Spicebird uses a tab view for different folder views, appearing much like some current browsers. The Main tab displays a portal with configurable applets, such as Date and Time, RSS Feeds, To-Do List, and Mail Folder content arranged in a three-column format. Spicebird.com indicates that iGoogle applets will be added as options here as well in the next beta. The Main interface provides immediate access to the most relevant information as organized by the user. Figure 9 shows an array of these applets. In Figure 9, you can also identify the different tabs used in Spicebird as follows:
- Main - Portal with different customizable applets
- Mail/News - E-mail (POP/IMAP) NNTP News, RSS Feeds, IM and GMail (POP)
- Contacts - Address books with either Card or List views
- Calendar - Calendar with Day, Week, Work Week, Month and Multi-week views
- Tasks - A To-Do list of Tasks and their status
When you click on an item in the portal, Spicebird automatically navigates to that item so you can read the entire item. If it is not a Spicebird object, it will open the item in the appropriate application, such as a web browser.