Gmail.app is Gmail for your Mac OS X machine. It uses Prism to wrap Gmail in a warm and fuzzy layer of Apple, and features new mail notifications (requires the Growl framework), unread message count on the dock icon, and playing sounds when messages are received. Hit the link below to download.




Installation Note:

I created a quick theme modification for SocialCast with the end goal of making the website feel exactly like a desktop application. SocialCast has done a great job with their desktop-like look and feel already through the use of CSS3 border radius and text shadow, and by removing the archaic link selection borders still used by most common web browsers. Essentially, this mod breaks the main content area of SocialCast out into the full area of the window and changes the scrolling behavior to act more like a desktop application. The mod is made available as a custom style via Stylish for Firefox or as a UserScript for GreaseMonkey.


To install the theme, go to SocialCast.app on UserStyles.org.

I created a theme for Google Docs today that styles most of the interface to look like a Mac OS X Leopard or Mac OS X Snow Leopard native application. This is particularly useful for the large number of Google Docs users who run the web app in a Site Specific Browser like Fluid or Prism. Download link after the jump.

From the description:

Transform Google Docs into a Mac OS X Leopard app. The buttons aren't quite mac-like yet, but anything is better than the default Google chrome. Most of the customizations are focused on styling Google's internal Window Manager to match the actual window chrome on OS X. The two types of windows should look virtually identical after enabling this theme.

Check out the Google Docs Mac OS X Leopard theme on UserStyles.org, where you can install it any of 4 ways or just grab the custom CSS.

Monday Freebies!

Free stuff is always good, and this needs to explaination. Drag the button below into your bookmarks and click it when you think there might be audio (visible or hidden) on a page. The bookmarklet will search for any MP3 files and allow you to play and download any songs it finds.

It also looks cool. Just drag the button to your browser toolbar:

Audio

Try it out on blip.fm/all or use the wonderful Google MP3 Search.