Ask HN: What's the best client for gmail for mac?

Airmail (http://airmailapp.com/) is a very good Gmail client for mac and it has plugins. I don't know if rapportive, yesware and bananatag are supported though.

Personally I've found Unibox a better fit for my usual conversation flow.

It's a bit new and not as polished as it could be, but when the chains get long, identity-based conversation threads seem much easier to manage.

I've always stuck to gmail.com (although I'd consider switching to inbox.com if I could get over my inertia).

I've never really had any serious issues with it. It did have a patch of slowness a year back but that seems to have been resolved.

I'm not sure how the offline capabilities have matured - as I'm very rarely away from a data connection.

I don't want to hijack the thread but what are your prime reasons for wanting an alternative interface?

I just use Mail. It's fine. Still miss Sparrow though.