Feature Request: MLO Desktop for linux

[santagu]

Good evening.

I've been successfully using MLO-Desktop for Windows synchronizing it
with my MLO-Blackberry but in my work we are going to install linux
(maybe fedora) as operating system for the PC's. When I've searched
MLO-Desktop for Linux I was surprised that this fantastic product is
not for Linux.

I ask that MLO-Desktop for Linux integrated with evolution (the gnome
mail system) or thunderbird (firefox). I think there are many
potential users including myself. If for example you have developed
MLO in .net does not cost much because I think you use "mono"(the
framework. net for linux).

Thanks.

[Ann Van Roy]

For feature requests, there is this forum: http://mlo.uservoice.com/forums/9235-general

There, you can vote for the requests you second, or create your own requests.

 

I do use MLO, on a Linux-computer, having it running under Wine.

That's not the best solution, as some features (like the rapid-entry) don't work.

 

Ann

 

 

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[Ann Van Roy]

You can vote for this request that I just opened:

http://mlo.uservoice.com/forums/9235-general/suggestions/1377935-develop-a-desktop-client-for-linux

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 6:59 PM, santagu <salvador....@gmail.com> wrote:

[stavrosgr]

I use Linux Mint (Ubuntu derivative) is a daily basis, and use MLO
under wine. This is not ideal however as some features are missing;
the most important for me is the cloud sync feature (F9).

Definitely I vote a big 'YES' for a native desktop Linux client.

On Jan 13, 5:59 pm, santagu <salvador.santan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Good evening.
>
> I've been successfully using MLO-Desktop for Windows synchronizing it
> with my MLO-Blackberry but in my work we are going to installlinux
> (maybe fedora) as operating system for the PC's. When I've searched

> MLO-Desktop forLinuxI was surprised that this fantastic product is
> not forLinux.
>
> I ask that MLO-Desktop forLinuxintegrated with evolution (the gnome

[Neal]

Question for the Wine users or more specifically Linux users.  Has anyone tried using vmware and a full windows implementation instead of trying to use wine?  Then run MLO under windows through vmware?

Haven't played with vmware in awhile but it seems like it would be much easier to just use windows for a windows application.

[Mike H]

I think you will find a lot of Linux users don't have a Windows disk
laying around to install into a virtual machine. Like others, I find
running it under Wine slightly limited, but I'm not going to spend
another $100 to buy a copy of Windows just to run MLO.
Mike

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[Ann Van Roy]

I am like many Linux-users: I don't pay for my OS, but I'm always willing to pay a reasonable  price for a good piece of software.  I don't use software obtained illegally, I don't download illegally...

That said, running Windows under VMware would mean, buying a licensed copy of Windows... But although I have paid for MLO (that I run under Wine), I'm not going to pay an additional price for another OS just for being able to run MLO.

 

Ann

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[Scott]

I second that -- I'd rather deal with a few kinks with Wine than pay
for a Windows license and on top of that have to boot into Windows and
let the virtual machine eat a huge chunk of my CPU and memory just to
run a MLO (and a couple other apps). I put in my vote. Stavrosgr --
I've gotten cloud sync to work on several distros, including Ubuntu
and Debian. Just having a problem with the hot key or cloud sync
giving you an error?
Scott

[Chris]

I'd prefer a platin (platform independent) version of MLO to be used with the browser rather then a native linux client, a windows client and a OSX client (or name whatever beside mobile clients that should be native builts), if this platin version receives support to work offline as well.

[Mandie Kramer]

Yes! Agreed! A web-based app would solve so many problems with syncing.

[Danny Clark]

It might be easiest for the MLO developers to port the Windows app to Linux using Winelib. Winelib is a development toolkit which allows you to compile Windows applications on Unix. Given that stuff already mostly works, it might be pretty easy. Yay more revenue streams :-)

Official porting documentation:

* http://www.winehq.org/docs/winelib-guide/index

Wiki that looks like it has some updates to that and added tips:

* http://wiki.winehq.org/Winelib

It's also possible some problems can be worked around by users without access to the source code by using some native Windows DLLs under Linux. Here is doc on how to do that; I'd be interested to know if anyone has played around with this:

* http://wiki.winehq.org/NativeDll

* http://wiki.winehq.org/winecfg (under "Libraries")

[Danny Clark]

On Friday, July 26, 2013 2:59:01 AM UTC-4, Danny Clark wrote:

It might be easiest for the MLO developers to port the Windows app to Linux using Winelib. Winelib is a development toolkit which allows you to compile Windows applications on Unix. Given that stuff already mostly works, it might be pretty easy. Yay more revenue streams :-)

Official porting documentation:

* http://www.winehq.org/docs/winelib-guide/index

Wiki that looks like it has some updates to that and added tips:

* http://wiki.winehq.org/Winelib

It's also possible some problems can be worked around by users without access to the source code by using some native Windows DLLs under Linux. Here is doc on how to do that; I'd be interested to know if anyone has played around with this:

* http://wiki.winehq.org/NativeDll

* http://wiki.winehq.org/winecfg (under "Libraries")

 It looks like someone already did this pretty comprensively, plus other tweaks - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/mylifeorganized/wine/mylifeorganized/wK32vgXO3Cw/HzEIUvp9DjwJ - but decided to move to VMware before he started using Cloud Sync, so no word on if that works under that setup.