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Easier Facelifts — and More

A few days ago I mentioned Facelifts for Google Mail and Calendar. Since then, Lifehacker has updated their Better Gmail 2 and Better GCal extensions which are great ways to get the same UI — and so much more.
Check those links to see what’s offered and prepare to be amazed.

Want similar options for Flickr, YouTube

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Facelifts for Gmail and Google Calendar

There are quite a few different ways to get new looks for the plain old (blah) Gmail and Google Calendar pages. Not that blah is all bad, mind you. But sometimes it is nice to mix things up a bit, and that’s just what I’ve done on my home computer this holiday weekend.

For consistency’s sake,

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Firefox 3 "Native" Extensions

Earlier today I happened upon the Firebug Firefox 3 compatible (beta) extension. I like to mention Firebug (previous mentions) because when doing web development it tends to make me very happy.

I also recently found the Delicious Firefox 3 extension. Another one that I frequently use.

I’d really like to see VeriSign’s Seatbelt extension updated. As it

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Web Developer Extensions

For Firefox I keep both the Firebug and Web Developer extensions ever handy. Both have their strong points and complement each other nicely (in my mind).

For IE(7) I’m partial to the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar. It is a pretty solid “mix” of the two Firefox offerings. Really not all that bad and worth having if

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Firefox Link Pad Extension?

Netscape Navigator is being discontinued — that’s probably not news if you follow the tech news or blogs. I’m bummed, however, that I can’t seem to find a link pad equivalent for Firefox. (see “Queue Up Links for Later” for more info on the link pad)

That was, by far, my favorite feature of Navigator.

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