Ayoh on your devices
Ayoh is a web app, and it can also be an app of its own: an icon on your phone's home screen or your computer's dock, a window without the browser around it, and a start that does not wait for the network. Nothing about your mail changes — it is the same app, signed in to the same workspace.
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Add it to your phone or computer
- Chrome or Edge on a computer
- Add in Settings → Display, the icon at the right of the address bar, or the browser's own menu (Chrome calls it Install Ayoh).
- Android
- Add to Home screen (or Install app) in Chrome's menu, or Add in Settings → Display.
- iPhone and iPad
- In Safari, press Share and choose Add to Home Screen. Safari is the browser that can add it there.
- Mac, in Safari
- File → Add to Dock.
- Firefox
- On a computer, Firefox cannot add web apps to the dock. On Android, Add to Home screen in its menu does.
From its icon, it opens on Chat. Press and hold its icon (or right-click it on a computer) for shortcuts straight to Ask the agent, Compose, Inbox, Calendar, Boards and Notes — a phone shows the first four.
What works without a connection
The app itself. Ayoh keeps its own code on the device and remembers who is signed in, so once you have used it there it opens at once on what it knew last time, and catches up with the server behind it. If the server cannot be reached, the app stays open and a note at the foot says Can't reach Ayoh — reconnecting… (or You're offline — reconnecting when you're back.). It tries again after a few seconds, then every half a minute, and at once when the connection returns, when you come back to the window, or when you press Try again. The dot in the top right corner is red (Offline) rather than amber (Reconnecting…) until the workspace can be reached again. Only an opening with nothing remembered (the first on a device, or the first after signing out) waits, on a screen that says Ayoh can't be reached.
Updates
A new version is downloaded in the background, and a notice at the foot of the window offers Reload when it is ready. Nothing changes until you press it — a draft you are writing is saved as you type either way — and if you dismiss the notice, the new version is simply there the next time the app is opened. Ayoh looks for one when it opens, when you come back to it and every hour it stays open; Check for updates in Settings → General looks now.
Notifications and the icon
On your home screen or dock, Ayoh can tell you when mail arrives, with the sender, the subject and the first line, and keep the number of unread conversations on its icon. Turn it on per device in Settings → Notifications; what appears where is under Notifications.
Mail links and sharing
- Mail links. Settings → Display → Default mail app asks the browser to open mailto: links in Ayoh, and adding the app offers the same, once. A link then opens a new message with the address, subject and text it carried already in place.
- Share to Ayoh. On a phone, Ayoh on your home screen appears in the share sheet: sharing a page or some text starts a new message carrying it.