Comments on: Make Gmail Better Using GreaseMonkey

By: Alan David

Alan David — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:28:54 +0000

There are a few ways to include a to-do list with GMail.

-Remember The Milk FF extension: http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/gmail/ – more about RTM at the bottom.

-There’s a to-do script for Google Calendar: http://gimite.ddo.jp/archive/user_js/googlecalendartodolist.user.js – You’ll need GreaseMonkey as well. GMail and GCal are so integrated that this is a fairly light weight option but not quite as flexible as RTM.

I personally like the RTM to-do list extension for GMail – I can update RTM anytime, anywhere separate from GMail or from within GMail. IT also connects to-do lists with your Google Calendar and connects tasks with mail.

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:42:20 +0000

When I was using Gmail I also used Greasemonkey, but got knocked 3 times for it. First, FF is a memory-hungry browser. Second, Gmail is a top-heavy interface (load Gmail in the browser and watch the memory usage climb up, and up, and up…) Third, Greasemonkey adds scripts to an already top-heavy browser using a top-heavy webmail interface.

Gmail is good. Greasemonkey is good and puts in all the features Gmail forgot. But it’s annoying to have to restart your browser several times a day just to clear the memory leak – no matter what OS you’re using.

This is why I use a mail client.

By: XRC

XRC — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:25:07 +0000

That’s great… but what about those who don’t use FF? Everyone has browser preferences and basically all these great features are of benefit to FF users only, not IE, Opera etc.
If Gmail did this kind of thing on their own without the need for plugins solely through the use of a particular browser so only certain people could use them, I would possibly switch back over to it (or at least try it out)
Kind of sucks when it’s all bells and whistles for a select segment of users though.