Google Utilities

GUtil! is a Mozilla Firefox Extension that can help you access your Google account services faster.

Date of last release: May 2008

Latest GUtil! version is 2.3.1, get it from Firefox Add-ons .

GUtil! includes a Firefox menu and toolbar button that currently contains 58 Google services.
I started working on GUtil! because 2 clicks are better than 5! ;)


Version notes:
* Fixed Google Apps for your Domain issue
* Added Feedburner.


Planned features for future versions:
* support for multiple hosted domains
* support for international features (setting a default language will set all utilities to that domain/language)
* remove chevron, replace it with a “Hidden utilities” submenu that will list all hidden utilities and that will actually work as intended :)
* change how utilities are hidden in options dialog (make it more friendly)


The Google Code project home is here
You can also find the Google Group here


Features are added to the plugin on user request. If you would like something added, please post a comment on Mozilla Addons or post a request to the group, and it will be added to the plugin.

Théophile Helleboid has been contributing to the plugin. Thanks Théophile!


Screenshots

Expanded GUtil! menu

Expanded GUtil! menu with chevron

Expanded GUtil! menu Updated options dialog


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  4. marcam Says:

    Hello, excellent extension I wanted to know if it was possible to make records with the items?
    Thanks
    Bonne continuation

  5. bogdan Says:

    Hello marcam,

    Thanks for your message.
    Can you please offer me some more info?

    Regards,
    Bogdan

  6. Elías Says:

    Hi! Great extension, but it’s not work in Firefox beta 3 :-/

  7. Bogdan Says:

    Hi Elías,

    Thanks for the message, I’ll see what I can do about it ;).

    Regards,
    Bogdan

  8. Reuven Says:

    What is “chevron”?

  9. Bogdan Says:

    Hello Reuven,

    The chevron is the Expand menu item that temporarily shows all menu items.

    Regards,
    Bogdan

  10. Leo Says:

    Hi,

    I’m using firefox3 pre in which the Apps for Your Domain doesn’t seem to function. The symptom is that the menu item always brings me to http://www.google.com/a instead of http://www.google.com/a/mydomain.com despite of the fact that I’ve already configured my domain name.

    Could you please spare some minutes to see into that?

    Thanks in advance and thanks for your useful extension.

  11. Bogdan Says:

    Hello,

    I am going to test that functionality on 3.0b5 and also update the plugin.
    Thanks for your message.

    Regards,
    Bogdan

  12. Bogdan Says:

    Fixed the Apps issue in 2.3.1, pending Mozilla approval.

    Regards,
    Bogdan

  13. Leo Says:

    Thanks for the update! Apps function works fine on FF3 RC1 now!

    Regards,
    Leo

  14. Gregory De Niro Says:

    I would like to see YouTube added to a future version of GUtil! Thank you for a most helpful programme.

  15. Bogdan Says:

    @Leo: You are welcome. Thanks for using the extension.

    @Gregory: Sure thing, it will be included in the next version.

    Regards,
    Bogdan

  16. cesar Says:

    GUtil, Apply on Opera??

  17. Sepp Says:

    Hi, excelent utility for Firefox. I have one suggestion. It could be great if there would be an option to change order of elements in pop up menu. Anyway, great utility. Thank you.

    Sepp

  18. Allison Says:

    I am using firefox 3.0 on 2 different Mac laptops. Gutil doesn’t work on either one. Just made sure I had the latest and had the same problem. Doesn’t work at all.

  19. blusior Says:

    One of my favourite addon for FFX and Flock.Thank You.
    !Where is Google Sky button???
    Greetings from RP

  20. Bogdan Says:

    @Sepp: I’m working on a new version that contains that feature. The bad thing is that I don’t know when it will be ready.

    @Allison: I don’t have a Mac to test on. I’l get one running inside a VM and probably see what’s going on before the next release.

    @blusior: Will do! ;)

    Thanks for the messages and for using Gutil.

    Regards,
    Bogdan

  21. DK Says:

    Request for Feature: Would it be possible to add https option for Docs and Spreadsheets? It is a must have for securing your shared Google Docs.

    @Allison: I’m using MacBook Pro under Tiger (10.4.11) and Firefox 3.0 and GUtil! 2.3.2 works just fine for me.

  22. Jeanne Says:

    I’ve installed on a MacBook and an IMac, both intel duo core. It doesn’t work for me either. I am using Leopard 10.5.4.

  23. Joseph Says:

    I got the “Type Error: aEls is undefined” pop-up message when Firefox was loaded after I upgraded to Firefox 3.0.1 from 2.0.0.16. Because I have lots of extensions, I could not figured out which ones caused the problem. However, when I tried to figured some issue I have w/ GUtil! (see below), I found the pop-up message disappeared when I disabled GUtil!. I wonder whether GUtil! make any JavaScript call generates this error.

    Now, here’s the problem I like to figure out — I just noticed that the menu items list of my GUtil! 2.3.2 does not follow the visibility I set in ‘Option’ and this only happens in FF 3.0.1. My another PC which still has FF 2.0.0.16 does not have this problem.

  24. Peter Says:

    I have GUtil! 2.3.2

    I get javascript warnings for each Google utility item when I open a Firefox 3.0.1 window. If I have all of the utilities checked I have to click ok or cancel dozens of times before Firefox can start. This is disappointing and I have to disable this add-on until I learn of a fix. Please let me know if there is a fix to this.

  25. Bogdan Says:

    Sorry for not answering, I’ve been kind of busy lately.
    I haven’t upgraded to 3.0.1 yet, as I’ve been away during the update. I’ll try to find and fix the problem sometime next week.

    Regards,
    Bogdan

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