If you were one of the three million people who watched Google's Gmail Blue video yesterday and found yourself wondering just how horrible it'd be if it weren't, you know, a joke — you're in luck!
Thrown together overnight by developer Shon Dalezman (http://www.shon-elysees.com/), the aptly named "Gmail Blue" extension (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gmail-blue/keiffooocjpcgkpojchelkgnjmmjlbgc) takes every terrible detail from the video (embedded below for good measure) and brings it to life. The "Compose" button? Blue. The word "Compose"? Blue. Underline? Blue!
Yeah, yeah — it's just a quick CSS hack applied to any detected instance of Gmail, but imagine all the jealous looks... sympathy... hipster cred* you'll get from your friends and colleagues when they find out that you actually have Gmail Blue!
Now, if someone could go ahead and make a Google Nose extension (http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/31/what-does-a-ghost-smell-like-google-nose/) that actually makes my laptop emit scents, that'd be great. Come on. It's like 2 lines of code. cough.
[* fact: hipster cred is an accepted currency in most major West Coast cities.]
[Pro tip: If you install this and find yourself hating the world thirty seconds later, just go to chrome://extensions/ (http://extensions/) in Chrome and uncheck the "Enabled" box next to the extension]
Via: TechCrunch