Add-ons
PabloHalpern
About me
| Name | PabloHalpern |
|---|---|
| User since | Oct. 21, 2008 |
| Number of add-ons developed | 0 add-ons |
| Average rating of developer's add-ons | Not yet rated |
My Reviews
Thunderbird Conversations
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
The key feature I was looking for was to have all of my conversation, including sent messages and deleted messages, available whenever a new message came in for a conversation. This saves me from having to keep messages lying around in my inbox just because someone *might* respond to a previous message and continue the conversation. This plugin delivers on that front. Yeah!
What I don't like is the way it radically changes the UI. The Gmail UI that it imposes on you is not bad, but it clashes with Thunderbird's existing UI. For example, I *like* TB's tree view of conversations better than Gmail's flat view. The changed interface also makes it hard to find the reply-all and forward buttons (it actually DISABLES TB's native buttons for conversations with more than one message in them). It would be nice if it gave you a choice: classic TB vs. Gmail interface. The developer clearly spent a lot of time working on the interface; sorry to be so negative about it, but if I wanted Gmail, I'd use their web interface instead of TB.
This extension also slows down TB, a lot. Whether that slowdown is due to the conversation indexing engine or the UI, I don't know, but it is irritating.
I'm keeping it turned on for now, until I get used to the trade-offs. We'll see whether I keep it on.
Folder Account
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Just want I needed. Let's me reply to mailing-list messages using my normal email address instead of the special one I use to receive the messages.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (3.1).Search Perl Documentation
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Perldoc is a great resource for Perl programmers. This search add-on works flawlessly.
Expression Search / GMailUI
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
I really like what this extension does to my search syntax. I also like the keyboard shortcut for archiving messages. My biggest complaint is that the archive folder is not configurable on a per-account basis. If you have some Gmail and some non-Gmail accounts, it is impossible to find an archive folder name that works for both.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.6).Dictionary.com
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This is a great dictionary site. It shows results from several different sources. This search tool is trivial and has been around for a long time. I don't know why it is "experimental". A companion tool for thesaurus.com is available at www.searchplugins.net.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (20081012).To create your own collections, you must have a Mozilla Add-ons account.
