Review for Gmail Manager by mdmower
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
A terrific extension, a staple in my add-on collection. Only two drawbacks: 1) it takes longer to check inbox than actually loading the gmail web page (which displays new messages).
2) 3 months since an update (as of this writing), so still no firefox 3.5 support
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