DockStar
reviewed by Chris Marshall
ecamm www.ecamm.com/mac/dockstar Released: September, 2006 $8.00 USD, $9.00 CND, £4.25 GBP, 6,30€ Euro Audience: Mac Users using Mail with multiple email accounts and who like a bit of color in their dock. Strengths: Easy to install and configure. Weaknesses: Takes time to remember your options, but that is probably just me! |
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What they say: DockStar is an add-on for Mail.app that adds up to 5 new-mail indicators to the dock icon. This lets Mail users keep track of email as it arrives in various accounts and local mailboxes.
In addition, DockStar brings customizable shapes and colors to the Mail dock icon. Seamless integration allows users to control every aspect of the dock icon directly from Mail's settings panel.
Features:
- Assign a badge to up to 5 different mailboxes.
- Assign badges to individual account inboxes.
- Choose from four fun shapes.
- Fine-tune the size of each badge.
- Select just the right color and transparency for each mailbox.
- Display combined unread count for all mailboxes.
- In English, French, German and Japanese.
What I say: If you want a long review this isn’t it. If you want a fun but practical application for the cost of a sandwich this is a great product.
Serious Mac users probably “need not apply” as there is nothing sophisticated or advanced about this product, but I certainly found it useful to see at a glance how my inbox was distributed around me various email accounts.
Of course this will depend largely on if you have more than one email account and if so how you use them. I have too many addresses in all reality but I like to differentiate work, friends, MacStuff, etc and I always have one that I use when I subscribe or sign up to things so for me this is a great little application.
In summary: The fun lasts a day or two, but the practicality lasts a lot longer than that. I like it J
