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Has Gmail, Google Let You Down? [Reader Poll] 20 October 2008 at 4:00 pm by admin

Wired’s Webmonkey blog reports that some Gmail users are experiencing outages today. This news comes hot on the heels of a major outage last week that locked many users out of Google apps including Gmail, Gcal, and Google Docs. We’re not experiencing any problems here at Lifehacker HQ, but god knows we’ve been there before—which is why we’re wondering:

Has Gmail/Google Let You Down or Locked You Out?
( surveys)Whether or not you’ve ever been locked out of your Gmail, do yourself a favor and back up your Gmail regularly. Got more to say than our poll provides? Let’s hear it in the comments.


+ iGoogle Sidebar Collapse Removes the New iGoogle Sidebar [Featured Greasemonkey User Script] By admin 17 October 2008 at 4:00 pm and have No Comments

Firefox with Greasemonkey: The iGoogle Sidebar Collapse Greasemonkey script toggles the visibility of the new iGoogle sidebar with the click of your mouse or with a user-defined keyboard shortcut. We gave you a closer look at the new iGoogle with canvas view yesterday, and today over half of you gave it the thumbs down. You main complaint: The new sidebar eats up a substantial chunk of screen real estate. iGoogle Sidebar Collapse reclaims that stolen space, collapsing and expanding the sidebar at your will. Thanks Nicholas!


+ Application Monitor Automatically Restarts a Crashed App [Featured Windows Download] By admin 09 October 2008 at 1:00 pm and have No Comments

Windows only: Application Monitor is a free utility that monitors user-specified applications to ensure they’re running. If a program is not running, Application Monitor restarts it. Let’s say, for example, your roommate is prone to shutting down your BitTorrent client when you’re away from your computer. You return home expecting the movie you’d been downloading to be ready for your viewing pleasure, then discover the download hasn’t even been running. If you had set Application Monitor to keep an eye on your BitTorrent client, it would have automatically restarted your BitTorrent app and you’d be enjoying a fresh bowl of popcorn right now. Application Monitor isn’t something you’d want to set up with every application on your system, but under the right circumstances it’s really handy. OS X users, check out previously mentioned Lingon.


+ Fix Unresponsive Spaces in Leopard [Spaces] By admin 01 October 2008 at 12:59 pm and have No Comments

Leopard’s virtual desktop tool Spaces is great, but sometimes the app breaks, leaving you with windows on desktops you just can’t get to. Luckily there’s an easy solution: Open Terminal and enter killall Dock. When your Dock restarts, Spaces will be back in operation.


+ StopForwarding.Us Requests a Contact Does Just That [Netiquette] By admin 12 September 2008 at 4:00 pm and have No Comments

Web site StopForwarding.Us sends a polite, anonymous email to a contact asking them to stop spamming your inbox with forwards. Explaining to a contact—especially one you don’t know all that well—that you’re not keen on their forwarding habit can be a touchy situation. StopForwarding.Us makes it easy: Just submit the spammer’s name and email address, and the site will send them an email asking them to please stop their forwarding habit. For example:

Please do not forward chain letters, urban myths presented as truth, potentially offensive jokes, videos or photos without being asked or first receiving permission.

If your contacts don’t have great email etiquette, StopForwarding.Us is a nice site to have on hand.