Gmail itself has been successful by providing a wide range of applications, browser add-ons, styles, scripts and bookmarklets so that users could choose and apply them to their own liking. Besides having its official apps, Google has made a smart move by tolerating with third-party apps which helped Gmail win the hearts of power users and tweakers everywhere. Read on for the top 10 list of unauthorized and unofficial but useful apps for Gmail from
- GmailDrive - A file manager for Windows that turns your Gmail account into internet hard drive where you can save and store files as message attachments.
- Conversation Preview - A Greasemonkey user script that displays a message by right clicking it in a message list view.
- Gmail Macros - A Greasemonkey use script for those who love using keyboard shortcuts. This script adds a Quicksilver-like interface to your Gmail inbox and keyboard shortcuts.
- Saved Searches - A Greasemonkey user script for Firefox which stores your searches in cookies that you do often.
- Gmail Skins - Tired of the same old Gmail skin? This Firefox extension allows you to customize the color and layout settings of your Gmail.
- Gmail Encryption - A Greasemonkey user script for Firefox that adds public/private key encryption to your messages.
- Gmail Manager - An extension for Firefox that allows you to log into multiple Gmail accounts at a time and offers easy access to your unread mails in your Firefox status bar.
- Gmail Loader - A desktop application for Windows and Linux takes an mbox-formatted mail archive and import your old mails into Gmail.
- GmailThis! - A bookmarklet suitable for all browsers to shoot off a link to a web page to a friend.
- Drag and Drop Attachment Upload - This useful extension for Firefox stop the hassle of searching for files that you want to attach from the ‘Open File’ dialog. With this extension, you could just drag and drop files with your mouse.
