Cocoa Bindings + Kiwi = Progress
Entry published nov 22 2005
Kiwi is coming along quite nicely now. Much of my progress is thanks to Cocoa bindings, which have made glue code nearly non-existant. Bindings are fantastic, but they come with a very steep learning curve and I feel like I’m just beginning to grasp them now. Anyway, here’s a bit of what I’ve gotten done in my app:
- Account settings are now configurable and SSL is supported
- Subscribed folders are listed on the left in an outline view
- Unread status is parsed for messages
- Sender information is parsed
- MIME decoding is supported so e-mail output is greatly cleaned up
- Connection support has been improved, resulting in a huge speed up
- There is a toolbar and a toolbar item that loads e-mail, finally!
Of course a picture is worth a thousand words, so take a look at how far it’s come:
So what do I have planned once basic e-mail support is complete? I hope to add tab support and e-mail rendering using CSS and Webkit for very customizable output. Stay tuned.