Comments on: Mail Stamps http://www.command-tab.com/2005/06/17/mail-stamps/ Technology and Mac geekery. One part exuberance, two parts obsession. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:40:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mike http://www.command-tab.com/2005/06/17/mail-stamps/#comment-409 Mike Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:10:59 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/?p=82#comment-409 Andrew, I see where your application differs, although I no longer use either becase I just simply got used to the new look of Tiger Mail. Could this be something we are going to see more often in the next version of the OS X release? If you look at the top "menu" bar (I dont know the real name) we see a glossy effect all over it. Ben: Have you ever heard of Windows Blinds? There are a few other applications out there too, but Windoze users are obsessed with changing their UI (or most semi-geeks at least), because of how ugly Windows it. Mac users tend not to because it's always oo soo b-e-a-utiful! There is ShapeShifter for Mac as well, which revamps your whole theme. -Mike Andrew,
I see where your application differs, although I no longer use either becase I just simply got used to the new look of Tiger Mail. Could this be something we are going to see more often in the next version of the OS X release? If you look at the top “menu” bar (I dont know the real name) we see a glossy effect all over it.

Ben:
Have you ever heard of Windows Blinds? There are a few other applications out there too, but Windoze users are obsessed with changing their UI (or most semi-geeks at least), because of how ugly Windows it. Mac users tend not to because it’s always oo soo b-e-a-utiful!

There is ShapeShifter for Mac as well, which revamps your whole theme.

-Mike

]]> By: Andrew Escobar http://www.command-tab.com/2005/06/17/mail-stamps/#comment-406 Andrew Escobar Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:12:18 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/?p=82#comment-406 Ben, I see you point but Office is a bit different. Office for PC has always been super fugly so the new UI look was no big deal.Mail's new look was totally different and un-mac like and deserved the uproar from mac users. CF is a great app, but Mail Stamps is better (bias alert -I'm the developer.) As put by Giles in the MacDevCenter article: "Use Mail Stamps if you particularly want the full-size Panther icons." [ From "Tweaking Tiger Mail." The article mentions both CF and Mail Stamps. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/06/21/mail.html ] -Andrew P.S. > Mail Stamps runs and changes the .tiff files > inside Mail back to the Panther look. Its also replacing some .toolbar files to get the full-size icons back. This is were Mail Stamps sets itself ahead of the rest. Ben, I see you point but Office is a bit different. Office for PC has always been super fugly so the new UI look was no big deal.Mail’s new look was totally different and un-mac like and deserved the uproar from mac users.

CF is a great app, but Mail Stamps is better (bias alert -I’m the developer.) As put by Giles in the MacDevCenter article:
“Use Mail Stamps if you particularly want the full-size Panther icons.”
[ From "Tweaking Tiger Mail." The article mentions both CF and Mail Stamps.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/06/21/mail.html ]

-Andrew

P.S.
> Mail Stamps runs and changes the .tiff files
> inside Mail back to the Panther look.
Its also replacing some .toolbar files to get the full-size icons back. This is were Mail Stamps sets itself ahead of the rest.

]]> By: Ben http://www.command-tab.com/2005/06/17/mail-stamps/#comment-403 Ben Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:21:25 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/?p=82#comment-403 I too have found myself getting used to the different look, and I too did try cage fighter. Though it is great to see that an app be easy to modify to suit your needs. I also find it interesting that mac users (like myself) are so passionate about what Apple and their OS/applications look and feel like. It's this passion you don't see from M$ users. Every release of Office (on PC at least) sees a new User Interface look, yet you don't hear much outcry. Apple tweak a little mail app and the world knows about it! I love it, and it's this passion that assisted me leaving the wacky world of windows for the Apple. ps. Keep up the blog, I am a new subscriber (thanks to Safari RSS reader, bless you Apple) and will continue to read. I too have found myself getting used to the different look, and I too did try cage fighter. Though it is great to see that an app be easy to modify to suit your needs.

I also find it interesting that mac users (like myself) are so passionate about what Apple and their OS/applications look and feel like. It’s this passion you don’t see from M$ users.

Every release of Office (on PC at least) sees a new User Interface look, yet you don’t hear much outcry. Apple tweak a little mail app and the world knows about it!

I love it, and it’s this passion that assisted me leaving the wacky world of windows for the Apple.

ps. Keep up the blog, I am a new subscriber (thanks to Safari RSS reader, bless you Apple) and will continue to read.

]]> By: Mike http://www.command-tab.com/2005/06/17/mail-stamps/#comment-397 Mike Fri, 17 Jun 2005 20:52:46 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/?p=82#comment-397 I've never seen Mail Stamps before, but I have used <a href="http://otierney.net/cagefighter/" rel="nofollow">Cage Fighter</a> for a bit, I kinda got used to the new buttons though, so I dont use it anymore. -Mike I’ve never seen Mail Stamps before, but I have used Cage Fighter for a bit, I kinda got used to the new buttons though, so I dont use it anymore.

-Mike

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