[MlMt] Styles.plist and dark mode

[Glenn Parker]

For those who haven’t yet delved into MailMate’s “hidden” 
preferences, I just want to note that some minor tweaking in 
~/Library/Application\ Support/MailMate/Styles.plist can make a very big 
difference in the UI experience.

In the more recent versions of MailMate, the application automatically 
adopts a “dark” mode if the System Preferences (under 
General/Appearance) are set that way.  While that’s generally a good 
thing, at least to my eye, it almost eliminates the visible impact of 
showing unread messages with a bold font in the message list.  The key 
issue is that bold white text on a gray background does not stand out 
from the un-bolded text the way it does when the foreground/background 
are reversed.  I tend to keep messages marked as unread for a while, so 
it’s important for me to be able to visually fish them out of the 
ocean of other messages (preferably without losing the overall context 
of the message list by switching to an alternate view).

This is my personal Styles.plist, which one must create in the 
~/Library/Application\ Support/MailMate directory.

     {   styles = (
             {   type = keyword;
                 keyword = '\\Flagged';
                 color = "#FF6666";
             },
             {   type = keyword;
                 keyword = '\\Seen';
                 color = "#888888";
             },
         );
     }

Knocking the brightness of messages flagged as “Seen” down to 50% 
gray (“#888888”) does not make them invisible, but the lower 
contrast is a bit easier on the eyes, and it clearly distinguishes them 
from the few unread messages floating around.  Likewise, flagged 
messages get a real visibility bump with a light red color 
(“#FF6666”).  The styles work together nicely, making unread and 
flagged messages both bold and red, so they really scream out for 
attention.

Glenn P. Parker
glenn.parker at comcast.net
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