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- Developer/Download: Unsanity [Product Page]
- Price: $7.00
Although I've only been playing with Labels X for a few hours, it certainly seems to return most of the functionality of the OS 9 label feature. Installation requires a logout and login if you haven't installed Unsanity's APE (Application Program Enhancer) in the past. Once installed, your list view windows have a new "Label" column, and you can assign a color to any file through the contextual menu pop-up. Labels and colors are defined in the Labels X preferences panel, where you can also disable the haxie. You won't find any label features in the Finder's regular menus, so all interaction is through the contextual menu or the preferences panel.
I wasn't a huge label user in OS 9, and I don't think I'll become one in OS X, but if you're a label addict, check out Labels X. It gets the Pick of the Week this week for addressing one of the bigger requested features from OS 9...

