BetterGmail2 - another great firefox addon

I was told about this add on from a colleague and have been hooked for good. I use the Gmail domain services for my email and have loved it since I was accepted into the beta program. I like the way that Gmail “just works”. It is simple in design and every feature always seems to just do what I need it to.

Until now I never thought about changing the interface. I like to play around with options if they are there but simply because they weren’t, I didn’t give it much thought until now. Bettergmail2 is a Firefox add on that allows you to customize the look and feel of the interface. If you play with it a little you can get your Gmail to look quite similar to a stand alone email client. Something that some of us are used to and liked from the past. In the end there are 3 skins plus other options to change the feel of Gmail.

It also has many other features including the forcing of HTTPS (secure HTTP) when accessing your account, force mailto links to use Gmail to send and automated showing of the CC and BBC fields.

So… go get it! You won’t be disappointed. Remember that you need Firefox and you also need to have a Gmail account to use this add on. If you have your own domain email with Google, click on the advance button on the tool and put in your domain as indicated. It works great!