The Office Weblog http://office.weblogsinc.com The Office Weblog http://office.weblogsinc.com/media/feedlogo.gif The Office Weblog http://office.weblogsinc.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[The winds of change are blowing]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/30/the-winds-of-change-are-blowing/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/30/the-winds-of-change-are-blowing/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/30/the-winds-of-change-are-blowing/#comments
This will be my last post here at The Office Weblog. I've been invited to contribute at ZDNet where I will be writing under the title "Office Evolution". Don't click just yet - I'll be back online sometime in the next few days, once the wires get twisted together and the lights start blinking.

I've had an incredible time writing here at Weblogs, Inc. I jumped when Jason Calacanis invited me to join a handful of other bloggers. Back then, the promise of this network was just that - tons of potential and and a lot of big dreams. These past two years I've had the great fortune to work with some fantastically talented people, make more than a few good friends, and have had a chance to speak with, interview, and pick the brains of a number of scary smart people.

After almost two years, nearly 2500 posts, and more than 2 million words, I am really excited about this new opportunity to explore the changing way we approach work:
  • Office: Not just the obvious office software suite coverage but also Software as a Service, Web 2.0 online applications, and the changing nature of office and knowledge work (think time-shifting, virtual teams and companies, telecommuters, and free agents).
  • Productivity: I love talking about techniques and tools to get more done. Whether it's Getting Things Done, a great new add-in for Outlook, a compelling life hack, or even a Moleskine Journal, if it relates to reducing stress and creating more time to focus on what's truly important, I'll be all over it.
  • Mobile Computing: From the Tablet PC to the Treo or Smartphone, we're getting cooler mobile toys every day. Not only do the latest mobile platforms offer more computing power, better battery life, and greater usability than ever before, the variety of form factors is increasing at an incredible pace. The recent introduction of the Nokia Internet Tablet and the refresh of the OQO palmtop are good examples of net-gen mobility tools that continue to push the envelope on portability and power. USB thumb drives with a complete suite of software are another trend I'm simply fascinated by and plan to cover.

As you can probably tell, I'm just a little bit excited. ;^)

Check me out at the new address and let me know what you think.

See you on the other side...
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]]>Office EvolutionOfficeEvolutionOrchantproductivityZDNet2006-01-30T21:49:00+00:00<![CDATA[MindManager add-ins for SharePoint]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/mindmanager-add-ins-for-sharepoint/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/mindmanager-add-ins-for-sharepoint/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/mindmanager-add-ins-for-sharepoint/#commentsMindjet continues to find interesting ways to integrate MindManager into Microsoft's products. The latest addition is a set of add-ins that integrate mind maps into SharePoint, Microsoft's collaboration server. Maps can be posted to a SharePoint space and checked out for local editing using MindManager 6. Very nice.
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]]>collaborationmind mapMindManagerMindMapSharePoint2006-01-28T09:59:00+00:00<![CDATA[SnagIt 8 redefines "best" in screen capture]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/snagit-8-redefines-best-in-screen-capture/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/snagit-8-redefines-best-in-screen-capture/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/28/snagit-8-redefines-best-in-screen-capture/#commentsI've been a huge SnagIt fan for a long time. It's a staple ingredient in my must-have list of tools. and it's one of the first things I install on my system when I either rebuild or get a new toy. TechSmith has just announced SnagIt 8 and the new features and shiny interface are a great example of an upgrade that delivers solid value, improved usability, and a whole new set of "this is so cool!" ways to think about using captured content. Here are a few of my favorites:

Copy Web Pages with Links: You can capture a Web page with SnagIt and all of the links remain clickable.You can save the capture in a number of formats that support embedded links: Web page with image (.mht), Adobe PDF, (.pdf) or Macromedia Flash (.swf). The links are embedded in the capture and clickable.

Add Interactivity: SnagIt's new hotspot feature makes adding interactivity easy. Use SnagIt's hotspot feature to specify parts of the image that can display text or images when moused over or open a Web page when clicked. These interface features allow you to add helpful hints, explanatory illustrations, or even create a functioning prototype of a Web page or application interface.

Save as PDF: Self-explanatory. Save any screen capture as an Acrobat file - a great addition to the wide range of file types SnagIt supports.

A comparison chart showing all of the features in SnagIt 8 and earlier versions is here. A new SnagIt 8 license can be yours for a very reasonable $39.95. If you are a current user, you can check your upgrade availability from SnagIt itself on on the web - discounted upgrades are available for current customers. If you've yet to try this indispensable tool, a 30-day trial version can be downloaded here.
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]]>screen captureScreenCaptureSnagItTechSmith2006-01-28T08:53:00+00:00<![CDATA[Happy 250th Wolfgang]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/27/happy-250th-wolfgang/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/27/happy-250th-wolfgang/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/27/happy-250th-wolfgang/#commentsToday is the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Google marks the occasion with a nice logo and search results page. NPR has a slew of articles and links.

I remember as a kid going with may parents to the Young People's Concerts at Lincoln Center in New York. These concerts, performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra were first led by Leonard Bernstein and later by Michael Tilson Thomas. I have fond memories of trips to the city to listen to some fabulous music followed by lunch (usually crepes at The Magic Pan) and maybe a trip to F.A.O. Schwartz (if we didn't fidget too much during the concert).

Mozart was one of my favorites because of the stories the great conductors told about him and the awe they obviously held him in. My other favorite was Stravinsky. It wasn't until years later that I learned how scandalous this was ;^)
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]]>birthdayGoogleMozartNPR2006-01-27T18:35:00+00:00<![CDATA[Claritude releases SpeedFiler for Outlook]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/26/claritude-releases-speedfiler-for-outlook/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/26/claritude-releases-speedfiler-for-outlook/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/26/claritude-releases-speedfiler-for-outlook/#commentsClaritude Software has officially released SpeedFiler. I've covered SpeedFiler during its beta phase (here and here) and have found it to be a welcome addition to my Outlook environment. The two things this add-in does that have saved me enormous amounts of time are:
  • Filing new e-mails in a subject folder rather than dumping them into the Sent Items folder. I don't always want to do this but when I do, it's a great time saver. You have the option of selecting any folder as the default repository for new e-mails you send or, like me, can choose on an individual message basis when you want to redirect where the message gets filed.
  • Keeping my hands on the keyboard. I can file any message by invoking the SpeedFiler hotkey (CTRL Shift V) and typing the first few letters of the destination folder's name. Much faster than using the mouse. I tend to use the SpeedFiler toolbar wen I'm in pen mode on my Tablet PC which is also a great time saver since SpeedFiler caches the most recently accessed folders in a handy drop-down menu.
A single license costs $19.95 and a trial version is available.
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]]>e-mailfileOutlookproductivity2006-01-26T08:51:00+00:00<![CDATA[Firefly Season 2 - help make it happen]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/26/firefly-season-2-help-make-it-happen/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/26/firefly-season-2-help-make-it-happen/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/26/firefly-season-2-help-make-it-happen/#commentsShiny. The Firefly saga may not be over yet. A group of folks are trying to bring back one of my all-time favorite sci-fi series are rallying the browncoats to demonstrate there is enough fan support to warrant a new series. Alternative distribution is the key - they're thinking about pay-per-view, monthly DVD mailings, and streaming episodes to your PC or Mac. You can create a profile to add to the demographic data they're assembling to convince the production and distribution companies this can fly. Check it out, add your profile, and keep your fingers crossed.

UPDATE: From the Season 2 page, it's clear this is an independent effort:

"We are an independent production company and core group of Browncoats. We are not affiliated with 20th Century Fox or Universal Pictures.

We are currently pursuing the rights to continue the series from Fox and make it available to the fans, either directly or via another broadcaster.

The optional information collected at this site is simply used to determine where and how the series should be marketed to consumers. (that's you!)

This site is NOT a solicitation for funds. If anyone claiming to represent this site, or any other site for that matter, asks you for money or sensitive personal information, you should report it immediately."
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]]>browncoatsFireflyJoss WheedonJossWheedonSerenity2006-01-26T08:21:00+00:00<![CDATA[Hyperwords extension out of beta]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/25/hyperwords-extension-out-of-beta/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/25/hyperwords-extension-out-of-beta/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/25/hyperwords-extension-out-of-beta/#commentsHyperwords is a new Firefox extension that provides an incredible range of actions you can perform on selected text on any page you can open in your browser. Options include search, reference look up, mapping, tagging, blogging, and e-mailing. I love the power!

What I didn't love in the early beta releases was Hyperwords popping its menu every time I selected some text. Simply stated, it got in my way. I mentiond this to the developers and they assured me hat the official release would provide control over how the menu was invoked. I'm happy to report that Hyperwords now provides a number of options to manage the menu's appearance (see image below).

Every option in Hyperwords has a single letter shortcut key associated with it so you can quickly invoke a particular operation by a series of letters to execute the command you wish to select. For example, if I want to tag a page in del.icio.us, I simply tap g, p, d.


Hyperwords is free and currently works in Firefox 1.5 on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. An Internet Explorer version is being considered.
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]]>extensionFirefoxHyperwords2006-01-25T08:20:00+00:00<![CDATA[Que jumps into eBooks - offers free Office 2003 guide]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/24/que-jumps-into-ebooks-offers-free-office-2003-guide/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/24/que-jumps-into-ebooks-offers-free-office-2003-guide/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/24/que-jumps-into-ebooks-offers-free-office-2003-guide/#commentsQue Publishing has jumped into the eBook business and is offering a free eBook guide to Office 2003 to introduce their new electronic versions of the 10-Minute Guide series.

Que is offering a free download of the 10-Minute Guide to Microsoft Office 2003 (PDF e-Book) for free to quickly learn how to use Office task panes, customize your Office applications, use the Office web integration features, and migrate from your older version of Microsoft Office to the 2003 edition. This PDF e-Book can be printed, saved, and e-mailed without limitations.

A full line of 10 Minute Guides on all of the Microsoft Office 2003 applications are available in Secure Acrobat PDF format (DRM restrictions apply on saving the file and printing) for $6.95 each. The current promotion knocks 10% off that price. Registered members of the site get a 30% discount which brings the price per title to under five bucks.

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]]>ebookfreeMicrosoft Office 2003MicrosoftOffice2003que2006-01-24T08:17:00+00:00<![CDATA[No more personalized menus - hooray!]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/no-more-personalized-menus-hooray/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/no-more-personalized-menus-hooray/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/22/no-more-personalized-menus-hooray/#commentsJensen Harris reports some very welcome news on his Office blog - Personalized Menus will no longer be switched on by default when Office is installed. Since the introduction of this feature, the default preference in Microsoft Office has been to have the Personalized Menus feature - one of Microsoft's most ill-advised attempts to be helpful IMO - turned on by default.

Personalized Menus truncate every menu in Office applications in an attempt to make navigating easier. The theory was that, over time, Office would learn which menu items you used most often and would present those options in the shortened menus. The very first thing I do when I do a fresh install of Office is turn this feature off.

Now you might be thinking this isn't such a big deal - what with the new Ribbon UI in Office 12. Yes and no. Many of the Office applications (the main Outlook UI, Visio, Publisher, Project) are not getting the new interface in Office 12. There are a number of reasons why and Jensen has written some great posts explaining the reasoning behind these decisions. The long and short of it is this - beginning with the next build, Personalized Menus will only show up if you want them to.
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]]>menuOffice 12Office12ribbon2006-01-22T11:33:00+00:00<![CDATA[Gmail update: a Delete button]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/18/gmail-update-a-delete-button/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/18/gmail-update-a-delete-button/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/18/gmail-update-a-delete-button/#commentsAt first I thought I was seeing double. Long frustrated by Google's refusal to add a delete button to Gmail, I had installed the compiled Greasemonkey script I posted about a while back and it's been working fine. A short while ago, I clicked on the button and... nothing happened. I looked to see what might have gone amiss and saw not one but two Delete buttons. I disabled the add-on button in the extensions dialog, restarted Firefox and...

SHAZAM!

There was a shiny new Delete button. This hasn't been officially announced yet (no red text at the top of the page) but the Digg kids are all over it. If you use Gmail, expect to see it show up sometime soon.
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]]>gmailgoogle2006-01-18T18:12:00+00:00<![CDATA[Time Bandits: a great GTD article in American Way]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/17/time-bandits-a-great-gtd-article-in-american-way/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/17/time-bandits-a-great-gtd-article-in-american-way/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/17/time-bandits-a-great-gtd-article-in-american-way/#commentsTime Bandits", an article in American Airlines' in-flight magazine about David Allen's Getting Things Done productivity system. He told me it made the article even more enjoyable because he knew a certain blogger who was quoted throughout the piece. Chris Tucker, the author, interviewed me months ago. Frankly, I had all but forgotten about our chat until I got the e-mail this evening.

It's a fine article (no, not just because I'm in it). Tucker does a terrific job documenting how GTD has impacted individuals and companies large and small. My blogging buddy Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, is also quoted in the article.

It's been quite a month (and it's barely half over).
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]]>Getting Things DoneGettingThingsDoneGTD2006-01-17T20:51:00+00:00<![CDATA[Google honors MLK with today's logo]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/16/google-honors-mlk-with-todays-logo/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/16/google-honors-mlk-with-todays-logo/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/16/google-honors-mlk-with-todays-logo/#comments"I have a dream... " I remember hearing Dr. King's most famous speech (I was a lad of 9 at the time) and the uproar, furor, passion, and celebration it ushered into our lives. Over the years, I've listened to this speech many times and it has never failed to touch me deeply and give me hope. These closing lines give me chills... always have... always will.

"And when this happens, when we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every tenement and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old spiritual, "Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last.""
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]]>2006-01-16T15:54:00+00:00<![CDATA[SpeedFiler 1.0 release candidate]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/16/speedfiler-1-0-release-candidate/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/16/speedfiler-1-0-release-candidate/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/16/speedfiler-1-0-release-candidate/#commentsClaritude Software has just announced the first Release Candidate of their forthcoming SpeedFiler add-in for Microsoft Outlook. Installation instructions and download information is available here. I first discussed SpeedFiler in a December post. It is a lightweight* add-in for Outlook that makes the process of filing incoming and outbound e-mail messages a lot easier and is quite adaptable to a number of productivity workflows including Getting Things Done and Michael Linenberger's Total Workday Control.

SpeedFiler will cost $19.95 for a single-user license when it is released. A discount is offered if you subscribe to the Claritude e-mail newsletter.

* Lightweight, in this context, is a good thing. As many Outlook users know, some add-ins can consume significant RAM and CPU resources and make Outlook... well, cranky. I've found SpeedFiler to be very well behaved in Outlook 2003.

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]]>Claritudee-mailfilingOutlookproductivitySpeedFiler2006-01-16T09:16:00+00:00<![CDATA[Call Log makes the Treo even more useful]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/13/call-log-makes-the-treo-even-more-useful/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/13/call-log-makes-the-treo-even-more-useful/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/13/call-log-makes-the-treo-even-more-useful/#comments

Chapura has released a great tool that makes the Treo 650 an even more powerful mobile tool. Call Log allows you to take notes related to any call you make (or receive) while you are on the call or after the fact. These notes are then synchronized to your Outlook Journal as a new record associated with the contact you were speaking with.

I use a Bluetooth headset when I'm on a call on my Treo to keep my hands free for other essential tasks (like holding the steering wheel when I'm driving - but that's another sermon). As I've been using Call Log for the past couple of weeks, I've been typing notes right into the call log record as I talk. Which means I no longer have to be sitting in front of my PC or rely on pen and paper to capture notes from the call. It's a great mobility solution.

These notes are easily accessed in Outlook once I've synced where they can then be transferred to a mind map, e-mail message, or other digital file. And, as an added bonus, Call Log lets me use the Treo's 5-way Navigator in a way the standard Call Log application built into the Treo doesn't.

Call Log costs $29.95. A trial is available.
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]]>Chapuraphone logPhoneLogTreo2006-01-13T22:08:00+00:00<![CDATA[egoSurfing - like web surfing only it's all about you]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/11/egosurfing-like-web-surfing-only-its-all-about-you/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/11/egosurfing-like-web-surfing-only-its-all-about-you/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/11/egosurfing-like-web-surfing-only-its-all-about-you/#comments

The latest game to measure your online cred is called egoSurf and it searches across a number of domains including Google, Yahoo!, and Technorati to determine your score. The score is curious at best and suspicious at worst but the toy is fun to play with and the resulting multi-dial display would make a fighter pilot smile. You can subcribe to an RSS feed for your egoSurf too (not sure why you'd want to do that but you can). I was going to pretend to be shy and retiring but since a number of other bloggers, including my podcast partner James Kendrick, have been posting their scores, I figured I'd play along.
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]]>egoSurf2006-01-11T14:31:00+00:00<![CDATA[Great, in-depth review of Office 12]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/11/great-in-depth-review-of-office-12/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/11/great-in-depth-review-of-office-12/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/11/great-in-depth-review-of-office-12/#commentsFiled under:

ActiveWin.com has a very well-written and hevaily illustrated review of Office 12 written by Andre de Costa. This is, to date, one of the two best resources I know of for people who either could not or chose not to participate in the beta of the next generation suite from Microsoft (Paul Thurrott's preview is the other). As I (and other beta testers like Ed Bott) have stated in the past, the rules for writing about the beta are kind of murky. I'm glad Andre got permission to write such an in-depth and extensively illustrated review. If you're at all curious about what's coming in the next version, you will be too.

Hat tip to Bink.nu
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]]>MicrosoftOffice 12Office122006-01-11T08:45:00+00:00<![CDATA[Engadget picks the best of CES]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/09/engadget-picks-the-best-of-ces/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/09/engadget-picks-the-best-of-ces/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/09/engadget-picks-the-best-of-ces/#comments

Engadget was all ove the Consumer Electronics Show this past week and they've just put together a list of the best gadgets they saw. From personal video to big screens, they have assembled a selection of objects guaranteed to inspire some lust. Go check it out.
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]]>2006-01-09T21:36:00+00:00<![CDATA[Win a free GTD seminar and signed book]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/09/win-a-free-gtd-seminar-and-signed-book/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/09/win-a-free-gtd-seminar-and-signed-book/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/09/win-a-free-gtd-seminar-and-signed-book/#commentsThe good folks at InBubbleWrap have hit the gold mine with today's offer. Enter for your chance to win a free pass to a Getting Things Done seminar and autographed copy of the book signed by David Allen. This is potentially life-changing stuff we're talking about here folks. Head right over and enter now.
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]]>2006-01-09T10:45:00+00:00<![CDATA[Sniping from the sidelines at Google Pack]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/08/sniping-from-the-sidelines-at-google-pack/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/08/sniping-from-the-sidelines-at-google-pack/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/08/sniping-from-the-sidelines-at-google-pack/#commentsI didn't make it to CES. I'm bummed about that for a number of reasons (although I can't say I feel too deprived at missing the $18 hot dogs, endless taxi lines, and sardine can crush). Sitting on the sidelines, I've been able to take it all in courtesy of the crew from Engadget and my Tablet PC buddies JK and Rob.

The big buzz all week was about what Google would or would not be announcing. True to their word, they did not mention a Google PC (except to repeatedly deny any interest in building such a beast) and flatly denied interest in a Google OS when asked directly by Weblogs, Inc.s Jason Calacanis after the keynote. Instead, they fired the expected shot across the bow at iTunes and other purveyors of downloadable video, announcing some interesting partnerships with CBS and the NBA.

The other announcement was Google Pack - a collection of Google's software applications augmented by a curious selection of third-party products that Google wants to download, install, and monitor en masse on your PC. I have to agree with Joe Wikert of Wiley who points out that in the book publishing world this is called shovelware. Some folks in the Tablet PC world are even less charitable and call it crapware.

Google Pack includes:
  • Adobe Reader 7
  • Ad-Aware SE Personal
  • GalleryPlayer HD Images
  • Google Desktop
  • Google Earth
  • Google Pack Screensaver
  • Google Picasa Photo Organizer/Editor
  • Google Talk
  • Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer
  • Google Video player
  • Mozilla Firefox with Google Toolbar
  • Norton AntiVirus 2005 Special Edition
  • RealPlayer
  • Trillian
According to Danny Sullivan at SearchEngineWatch, the impetus behind this was the pain Larry and Sergey themselves experienced when setting up new PCs, having to click through countless screens of wizards, EULAs, and confirmations. Yes, it can be time-consuming to set up a new PC but I'm not buying into this assortment nor am I interested in having Google scan, probe, and poke around my system. There's a fine line between being helpful and being intrusive and Google Pack steps over it in my opinion. The Google Updater, the glue that binds this collection, is essentially a back door into my PC for Google to inventory and manage my software.



In theory, you get to choose what's installed and what's not. But apparently in practice, this doesn't quite play out. Norton, the worst selection in this package, apparently is installed by default, forcing you to then remove it from your system. Anyone who's wrestled with the mess this product leaves behind will probably have the same reaction I did - ummm... no thanks.

Not only that, it's a trial subscription, similar to what comes pre-installed on many systems today. After the trial, you have to pay and pray - pray that you won't get hosed when the next version of Norton is released. The tales of Norton upgrade and subscription woes you can find easily enough by Googling the product name are enough to convince most people to stay far away from this product.

Firefox? Got it thanks. Ad-Aware? Ditto. Acrobat Reader? I use Acrobat Pro and absolutely do not want or need the Reader program installed.

I suppose a novice user with a shiny new PC might find this useful. Personally, I'd rather configure my family and friend's machines myself. Will Google grab some desktop real estate with Google Pack. Oh yes, I think they will. Is this, as a few wags have opined, a Trojan Horse? In many ways I believe it is.
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]]>CESGoogle PackGooglePack2006-01-08T10:53:00+00:00<![CDATA[Gmail delete button]]>http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/gmail-delete-button/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/gmail-delete-button/http://office.weblogsinc.com/2006/01/07/gmail-delete-button/#commentsSometimes, it's the little things that make all the difference. One of the few real annoyances I've complained about in Gmail is the purposeful (on Google's part) lack of a Delete button. A while back, I tried GreaseMonkey and a script that provided this capability and promptly had my Gmail account suspended for "unusual activity".

One burned, twice shy. I rely on Gmail for too many interactions to take a chance on losing access over a button.

I'm happy to report that a new version of the Gmail delete button is now available in both GreaseMonkey script and compiled form. I've been using the compiled version (you do not need the GreaseMonkey engine to use this) for a week now with no problems. Thank you Arantius!
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]]>delete buttonDeleteButtongmailgreasemonkey2006-01-07T10:43:00+00:00