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Fix Unread Gmail Favicons In Better Gmail 2 And Greasemonkey
12:30AM Kevin Purdy | Firefox with Greasemonkey: Gmail recently made a few tweaks to its message count API, leaving tools like the favicon message indictors by Eric Bogs and Peter Wooley, along with Gina’s own Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension, broken. Now they’re fixed. More »
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Chrome’s Sample Extensions Add Gmail Checking, Feed Subscribing
12:30AM Kevin Purdy | If you’re running Google Chrome’s development version, or a Mac or Linux nightly build of Chromium, you can already install three sample extensions from Google developers. Two of them add some pretty nifty Gmail and feed conveniences to your browser. More »
Organise
Google Tasks Client Puts Tasks (Or Any Google App) On Your Desktop
9:30AM Whitson Gordon | Windows/Mac/Linux (Adobe AIR): We’ve written about a lot of desktop clients that are essentially site-specific browsers (SSBs), but free AIR client Google Tasks helps you consolidate your clients by allowing access to most Google apps in mobile form. More »
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Get Extra Gmail And Picasa Storage Real Cheap
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Need some extra space for your gigantic Gmail habit, or to stash more pics in Picasa Web Albums? Google took a knife to its extra storage prices offering, for example, 80GB for $US20 per year. More »
Design
Google Wave Look And Feel Coming To Gmail, Other Google Apps?
7:30AM Adam Pash | A lot of people aren’t that keen on the current look of most Google applications — hence the popularity of redesigned user skins. On the other hand, many users really like the look of Google Wave, the newest invite-only service from Google. (See our first look or just read the book.) More »
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Customise Which Offline Gmail Messages Get Saved
3:00AM Kevin Purdy | Gmail’s offline access feature gives you your recent messages while you’re on a plane or otherwise unconnected. Now you can get speedier offline access, or deeper archives, by customising just how long to store messages. More »
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Google Dashboard Provides A Top-Down Look At Your Google Use
11:30PM Kevin Purdy | Ever wanted to take a step back and look at all the Google apps and data you’re hooked into? Google’s offering that top-down view with Google Dashboard, a central clearing-house for app settings, privacy information and use statistics. More »
Communicate
Gmail Prematurely Marking Some Messages As Read
1:10AM Kevin Purdy | Bloggers, Twitter users, and TechCrunch are reporting that certain Gmail accounts are marking incoming messages as “read” upon delivery, leaving inboxes apparently, falsely empty. More »
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Minimalist Gmail Pares Gmail Down To The Basics
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Firefox: If you liked the look of Zen Habits’ Minimalist Gmail adaptation, but don’t usually roll with Greasemonkey scripts, a coder has put together a single Firefox extension that can hide header, footer, and sidebar elements for an elegant look. More »
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4:30AM Kevin Purdy | Firefox: Integrated Gmail is a clever way to load any Google app on one landing page. With version 2.0, it also adds a lot of interface fixes and helpful features, in the style of a certain well-known Gmail extension. More »
Integrated Gmail Updates With Better Looks, New Features
4:30AM Kevin Purdy | Firefox: Integrated Gmail is a clever way to load any Google app on one landing page. With version 2.0, it also adds a lot of interface fixes and helpful features, in the style of a certain well-known Gmail extension. More » 
