Posted by Mihai Ionescu, Software Engineer

Our developers have been coming up with some innovative ideas to use the Sidebar to simplify familiar tasks. Below are some new plug-ins we found very useful:

• Task Tracker by Matthew Cowgur - Track time spent for tasks that you are working on.
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• NetStat by Catalin Patulea - Monitor your computer's network connections in real time.
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• QuickLaunch by Benjamin Schirmer - Get quick and easy access to your files and folders (updated version).
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• IeCalendar by Peter Sitterly - Stay up-to-date with information stored in your online IeCalendar account.
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• PrintButler by Jon Speiser - Display installed printers and easily change the default printer.
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• gdShutdown by Yannick Stucki - Easily control your computer sign-off options.

The developers of these plug-ins are welcoming any feedback or improvement suggestions. Good places to discuss the plug-in are the Google Desktop Developer group or the individual plug-in groups.