Mailwind
Dev tools
email template tooling
SHOW HN2022
63points
15comments
#840of 2,570 in 2022
Top 33%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Name is clever
From 2 comments
I have nothing useful to say. But name is extremely smart/clever. Very nice.
barbarbar on HNIt could even be a good name for a smtp provider as well :)
bluewalt on HN
Useful for using Tailwind in emails
From 2 comments
This is useful. As tailwind team is very active, I won't be surprised if they decide to embed an official tool like this one.
bluewalt on HNI love this! Tailwind has been a genuine revelation for me; moving away from CSS and provind styles that "just work" is fantastic. CSS in email was the last area I had to use…
fckthisguy on HN
Objections
Email clients have poor CSS support, especially Outlook
From 1 comment
No. Even in web mail clients you still can’t use so many things that you would expect to. And last I checked, outlook still supports just about nothing
Gigachad on HN
Inline styles cannot handle media queries for responsive design
From 1 comment
How can you not tell inline cannot use media queries? It's hard to think how people think classes are same as inlines when responsive designs are the norm. Not to mention pure…
mekster on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Maizzle
From 2 comments
How is this different to https://maizzle.com/?
marcus_cemes on HNCould you elaborate? I'm currently looking for a solution to build email with Tailwind CSS. So, with Maizzle you can do more things?
creativedg on HN
Can email clients render modern CSS consistently
From 1 comment
Can you rely on desktop and mobile email clients to render modern CSS consistently now or it's still something to watch out for?
seanwilson on HN
Alternatives named
Maizzle
From 1 comment
How is this different to https://maizzle.com/?
marcus_cemes on HN
Inline CSS
From 1 comment
I’ve tried to move to tailwind, and I don’t hate it, but I’ve concluded that inline styles are effectively the same and we should just skip tailwind in favour of inline. I’m sure…
hsbauauvhabzb on HN