky devil. We’ll be in touch for some details in the next day or so.
I’d also like to give a huge thanks to all of our wonderful beta users, who have been incredibly generous with their time, helping us to refine the app with all your feedback, advice and comments.
Lastly, thanks to the other guys here, Tom and Adam who have worked endless late nights ( in between keeping our design business running ) to get Mail’ette off the ground and moving forward with development. Developing a web application from scratch, along with gathering feedback and acting on it takes a shit-tonne of work, so thanks for all the effort, dudes.
As we near our next release, and the launch of our commenting and approval system, we are feeling confident that we have a really nice little app here, something that can give real value to designers.
When we do finally launch, please know we could not have done it without all of you.
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