Filed under: Macintosh, E-mail, Web services, Google
g4me - Mac OS X widget checks Gmail for Your Domain
by David Chartier Dec 18th 2006 at 2:15PM
It's pretty hard to argue that Google's Apps for your Domain service isn't both a genius idea and a powerful option for individuals and small businesses alike to leverage the power of their domain. An unfortunate drawback, however, of these services is that most 3rd party tools, scripts and add-ons built for Google's public apps, like Gmail and Google Calendar, won't work with these same services when they're run on your domain. I remember when I first signed up to poke around with running Gmail on my domain, but then being let down when I realized the Greasemonkey scripts I find so vital to Gmail wouldn't even work.In the first sign I've seen of 3rd parties embracing Apps for your Domain, a developer named Ahmet Tahar Sakar has created a widget for Mac OS X's Dashboard that can check your domain's Gmail account. It even works with Growl, a system-wide notification utility that can allow any apps to hook in to display visual notifications of events like new email, song changes in iTunes and even device disconnections. Since I'm no longer using Google's services I haven't been able to test this out myself, but if you give it a go please share your thoughts with the rest of the class.
[via Gmail.pro]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chris said 2:45PM on 12-18-2006
For those not on a mac, this firefox extension handles multiple Gmail accounts as well - including those via Google for your Domain: http://www.longfocus.com/firefox/gmanager/
Reply
Charlie Wood said 3:13PM on 12-18-2006
"The first sign I've seen of 3rd parties embracing Apps for your Domain"? David, I'm hurt! Spanning Sync has supported Google Apps for Your Domain forever! Well, since November 3rd anyway. :-)
Regards,
Charlie
Reply
Derek said 3:18PM on 12-18-2006
Don't forget that Google Notifier from Google has supported Gmail for your Domain for several months, and also has Growl integration (via "Gmail+Growl": http://wafflesoftware.net/gmailgrowl/google-notifier).
Reply
Danish Munir said 6:52PM on 12-18-2006
Can I ask why you have stopped using Google services?
Reply
David Chartier said 2:02AM on 1-04-2007
#2: Sorry for the mixup Charlie. Did you announce anything on the blog?
#4: I didn't really see a reason to keep using their services separately from the major/public Google apps I'm already using. I was just tinkering with them on my own domain - I'm just a freelancer, I'm not trying to run a business with them, and I don't have any coworkers. I also found that many hacks, like Greasemonkey scripts, didn't work with Google Apps for your Domain. Since I rely on a few key scripts for Gmail, this was possibly the largest deal-breaker for me.
Reply