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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista
- Date added: February 07, 2008
- Total Downloads: 20,575
- Downloads last week: 47
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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 8 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 webmail client. Better Gmail was one of the most thorough Gmail extensions for Firefox, and the publisher has now begun compiling a new version to spruce up the new Gmail.
The handful of additional features it provides are good, no doubt. There's the forced https connection, useful for us paranoids. 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 preloaded set, support for Google Apps domains, message details that appear only for the most recent message in a conversation, and attachment icons that replace the boring paperclip with a program-appropriate icon: a ZIP attachment will use the ZIP icon.
The latest version brings back some of the best features from the original Better Gmail: Google Reader integration, one-click conversations, and skins, and introduces some new ones: message rollover highlighting and Folders4Gmail. The new skins are more subtle than the ones in the last version, but the Google Reader integration is the true star. It loads faster and offers a more seamless UI than before, all while cutting down on jumping windows from your RSS to your email. Although it still has fewer features than before, Better Gmail 2 also has less clutter, and is strongly recommended.
Publisher's description
From Gina Trapani :Gmail 2 is a compilation of the best Greasemonkey enhancements for the new Gmail interface, compiled into one extension. Enhances the new Gmail interface with Greasemonkey user scripts. Only compatible with the new Gmail interface. Released with Compose in Gmail, Attachment Icons, Macros, Inbox Count First, Force Encrypted Connection, and Show Message Details.
Version 0.3: Removed Compose To (no longer works in new Gmail); Added One Click Conversations, Hide Invites Box, Google Reader Integration, Rollover Highlight Messages, the Gmail Blue Skin and Grays and Blue Skin; Added Skins tab.
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:
Version 0.3: Removed Compose To (no longer works in new Gmail); Added One Click Conversations, Hide Invites Box, Google Reader Integration, Rollover Highlight Messages, the Gmail Blue Skin and Grays and Blue Skin; Added Skins tab.
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