Email Design Podcast #80: POP/IMAP Accounts Come to Gmail iOS and A New Email Mentorship Program

In the 80th episode of The Email Design Podcast, Kevin Mandeville and Jason Rodriguez talk about POP/IMAP accounts coming to Gmail iOS, @supports functionality in email, a new email mentorship program, and more. Be sure to follow along and join in the discussion on Twitter using #EmailDesignPodcast.

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In this episode:

• (0:34) POP/IMAP accounts come to Gmail iOS: Currently available in beta, we fully expect POP/IMAP accounts to not support embedded CSS like its Android counterpart.
• (2:10) Microsoft redesigns Outlook desktop: Expect to see a more modern, unified UI across Outlook desktop and mobile with their 2019 release.
• (6:32) Featured Jobs: Email Designer/Developer at Ibotta | Email Developer (Contract to Hire) at Lyft | HTML Email Developer at Direct Wines | Email Marketing Associate at Vimeo
• (8:19) Using @supports in email: CSS supports is a great method for progressive enhancement and mostly has support in WebKit rendering engines (notably Apple Mail, iOS Mail, and Outlook for Mac).
• (13:23) Email Mentor: A new mentorship program created by Todd Fraser that connects email mentors to help mentees learn about email design and marketing.
• (16:36) Inbox Pal: A fun choose-your-own-adventure email drip experiment by Chris Vazquez of AWeber where you can build your “character” over time.
• (19:14) InVision Studio: InVision announced it’s launching its own desktop design tool in January 2018 which will take on the likes of Photoshop, Sketch, Adobe XD, and Framer.
• (24:18) Email of the Week: InVision Live Stream

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