I don’t know why, but Apple didn’t give users the ability to customize the view of their OS freebie email app Mail. Anybody who has used the latest Outlook (as of this writing) or the excellent open source Thunderbird has seen the beauty of a 3-column email view.

Over on the Ars Technica forums, there is a thread about Mail and widescreen displays. A talented developer ran with it and the result is Letterbox, a sweet plug-in that gives users a 3 column view.

Even if you just have a 1024 x 768 monitor resolution, the three–column view is nice for reading more of the message. The subject lines get squished, so shrink the message list font to 9 and get even more info on the page. Plus, it’s nice to be able to read the whole message.

Thanks to Merlin Mann and his flickr stream for showing me this awesome plug-in. o

This kind of recap scares me to death. Especially with valuable data at stake. Mac admins everywhere need to read this and evaluate if their processes are as bulletproof as they might think.

This has been long overdue for the Mac. Especially OS X. Read the post here

Since using Quicksilver, any Mac I work on feels naked without it. This freeware application is a must have for anybody who wants the speed and power of doing things from the keyboard. Even if all you use it for is an application launcher/switcher, it will save you time.

Here’s a useful Wikipedia entry that explains the application.

Here are a ton of tutorials to get you started on your path to better computing.

Can be read here. Might be time to change some old habits.