Gmail Notes 2.x

UPDATE: Version 2.2 has been released and improves the look and feel of the note within Gmail, adds an "Add Date" feature, and brings an option to "Unauthorize" Gmail Notes from accessing Google Docs (on the Options page).

UPDATE: Version 2.1 has now been released and brings with it some changes to the User Interface. Instead of inserting a Gmail Notes widget for sign in and adding a note, an icon in the address bar will bring up a sign in popup and allow you to add notes. This was done to make the extension work better for Google Apps accounts and also makes the extension behave the way Google intended extensions to behave.

Version 2.0 of Gmail Notes is now available. This is a big change from the 1.1 version since notes are now synchronized to your Google Docs account- freeing your notes to follow you to any computer running Chrome.

Numerous bugs were also fixed that should make Gmail Notes less picky about the URL and perhaps even run on Google Apps accounts (this hasn't been tested and will likely have bugs).

Please post all bug reports and feature requests in the comments.

Gmail Notes - Google Chrome Extension

UPDATE: Gmail Notes 2.0 has been released. Please post bug reports and feature requests there.

I just published, Gmail Notes, a Google Chrome (Beta Version must be installed) Extension that gives users the ability to associate Notes with conversations in Gmail. This post is intended to act as a page where users can file bug reports and I can answer questions. I'll update this post with more information as the extension evolves and gains more features.

IMPORTANT: Any bug reports need to include the URL of the inbox plus the minimum steps required to reproduce the bug

Set Google Apps for Your Domain as Default Mail Client in Ubuntu

Recently, I read a great post over at the How-to Geek about setting GMail as your Default Mail Client in Ubuntu. Being an avid user of both Ubuntu and GMail I wanted to set this up as well. However, since I use Google Apps for Your Domain (GAFYD), the script didn’t work for me. With a little adjustment I got it to work.

To set this up, you need to do two things:

1. Customize a short script and save it to your file system
2. Edit your Mail Reader settings in Preferred Applications

Follow the instructions at the How-to Geek, but change the URL from Gmail to the URL used to access GAFYD. To do this, login to your GAFYD GMail account (but don't click any link after logging in) and copy the entire URL, including the parameter at the end. Now replace a small portion of the script provided by the How-to Geek.

Replace "https://mail.google.com/mail?"

With the GAFYD URL "https://mail.google.com/a/your-domain.com/?AuthEventSource=Internal&".

That’s it! Now continue with the instructions at the How-to Geek.