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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Date added: November 09, 2007
- Total Downloads: 70,434
- Downloads last week: 90
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A newer version of Better Gmail 2 is available.
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 54 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Google's long-awaited upgrade to Gmail has broken nearly all of the plug-ins designed to enhance the Web-based e-mail client's functionality. Better Gmail was one of the most thorough Gmail extensions for Firefox, and the publisher has rushed out a new version to meet the new Gmail.
The handful of additional features it provides are good, no doubt. There's the forced https connection, useful for us paranoids but probably ineffective against the combined might of the U.S. Government and AT&T. There's a forced mailto, as well, so that all mailto's in other HTML pages open up a blank e-mail window in Gmail. The Inbox Count First feature shows the unread message count from the in-box in the tab title.
Other features include support for keyboard shortcut macros to expand the set that Gmail comes with, a place to set your domain for Google Apps, message details that appear only for the most recent message in a conversation, and attachment icons that replace the boring paperclip with the more useful program appropriate icon, so that a ZIP attachment will show a ZIP icon in the e-mail list.
Better Gmail 2 is off to a good start, but unless you're looking for one of the specific features that it provides, it's probably better to hold off downloading it and use the old Gmail interface with the old Better Gmail plug-in until a more muscular version gets released.
Publisher's description
From Gina Trapani :This Firefox extension features several Greasemonkey scripts that enhance Gmail, such as adding saved searches, attachment icons, label colors, keyboard macros, a filter assistant, and right-click conversation previews in one handy Firefox extension.
Better Gmail is a compilation of work done by several Greasemonkey scripters, including Mihai Parparita, Ming (Amos) Zhang, norcimo and Moktoipas. The scripts were compiled using Anthony Lieuallen's Greasemonkey Compiler.
Version 1.0.1 fixes a Folders4Gmail bug and an email address iframe bug.
CNET Editor's Note: The Download Now link will prompt a local download of the Firefox extension. To install the extension directly, open the file using your Firefox browser.
What's new in this version:
Overhauled to work with the new Gmail interface.
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User reviews of Better Gmail 2 0.1
- Average user rating: 3.3 stars out of 54 votes
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"fits my humble needs, nice skins"
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Pros: I love the look and quality of better gmail 2
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Version: Better Gmail 2 0.1
Pros: It does what it purports to do..
Cons: Should allow options to change the macro shortcuts or if available, easier to find..
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