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GmailUI Extension for Thunderbird
If Gmail's UI floats your boat but you prefer using a desktop email client for 'no waiting for a refresh' feel, Ken Mixter has developed a Thunderbird extension just for you. The GmailUI extension brings many of the shortcuts and search expressions of Gmail to Mozilla's Thunderbird client. Keyboard shortcuts like J and K for moving up and down through messages, as well as search expressions such as 'subject:' and 'from:' can now be a part of your Thunderbird experience. Ken even went so far as to include Gmail's 'archive' functionality and (oddly) a quick calculation function, right from within Thunderbird's search box.The extension appears to be completely free, and Ken is accepting feedback and suggestions at his site. Head over to Mozilla's addons site to grab the extension, or check out Ken's site for a lot more details of everything GmailUI is capable of.
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I need to come clean: I thoroughly enjoy working on my PowerBook far more than my iMac G5. Why? Other than the
obvious portability factor: it's the keyboard. Aside from an ergonomic (where'd those go, anyway?), the PowerBook's
keyboard is about the best darn keyboard I've ever laid hands on. Every standard desktop keyboard just feels big and
clunky, and the keys have a lot more travel to them. I can type much faster on my PowerBook's keyboard, and nowadays
it's gotten so bad that I stumble and trip up on regular desktop keyboards. When you blog for a company like 
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