If i set Mail.app to be one of my Startup Items, i had the same problem.
Quitting and re-opening Mail solved it for me.
Does Mail.app startup automatically when you boot your Mac?
(btw, this behaviour happened in 10.2 and have not tested it in 10.3 yet.)
Nothing personal holmBrew :)
I just can't stand the fact that Apple just changed it (without asking me first :p )
btw, the picture of the menu i used wasn't a good choice, i am talking about highlighted emails in mail and buddies in iChat etc.
Cheers
It's not symantics, it used to work like it should before 10.2
Whatever it is I have my Appearance color set to Graphite, Hilghight color to light blue, and still selected messages in Mail etc. are dark blue (dark green in your case)
Not important?
Why the hell give us the option in the first place then, it has only been there since years and years, always worked and since 10.2 it's broken!
Not important?
For me it is!
i'm colorblind.
Why are the hilight colors in most apps darker than the color i set in General Prefs?
When i choose the 'light blue' in General Prefs this is how they end up... (see image) the same happens to other colors, lime green becomes dark green etc.
Why?
Am i the only one with this problem...
I was thinking about the exact same thing...
How on earth could Apple have missed this opportunity?
And why are URL's and email addresses not clickable in iCal?
I am in the process of writing a small application that will save all Address Book entries containing Birthday info as a calendar...