Note: Notify 2.2 is no longer under active development because I no longer have time to maintain a side project of this size. The following is here for archive purposes only.

It’s been a couple months since a software release, so I figure it’d be wise to post an update on the next release of Notify, version 2.2.

As usual, you can see a breakdown of new features and progress on http://vibealicious.com/status/. I’ll expand on some of those here.

• Choosable Archive – You can now choose a folder as an archive folder,  instead of needing to use “Move To” every time.
• Choosable Trash – Notify will still try to detect this as best as it can automatically.
• Choosable Inbox – This is in 2.1 as well, but it’s been rather hidden.
• Display Read Messages – Now you can display both read and unread messages, on a per account basis. Yay!
• Revamped Compose & Reply – Compose and reply has been completely rewritten and redesigned. Notify now respects the reply chains of emails (Yes, finally, I know). As well, sending messages with certain Unicode characters will no longer truncate the message (Yes, again, finally).
• Revamped Preview – Previewing has also been redesigned. Notify now allows you to move and reply to messages right from the preview window. Yay!
• Global Keyboard Shortcuts – You can now open Notify via a global shortcut of your choice. As well, you can also assign a global shortcut for opening a compose message window.
• Star/Flag Support – You can now star/flag messages from within Notify. We’re calling this starring, like Gmail.
• Revamped Main UI – The main Notify window has received a facelift, with a new message control bar, and it now maintains list selection between tabs, among other things.

One more thing…

As of 2.2 Notify will be going to a paid-only model. Since 90% of Notify’s features are Pro-only, it doesn’t make much sense to continue offering a stripped down free version that extremely limits the experience of Notify. If you currently have the free version of Notify installed, you’ll be able to decline the installation of 2.2, but future updates will only be available to new users.

-Kyle