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  • Sysadmin, developer and a student
  • Born in Reykjavík, Iceland
  • Studying in Aalborg, Denmark
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The Google Platform emerges

Posted Fri, 01/29/2010 - 13:28 by andri

Currently, Microsoft holds the keys to the public computer platform. Apple, Linux and other operating systems exist but they have a very minor user base, compared to the Microsoft crowd.

The biggest threats, currently to this are Google and Open Source. The biggest reason, Microsoft users are unable to move away from their platform is the fact that most of the programs they use are written for Windows and will not run anywhere else.

Google introduces Tasks to Gmail, no off-switch

Posted Wed, 07/15/2009 - 09:50 by andri


When I logged on to me email this morning something new was waiting for me in my Gmail account. A brand spanking new "Tasks" button! Which would be great, except I don't like Google's task manager.

  • It lacks synchronization features, hence not usable for my mobile
  • It's fairly limited, feels like someone puked a bit of Javascript code on my tasklist
  • It's not my tasklist of choice, I'd rather have RTM or Getting Things Gnome.

But why can't I turn this off? It used to be an optional labs feature, but now it's just in there. It looks extremely confusing when I add my RTM (Remember the Milk) gadget to Gmail and then I have two 'Tasks' gadgets.

I would like to be able to remove this, without any Greasemonkey magic, please.