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Top 10 Unofficial Gmail Apps and Add-ons

lifehacker.com — Gmail's huge success owes itself in big part to the widening range of applications, browser add-ons, styles, scripts and bookmarklets that work with it. From the get-go Google's stayed out of developers' way and turned a blind eye to unofficial Gmail add-ons, even ones that may very well violate its terms of service.

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  • HunkieChan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12isnt most of them included in better gmail ? an extension by lifehacker !
  • thetanman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Hey, that Gmail manager is great for multiple accounts.
  • cbovis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Was upset that MailPlane was not included in the list :(
  • ChrisXof, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Better Gmail actually enhances Gmail with over 25 additional features...
  • lifenstein, on 05/30/2009, -0/+1Or just bookmark this link - http://talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/client - and choose to open it in sidebar (in the bookmark's properties)
  • mrpink.137, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1The gTalk Sidebar for Firefox is still my favorite.

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4708
  • lifenstein, on 05/30/2009, -0/+1Drag and drop functionality can be added to any upload prompt with the 'Drag and Drop Sidebar' extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2190
  • dalesmatrix, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I've been using the beta for mailplane on OSX and it's been fantastic, turns GMAIL into a drag and drop client.
  • Lonline, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Great Collection. I have heard for all these applications and they are really quality and stable!
  • ps3udov3ctor, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I like gmail a lot. I stopped using Yahoo! because of the slow, bloated service. I like FireGPG (firegpg.tuxfamily.org) which allows use to use your local gpg keyring to encrypt and sign emails.
  • dayquil, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I can't be the only one that thinks "Gmail's huge success owes itself in big part to the widening range of applications, browser add-ons, styles, scripts and bookmarklets that work with it." is a bunch of bs. It's a bonus, to be sure, but those things exist for a variety of systems. Gmail's huge success owes itself to itself.
  • raynar, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1No. The only ones out there have trouble with recurrence.
  • Jo9100, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19) there's google bookmarks
  • raynar, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3Take your dick out of your hand and you should get enough blood flow back to your brain to actually figure out a simple site.
  • onyx187, on 02/04/2009, -0/+0I need a Vista sidebar widget that will work with Google Apps.

    http://on-net.info
  • JumBowl, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0This is a great list of apps. I really like to use Grease-monkey https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748, along with Better Gmail https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4866. A really kick ass GMAIL combo.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Where is gmail reader for vista sidebar?
  • pallot, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0another top 10 list by lifehacker...
  • dcpweb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I like gTalk Sidebar for Firefox....

    p shah - http://www.dcpweb.co.uk
  • kwwphoto, on 01/20/2009, -0/+0Useful and relavent tips...I love Gmail Manager!
  • flexoutlaw, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2If you're an IE fan (do they exist?) you'll probably not enjoy the list much. Viva la firefox!
  • sylox, on 10/11/2007, -5/+4Google is just amazing. Microsoft should really get scared because next thing you know there will be a Google operating system!
  • 007buble, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0see http://photo2text.com/
  • DiscusRapidus, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2TBird to Gmail: move your old mail from thunderbird to gmail.

    http://krishnachodavarapu.com/tbird.aspx
  • dtiziani, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1jeez! Google bookmarks for GMAIL?
  • archd3, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0I use OGGSync (http://www.oggsync.com) to sync google calendar with my phone, which syncs with outlook on my pc via bluetooth and vice versa. Not sure of a direct OutlookGCal sync program.
  • razeen, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0Nice list, especially with gmail skin extension for firefox
  • eliezersilver, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1Whats the deal with #1. is that an account suspender or what?
  • masterc, on 10/11/2007, -8/+4And it can be yours for one easy payment of $19.95
  • Photoblog, on 10/11/2007, -9/+3Life hacker sucks balls... seriously I had to click around 6 times to get to the website of the gmail bookmarklet... bunch of page view ***** IMO

    Same with Engadget, they just keyword the links to useless interior pages... SO ***** LAME
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -11/+3***** yeah - Top Ten lists rule! I Digg it like a soul brother in downtown Harlem!





  • DiscusRapidus, on 10/11/2007, -11/+1TBird to Gmail: best way to move your old mail to gmail.

    http://krishnachodavarapu.com/tbird.aspx

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