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DockStar adds RSS and To Do support

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Dec 28th, 2007

Mail.app users who are all about information overload rejoice: DockStar has been updated to alert you about even more unread content in Mail. That's right, the little utility that transforms your Dock, Dashboard, and Menubar into a command center for all things Mail.app related now actually handles alerts for everything that Mail.app offers up in Leopard. I am speaking, of course, of both To Dos and RSS feeds. Now you'll never have to guess how far behind you are.

This update also includes an additional badge shape and numerous bug fixes and Leopard tweaks. DockStar costs $9.95.

Tags: dockstar, mail

Filed under: iLife, Freeware

MailBadger: free unread badges for Mail.app

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Jun 3rd, 2007

We've mentioned Dockstar ($8) several times as a way to add extra badges to your Mail.app Dock icon for indicating unread message counts for mailboxes other than the inbox. Now Mail Badger appears on the scene to offer similar functionality in a nice piece of donationware. Mail Badger is a Mail.app plugin that allows you to display message counts "computed from the number of messages in a mailbox (unread, read, or total), from the number of messages that satisfy a set of conditions, or by the result of running AppleScript code." You can use custom fonts and badge images and place the badges wherever you like on the Mail.app icon.

Mail Badger is a free download from Tony Allevato, though donations are requested.

[via BabyGotMac]

Tags: Dock, Dockstar, Mail.app, MailBadger

Filed under: Software, Internet Tools

Dockstar 2.0 brings screensaver, widget and more badge options to Mail.app

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Apr 15th, 2007

Mail.app junkies who demand more from that little red Dock badge - rejoice! Dockstar, the go-to app for adding up to 5 new notification badges to Mail.app's icon that we've mentioned before, has received some great new features for a version 2.0 upgrade. New in this version are features like counting messages in nested folders, counting flagged, junk or total messages, sound notifications for each badge and even a screensaver and Dashboard widget.

Check out the changelog for more details, or snag a new copy. A license costs a mere $8.

[via Hawk Wings]

Tags: alerts, badge, dock, dockstar, icons, mail.app, notifications

Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Internet Tools

DockStar updated to v1.1

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Jan 24th, 2006

We posted about DockStar last December, but for those who might not remember: it's a simple little app that offers extra badges on the Mail.app dock icon to display unread counts of other mailboxes and folders. This seemingly minimal point update actually packs quite the new feature wallop, including the ability to count mail in subfolders/nested mailboxes, badge opacity control, and the ability to simply display an unread count for all unread messages in every folder/mailbox you have.

DockStar costs a mere $8 USD, and its demo lasts for seven days.

[via Hawk Wings]

Tags: badges, count, DockStar, Mail, Mail.app, new messages, NewMessages, unread

Filed under: Software, Internet Tools

DockStar

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Dec 6th, 2005

We all love the little red badge on Mail.app that tells you how popular you are (ok, it actually tells you how many unread emails you have, but that's the same thing, right?). However, if you have more than one account in Mail the icon is almost useless to you.

Enter DockStar, this clever little program allows you to have up to 5 badges, displaying email from 5 different email accounts, in the Mail icon. The best part is that you can pick different colors and shapes for the badges.

Thanks to everyone who sent this one in.

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Tags: badges, dockstar, icon, icons, mail, mail.app

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