Create a three-column version of Apple's Mail app

Jun 05, '06 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

Have you ever used a three-column email application, like Thunderbird or Entourage? Ever wanted the same for Apple's own Mail? (In other words, the Preview column would appear next to the list of messages, instead of below it). Well, I found this discussion on an Ars forum, and it shows you how you can have exactly that. I tried this, and it works beutifully. I find this to be a very nice hack, and hope you will find this usefull. No need to credit me, because I just found it.

All you need to do is download and install MailWidescreen, a simple Mail plug-in. Here are the very simple installation instructions:

  1. Download and unzip the plug-in from the above page.
  2. Quit Mail.app.
  3. Have you previously installed one or more Mail.app plugins?
  4. Launch Mail, and see if it works!
[robg adds: This worked perfectly for me -- the columns are resizable (one via the lower-right window resize widget, the other by the thin gray bar to the left of the Preview column. On a widescreen display, it's great! Not so great on a smaller or normal-aspect screen.]

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