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Stattoo

Stattoo - 1.5

displays info capsules (time, weather...) on desktop picture

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Current Version: 1.5
Release Date: 2006-04-13
License: Commercial
Downloads (this version): 2,772
Downloads (all versions): 6,025
Price: $12.95

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Product Description:

Stattoo is a brand-new Mac OS X application that "tattoos" digital statistics right on your desktop picture: out of the way, but always handy.

Stattoo takes this useful digital info, packages it up in cute little capsules, and beautifully blends them in with your desktop picture. Now you can easily check information such as the time, temperature, last few e-mails received, battery power, and much more, by simply glancing at your desktop.

Stattoo works hard to stay out of your way -- tucked underneath your icons, its capsules aren't clickable -- but it's always there when you need it. Design-wise, Stattoo was carefully crafted to complement Mac OS X, not painfully distract from it. It's super-configurable -- you can change Stattoo's font color, transparency, brightness, and much more. And finally, thanks to Expose's Show Desktop function, Stattoo is always just a function key away -- or, if you prefer, Stattoo can even pop on top of all your windows at any time with a customizable key-press of its own, or with a click of the dock icon.

What's new in this version:

  • Now a Universal Binary for Intel native speed
  • Stattoo now requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
  • Added an RSS/Atom Feed capsule
  • Added support for GMail servers in the mail capsule
  • Can now adjust brightness of red, green, and blue independently
  • Now uses graphics hardware acceleration to lighten CPU load when rendering
  • Added better detection of Apple Mail status changes
  • Added support for iCal's birthday calendar
  • Added a preference for "Activation Length"
  • Now supports backgrounds set from iPhoto 5
  • iCal capsule no longer displays escape character ('\') for commas
  • Fixed issue with iCal to-do's not showing up on some Tiger releases
  • Correctly caches desktops with multiple displays
  • Fixed "add/remove capsules" window showing blank for some users
  • Fixed a bug that caused pop account to be locked by while mail capsule updated
  • Fixed a bug that caused Stattoo to forget it's window position
  • Fixed a crash that happened when mail capsule looked in non-Inbox folders
  • Fixed a bug in Tiger that caused iCal module to show "No Calendars"
  • All-day events now stay on a calendar capsule until the end of the day

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 or later

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Stattoo CommentaryMissing one important feature... - Version: 1.5, 4/13/2006 12:28PM PST

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Zhonghua Aiguozhe
I've always liked Stattoo but never really used it for long period of time because simply it can't run in the background. I switch between apps frequently when I'm working and frankly I don't need another icon to clutter up the option-tab bar. Not only that, it would be fantastic if Stattoo could be visible at all times.
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Stattoo ReviewGood Update - Version: 1.5, 4/13/2006 11:42AM PST

Java Starbuck
The mail capsule now works flawlessly with my Earthlink account. Sweet!

The new RSS module is really well.

I like this little app a lot. More subtle than Dashboard (and it always on, no switching to another layer to see the info).
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Stattoo Usage TipOS X 10.4.5 - Version: 1.2, 2/26/2006 10:39AM PST

rd37
I earlier reported that it OS X 10.4.5 broke the capsule transparency feature. But I just discovered that changing the desktop background to something else (and back again if you wish) fixed it.

So if you find that the Statto display is misbehaving after upgrading to OS X 10.4.5, just do what I did.
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