May 06, 2005

I came across one utility which can turn your gmail account into a file system in your system. It's a cool idea. It's GMAILFS. Check the following discussion about this software. It stores the files as attachment. But, you can retrieve those files without the hassle of opening, selecting a particular mail and downloading the attachment. You can do everything from Windows Explorer just like a local file system.
To avoid clutter in your gmail inbox, you may consider creating a filter for mails with prefix "GMAILFS" to archive and apply a label. I don't know how GMail management will react to this kind of software. Currently this software is working. If GMail wants, it can block this kind of software at any time.

May 02, 2005

I am using Mozilla Firefox browser since it's inception. I love that browser. The tab concept is beautiful. It's fast and interface is good. One thing that makes Firefox more useful is you can use extensions for different purposes. Once, you install firefox, go to Extensions area and download the extensions you want. I found the following extensions very helpful.
1. Adblock: This extension blocks not only the ads but any element on the web page that you don't want the browser to display to. It effectively blocks all advertisements. Once you install the extension, you can import filters, which are available online. I found the filters at the following place very good. [ http://www.geocities.com/pierceive/adblock ] Check the list of the filters before you import. You can remove those filters later, if you don't want to.

Following are the extensions I have for my Firefox: