To install, drag GmailStatus to your "Applications" folder and start it from there. If you want GmailStatus to run every time you log in, check the "Launch at Login" option in the Preferences.
FEATURES
+ User-definable hotkey opens Gmail inbox in browser.
+ Choose "Check now" to check for new messages at any time.
+ Choose "Open inbox" to open Gmail in your browser.
+ Choose "New message" to compose a new message in Gmail.
+ See labels and their unread count. Open a labels listing in the browser.
+ Move the mouse over the menubar icon to see current account usage.
+ Use Gmail as your default application for writing messages.
+ Auto-checks for newer version.
+ Also works through a proxy (set proxy for http and https in your network settings)
+ Supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese
CREDITS
+ Thanks to Brian Hannan for the application icon.
+ Thanks to Julien Lecomte, Marcello Teodori, Sergio Rodriguez Concha and Jack Ming-hung Lin for localizations.
LICENSE
GmailStatus is freeware. I disclaim all responsibility for the use of GmailStatus, use it at your own risk.
Carsten Guenther
cguenther@gmail.com
HISTORY
1.0.2
- fixed login after Google changed their login logic
- added traditional chinese translation (many thanks to Jack Ming-hung Lin)
1.0.1
- fixed spanish translation (many thanks to Sergio Rodriguez Concha)
1.0
- Added color preferences
- Fixed problem with mailto-links that contain a subject
- Fixed problem with UTF-8 characters in labels
- Added Italian and Spanish localizations
0.9
- GmailStatus no longer relies on Safari for authentication. Make sure you have set your username/password correct in the GmailStatus preferences.
- added user-definable inbox hotkey
- added localization for French
- added "Lauch at Login" option
- fixed support for latest version of Growl
0.8
- Google changed their Login scheme so that GmailStatus was not able to log in anymore.
This version of GmailStatus requires you to log in through Safari once.
Make sure you check the "2-week" option when logging in.
0.7
- added support for Growl (http://growl.sourceforge.net)
- fixed connection problems
0.6
- added some support for labels
- fixed login-problems for Safari users
- added German localization
- fixed bugs with freeze when network changed
0.5
- added support for the mailto: scheme (you can define GmailStatus as the default mail composing app in Apple's Mail application)
- sleep mode: count is updated immediately now after machine wakes up
- fixed bug where count was not updated after preferences were changed (first time users where seeing the "X" and had to restart the application
- fixed a memory leak
0.4
- fixed auto-update check
- use https everywhere
- finally we have an icon (thanks to Brian Hannan) !
- display the preferences when launched if username is empty
- reworked the about box and added a menu item for it
- now displays "..." while doing the first request after launch
- a product website is now online at http://homepage.mac.com/carsten.guenther/GmailStatus
