Announcement

EU Launch: PayPal, Certificates and 20 Languages

black.com opens in the European Union with encryption from a password-derived key. PayPal joins the payment options, a signed certificate is deployed, and translations arrive for around twenty languages.

black.com Team

Encryption with a password-derived key ensures that your emails remain confidential and protected from unauthorized access at all times.

New Features

Added PayPal as an additional payment option for greater flexibility.

Added a back button for drafts in desktop view, allowing users to navigate easily.

Allow messages to be sent without content when attachments are present.

Implemented a signed certificate for enhanced security.

Improved attachment handling by categorizing file attachments and embedded images separately.

Introduced a new mobile top bar animation during page navigation to improve visual transitions.

Changes

Redesigned the unread conversations page and adjusted the prominence of the "mark all conversations as unread" button.

Increased the draft send delay from 10 to 15 seconds for better user control.

Enhanced search functionality to include partial email searches and improved search indexing for specific domains.

Improved user interaction by changing the color of messages and conversations when pressed.

Ensure that the draft send countdown continues when navigating away from and back to the draft.

Prevented scrolling in mobile navigation from affecting the background for a smoother experience.

Improved the user interface for drafts waiting to be sent, providing a more consistent and familiar email experience.

Disabled overscrolling when swiping a conversation on Android, improving page responsiveness.

Added a separator between email content and attachments, improving visual organization.

Added translations for around 20 languages, improving accessibility for users around the world.

Optimized mobile navigation by moving it to the right for better interaction with native back-swipe functionality and animations.

Improved URL structure to improve user experience and make them more user-friendly (e.g. "black.com/email-inbox" is now "black.com/inbox").

Bug Fixes

Fixed the issue where some email providers were not receiving messages, ensuring proper message delivery.

Fixed the problem with a message ensuring the "To" value is displayed correctly.

Fixed the bug that resulted in a "network error" when trying to translate an email.

Fixed a bug that prevented the email context menu from being closed in certain situations.

Fixed a bug where the trash folder would appear empty in the user interface after opening a conversation.

Corrected a problem where scrolling to the bottom was unintentional when editing a long draft.

Fixed a problem where a draft remained in the conversation even after it was sent.

Fixed an issue where buttons that change the website design were invisible on Safari mobile.

Fixed issues with user interaction with system@black.com and contact@black.com emails.