I ♥ DockStar v2.1
December 27th, 2007 by ken
We rolled out a cool new version of DockStar on Christmas day. The feature everyone’s talking about is the clickable indicators in the menu bar.
Before I was even finished coding this feature, I already knew I couldn’t live without it. Glen used more explicit terms; something leading to him and the new feature having babies.
In short, you can see unread counts for any mailbox or folder up in the status area, and a simple click on the indicator pops open Mail.app and brings up the right mailbox. This was a requested feature from DockStar fans. (We get a lot of our best ideas from customers.) It’s not limited to unread counts either: You can set each indicator to count flagged messages, total message counts, and even monitor Smart Mailboxes.
This upgrade brings many new features for Leopard users. If you use To Do items in Mail.app or Calendar.app, you can use DockStar to monitor the number of incomplete To Dos. You can also count Notes or even keep track of unread RSS feed items.
The DockStar Dashboard Widget also got some improvements. You can now click on the widget to jump right into the relevant mailbox.
If you’re a serious emailer, and you’ve never tried DockStar, you should try the free trial, but be warned: Afterwards, you won’t be able to live without it.
