Hello
Apologies if this has already been discussed.
I use an app to change lock screen images. The most frequent the app can change the image is every 15 minutes. I emailed the developer asking had they any plans to make this more frequent. They emailed back very quick and explained something about windows only allowing apps to refresh tile/lock screen app info every 15 minutes.
A quick Google search gives you this
Windows 8 Store app : Background task interval between reexecution - Stack Overflow
So that sort of put the pieces altogether in my long search for a decent mail app! The ones, that I'm aware of, that have live tile capability are Yahoo! Mail, Gmail Alerts, MailXprZ and since yesterday Gmail Touch.
Out of those, Yahoo! Mail (and now Gmail Touch) is the only one with lock screen notification functionality, and so is an outright alternative to using the built-in windows app. However I've been cursing it out since about how "slow" it is to update (notify you of new message). A long delay in notifying you of new mail, and another long delay after reading and deleting the message for the new mail notification to leave the tile and lock screen. (the same applies to Gmail Touch)
But knowing that there is a 15 minute restriction, it makes sense now.
So, does all that mean, no matter how 'brilliant' any email app is in functionality, it will never beat the built-in mail app for the refresh time, which is pretty much instantaneous?
Apologies if this has already been discussed.
I use an app to change lock screen images. The most frequent the app can change the image is every 15 minutes. I emailed the developer asking had they any plans to make this more frequent. They emailed back very quick and explained something about windows only allowing apps to refresh tile/lock screen app info every 15 minutes.
A quick Google search gives you this
Windows 8 Store app : Background task interval between reexecution - Stack Overflow
So that sort of put the pieces altogether in my long search for a decent mail app! The ones, that I'm aware of, that have live tile capability are Yahoo! Mail, Gmail Alerts, MailXprZ and since yesterday Gmail Touch.
Out of those, Yahoo! Mail (and now Gmail Touch) is the only one with lock screen notification functionality, and so is an outright alternative to using the built-in windows app. However I've been cursing it out since about how "slow" it is to update (notify you of new message). A long delay in notifying you of new mail, and another long delay after reading and deleting the message for the new mail notification to leave the tile and lock screen. (the same applies to Gmail Touch)
But knowing that there is a 15 minute restriction, it makes sense now.
So, does all that mean, no matter how 'brilliant' any email app is in functionality, it will never beat the built-in mail app for the refresh time, which is pretty much instantaneous?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP Touchsmart IQ500
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Duo T5850
- Motherboard
- IMISR-CF (Eve)
- Memory
- 4GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS