The Bottom Line
Mail Type Select jumps to messages in Mac OS X Mail as you type (part of) the subject, sender or recipient. It would be great if the same worked inside messages, too.
Pros
- Mail Type Select lets you jump to messages super-fast in Mac OS X Mail
- Goes to the nearest matching subject or sender as you type
Cons
- Mail Type Select does not find as you type inside messages
- Lacking an installer, Mail Type Select may require some configuration file tweaking
- Mail Type Select does not highlight all matches in the mailbox
Description
- Mail Type Select implements highlight-as-yo-type selecting in Mac OS X Mail folders.
- As you type part of a sender or subject, Mail Type Select opens the nearest matching message.
- Using keyboard shortcuts, Mail Type Select jumps to the next or previous match, too.
- Mail Type Select supports Mac OS X 10.3/4.
Guide Review - Mail Type Select 2.6 - Mac OS X Mail Add-On
I love the search box in the Mac OS X Mail toolbar and use its find-as-you-type elegance all the time to find exactly the messages I am interested in. But there are never enough ways to get where you want (if they are unobtrusive and do not interfere with each other). Mail Type Select is both simple and clever.
If you are in a folder in Mail, all you have to do to jump to a message is to start typing a few characters of its subject or sender. Mail Type Select automatically goes to the nearest match and opens the message. Using handy keyboard shortcuts, you can go to the next or previous match quickly, too.
Unfortunately, Mail Type Select does not highlight the matches in the mailbox with a color. An installer that makes sure bundles are enabled in Mail and copies Mail Type Select to the right place would be nice, too, as would be incremental searching inside message.
