Pinstripe for Thunderbird, Quicksilver
Thunderbird is an excellent mail client, but since I started running it under OS X it’s felt a little out of place – the flat-looking icons, the almost-but-not-quite native controls. It just felt awkward and uncomfortable, so much so that I even thought about using Apple’s Mail.app until I realized what a pain it would be to transfer all my mail and settings. But now, with the just-released Pinstripe theme, Thunderbird has a whole new look, and it’s absolutely gorgeous:
In real life it’s even nicer. If you’re using OS X, grab the latest build and give it a try – it’s truly amazing.
Also, while I’m on the subject of OS X apps: Quicksilver is just as good as everyone says it is. For the uniniated, here’s how it works. I think “I want to run FireFox” – but it’s not in the Dock! So I hit Control-space, and Quicksilver appears. I type ‘F-I’. The Firefox logo appears. I hit enter. Firefox is running. Total time: 2 seconds. No more searching through the Applications folder. Hooray!
