Docktopus is an app that allows you to place “Mail.app-style” badges on a number of Dock icons.

The available icons range from disk and memory usage badges for each app to app-specific badges like an iCal events badge.

Badges can be dragged onto Dock icons from the app’s badge interface:

Two of the badges — the Mail badge and iCal events badge — double as notification screens.

The Mail one offers a smoked glass listing of unread emails by sender, topic and account:

The updated version released today includes a number of bugfixes and adds support for Entourage 2004′s Dock icon.

MacWorld gave Docktopus a “Best of Show 2006″ award. It is shareware (USD ) and is available from the developer’s web site .badges, mail.app, apple mail, dock, icons, notification, ical, entourage, docktopus

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Tags: Apple Mail, badges, Dock, docktopus, entourage, iCal, icons, mail.app, notification

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