From: Ben Shimmin on
D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>:
> Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote:
>> Good news if you use it (and if you don't, why not? Am amazed Apple
>> don't do this themselves now and I really miss it on the iPhone).
>> <http://www.ecamm.com/mac/dockstar/mod.html>
>
> It's worth $15 to have badges on your Mail Dock icon?

And, seriously, can you imagine Apple *ever* doing this? You should
count yourself lucky you get the one badge, never mind multiple badges
in different colours and shapes. See also: `iCal day'.

b.

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From: D.M. Procida on
Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:

> > It's worth $15 to have badges on your Mail Dock icon?
>
> And, seriously, can you imagine Apple *ever* doing this? You should
> count yourself lucky you get the one badge, never mind multiple badges
> in different colours and shapes.

I don't need no steenkin - oh, never mind.

Daniele
From: Ian McCall on
On 2010-06-17 08:51:26 +0100, Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> said:

> D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>:
>> Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote:
>>> Good news if you use it (and if you don't, why not? Am amazed Apple
>>> don't do this themselves now and I really miss it on the iPhone).
>>> <http://www.ecamm.com/mac/dockstar/mod.html>
>>
>> It's worth $15 to have badges on your Mail Dock icon?
>
> And, seriously, can you imagine Apple *ever* doing this? You should
> count yourself lucky you get the one badge, never mind multiple badges
> in different colours and shapes. See also: `iCal day'.

iCal Day has been history for a while though - the new one updates itself fine.


Cheers,
Ian

From: Ben Shimmin on
Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org>:
> On 2010-06-17 08:51:26 +0100, Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> said:
>> D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>:
>>> Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote:
>>>> Good news if you use it (and if you don't, why not? Am amazed Apple
>>>> don't do this themselves now and I really miss it on the iPhone).
>>>> <http://www.ecamm.com/mac/dockstar/mod.html>
>>>
>>> It's worth $15 to have badges on your Mail Dock icon?
>>
>> And, seriously, can you imagine Apple *ever* doing this? You should
>> count yourself lucky you get the one badge, never mind multiple badges
>> in different colours and shapes. See also: `iCal day'.
>
> iCal Day has been history for a while though - the new one updates itself
> fine.

Indeed. It only took them, oh, six years or something to fix that.
Obviously it was a high priority.

b.

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