Yes I think this is a nice touch as well...but sadly, it doesn't work very well if you thread your messages as I do. Too many colors/highlights will confuse/clutter the interface.

Other than that one caveat, I really like the idea.

Even with threaded view it works for me, I just choose a different color for related messages in the "viewing" preferences (a very light warm brown).

The vertical lines also help.

Nice tip add-on, boli. I'm a big fan of alternate colored lists, always wanted them in Mail.app, never thought to hack it with Interface Builder. Thanks for the heads up!

Now you've got me looking thru all my apps wondering what I can tweak! (I already unified Safari a whiled ago... brushed metal is just so pre-Tiger)

his tipp also made me think about what else one could do with some IB tweaks.

as for the unified look: i also like it very much, so i just ran Iridium to unifiy everything. Yes, it still works in 10.4.6.

Cheers, Oliver

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