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DESCRIPTION
WideMail (formerly WidescreenMailPlugin) is a plugin for Mail.app for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard which turns the message view from a two-row horizontal view, to a two-column vertical view.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.0 pre release 1:
  • This version is available for SNOW LEOPARD ONLY! It should work on 10.6.0, 10.6.1 & 10.6.2
  • Each new OS release will require an update to WideMail.
  • If you require WideMail for 10.5.x then you should use version 0.5.1
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.6 or later.

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Developer:Dane Harnett
Downloads:13,054
  - Version d/l:1,605
Utilities:System
License:Free
Date:27 Dec 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel

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Dec 31 2009

BABYFETT  I can't for the life of me figure out how to comment on the developers page. Apparently you need to join wordpress? Anyway, I'm wondering if you can somehow switch the windows so that the list is on the right and the email you're reading is on the left. My eyes want to go to the middle of the screen, not the far right. It's better than regular mail, but not by much for me right now.   
(Version 2.0pr1)

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Dec 29 2009
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STEVEN GOODHEART  Great to have it back. Working great, with small exceptions noted in the outstanding release and installation notes. iMac Intel Core Duo and Snow Leopard 10.6.2  
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Dec 29 2009

ROBOTANK  It's great to see this SL compatible version finally up. Letterbox has had SL betas available for quite some time, but the latest one suffers (and has for a couple of months) from an irritating bug that causes the width of the columns to revert every time you quit Mail, and the developer has become mysteriously silent on when a fix may be forthcoming. At the moment, WideMail's implementation of the two-line display is also better than Letterbox's. In any case, I appreciate the work the developers of both plugins have done, and I'm delighted to finally have a stable option with this WideMail prerelease.  
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Dec 28 2009
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ZX  24h with the new version and it's all good.

Amazing Plugin!!

thanks.  
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Dec 27 2009

ZX  Completely locks mail...Unusable for now.  
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Dec 27 2009

ZX  The fix - http://www.daneharnett.com/widemail

Thanks:)

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Dec 2 2009

DAVID STEWARD  Does anyone know when an update it likely? This must be the only thing I miss from 10.5 now that I have upgraded to Snow Leopard.

david  
(Version 0.5.1)

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Oct 24 2009

HENRI MERLIER  Bonjour

Pouvons-nous espérer une mise au point de widemail pour snowleopard pour bientôt ?

Je suis impatient de configurer cette application pour ma boîte mail.

Merci

Cordialement  
(Version 0.5.1)

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Oct 9 2009

NIGEL SMITH  Any updates/info to share?  
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Oct 11 2009

EJI  I've been checking the developer's site two, three times a day for news.

I'm not exaggerating when I say that the absence of WideMail makes my entire upgrade to Snow Leopard seem half-finished. Letterbox just isn't the same.

I know WM is donationware, but still, getting on for two months since the public release is a relatively long time to wait. I wish Apple would just include a vertical view by default.  
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Oct 19 2009

DAIYI  I had been using Widemail and have nothing but good things to say about it. Sent in a donation.

If you want this vertical view in Mail now, your only option is Letterbox, also a very fine application. I have had no issues at all since installing it recently. In the future, Letterbox will also feature a two-lined view.

Both great applications. Just wish there would be some word about Widemail. If not, many users may be going over to Letterbox out of impatience or "necessity."  
(Version 0.5.1)

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Sep 16 2009

AESCHYLUS  Widemail offers a two-row display, which keeps the center pane narrow enough to provide a wide preview pane. I don't recall that Letterbox offers more than one row. So I'm waiting for Widemail to be updated.  
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Sep 16 2009

DAIYI  I was trying to ascertain that, too, from Aaron's website. But from screenshots both on his site and MU, it appears that LB remains single-lined. Dane's two=lined approach in WM appeals to me more as well. Having some spacing between messages is easier to read and process information, not to mention being aesthetically very pleasing. And it's customizable in WM.

Any progress reports, Dane? Operators at PayPal are standing by waiting for donations.   
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Sep 16 2009

ROBOTANK  As far as I know, the developer of Letterbox is planning to implement a two-line display in an upcoming release. I was using WideMail before Snow Leopard, but I'd rather have Letterbox for now than have to use the default Mail layout.  
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Sep 20 2009

DAIYI  Yes, I saw on Aaron's site that he was planning on making LB two-lined like Widemail. I hope that both of them are in contact so they don't overlap on their projects too much.   
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Sep 16 2009

ROBOTANK  If anyone running Snow Leopard is sorely missing the function of WideMail, the plugin Letterbox (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21899/letterbox), which is nearly identical to WideMail, now has a public beta available that works in 64-bit Mail on Snow Leopard. Check the developer's site for details. (I'm not suggesting that Letterbox is any better than WideMail, I'm just pointing out that it's an alternative to it, or at least something that can fill the gap until WideMail is Snow Leopard ready.)  
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