As the arrival of each major new version of Mac OS X draws near, I start to dread the reappearance of those lozenge-shaped icons in my Mail.app interface.

Some people, more adaptable than I am, don’t mind them at all. For me, it always the first tweak I apply, using the excellent Mail Stamps utility.

Fortunately Mail Stamps developer Andrew Escobar is already working on the Leopard Mail version, which will be Mail Stamps 3.0.

In reply to my nervous email, he replies that,

Under the hood, Mail has not changed a great deal. I have been able to get full size toolbar items, so it should not be a problem. I fully plan to release a new version of Mail Stamps for both Leopard and Tiger.

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Live Blogging TV takes a dim view of the new lozenge-shaped buttons in Tiger Mail.

The proposed method for disposing of the buttons is complicated and unique.

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