Hey everyone, I just released Notify 2.1.3 with a bunch of new features and fixes. Here’s the full list.

• Fetch photos from Address Book for Growl notifications.
• Added option to always mark read when moving or deleting.
• Added option to mark read automatically when previewing.
• Added support for more international trash names.
• Added option to dim menubar icon when an account is not connected.
• Added keyboard shortcuts to the preview window.
• Added keyboard shortcuts for changing tabs.
• Added option to display only plaintext in previews.
• Fixed parsing of some missed links in preview window.
• Increase performance when marking multiple messages as read.
• Misc. crash and bug fixes.

As a result, I’ve also decided to extend the sale another week. Download it now.

It’s that time again – today we’re releasing the next update to Notify, version 2.1. Head over to the product page to check out everything that’s new, or keep reading here for a summary.

• There’s now a “Move To” option, to allow you to move messages around your account.
• Huge speed improvements – in some cases Notify is now twice as fast.
• Operations happen in the background, sort of like Mail.app.
• Mail.app integration.
• Enhanced preview window.
• Usability improvements.
• More preferences and options.
• Generic IMAP Accounts are now in the free version, and the free version no longer has a four account limit.
• A bunch more. Go check it out!

As well, Notify is on sale at 30% off for a week, so if you haven’t grabbed it already, now is a good time to do so.

It’s been a while since we’ve updated you on the goings on with Notify, so here’s a quick status update of some of the stuff that’s going to be in 2.1.

Multiple Message Selections: One of the largest requests that we’ve gotten, and it will be in 2.1.

Mail.app / Mail Client Integration: Another large request. It will also be in 2.1. You’ll be able to either open messages via the right click context menu, or by specifying the double click option.

Passive Server Communication: 99% of people don’t care about this, so you can skip it. However, if you’re interested in this sort of thing – we’re currently in the process of reworking the backend to use a queue-style system. Things will now happen in the background, sort of like Mail.app.

UI Refinements and such: We’ve made some tweaks to the UI to make things a bit more logical.

Other features: Gotta keep some stuff secret.

There is currently no planned release window for 2.1. Since this release is a rather major under the hood change, we will be having a beta testing period – we’ll let you know more about that when we’re closer to release.

We pushed out Notify 2.0.7 earlier today, which contains several fixes and improvements. If you’d like to see everything included, go take a look at the release notes.

The most important changes are as follows.

• Notify now lets you set the name of the folder you’d like it to check. This is useful if your inbox is not called, “inbox”.
• Command + Enter can now be used to send messages.
• Esc. can now be used to close the new message window.
• Delete now works properly across all Gmail accounts. Before, a small number of accounts experienced messages getting archived instead of deleted.

It’s that time folks. As of today, Notify 2.0 free and pro have been released, so go check them out!

So, what’s new?

Pretty much everything. We’ve completely rewritten Notify 2.0, and added a crapton (Yes, that is a valid unit of measure) of new features. Hence, why it is now 2.0, and not 1.1. What sort of stuff has been added? What has been changed?

Thank you everyone for your interest! Beta applications have now closed.

We will be selecting people at random from the group of you who applied – you should be hearing from us in about a week.