I hate the scroll bar, too.

But isn't the new gmail just gonna be mandatory in a while? I may be techily wrong, o' course...

But isn't the new gmail just gonna be mandatory in a while? I

Yeah, that's why I don't switch back to the old one. I'm going to have to get used to the new interface eventually, no sense in delaying the inevitable!

I use the Dusk theme in new Gmail, and my scroll bar is visible. Maybe it's just invisible with the standard theme?

I use the Dusk theme in new Gmail, and my scroll bar is visible. Maybe it's just invisible with the standard theme?

The problem is no matter what theme you use, the scroll bar is always the same semi-transparent off-white. So on some themes it's fine and on others it's totally invisible.

Who is on the Google appearance team, seriously? Their redesign has been such a pain in the ass.

Gris, talk to me about the uses you've put Tasker to. I'm trying to work out if it's worth it. The particular wall I'm slamming my head against will go away when I lose the rental with the bluetooth phone attachment anyway, so even if Tasker solves it specifically, there's no reason to think it solves it generally (working out when I'm outside WiFi reach, so it switches on the phone's hotspot--I'm currently cheating by assuming "connected to car's bluetooth"="disconnected from WiFi" which isn't strictly true, but good enough).

I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to to. I'm using Tasker for fairly simple things at the moment:

• When I'm at work (detected by Net location), my ringer, wifi, and GPS are off. (my work has bad WiFi that seems to interfere with Google Voice notifications)
• When I'm at home (again, Net location) between 8:30 am and 8:59 pm, my ringer is on and my volume is all the way up, and GPS turns off. Wifi turns on.
• Weekday nights, my ringer and GPS are off from 9:00 pm until 6:30 a.m.
• Weekend nights, my ringer and GPS are off from 9:00 pm until 8:30 a.m.
• If National Certified Alarms calls me, the phone rings no matter what.
• If I text "tasker announce" to my phone, it turns the media volume all the way up and plays "American Idiot" until I click a notification.
• If I text "tasker location" to my phone, it silently turns on GPS and Wifi, fixes its location as well as possible using GPS and network, and e-mails me the location, how accurate the fix is, and how old the fix is.
• When I start Maps or Navigation, it turns GPS and Wifi on.

If you're trying to make something that happens when you're no longer connected to Wifi, that's doable. "Connected to a particular WLAN" is a state in Tasker, and Tasker allows you to change settings when you exit a state as well as when you enter it. So you could add "turn on hotspot" as an exit task on your "connected to Wifi" profile.

One of the most basic things I'm trying to achieve with my phone is that when it hits a WIFI network that it can connect to, it turns off its hotspot. If there is no WiFi to connect to, hotspot is on, so my tablet has internet connectivity without me having to flip any switches at the time.

I had been doing it location by location--I know WIFI is at this cafe, so turn off hotspot, etc, etc. But Locale complains that the hotspot being on messes with its ability to tell where it is. So it's not really solving the problem, because it's not turning off properly, and it's burning through my battery, and risking tripping my usage "cap". Having the WIFI hotspot on in the car is only useful in case I get an urgent work email I can deal with while stopped.

I'm hoping Tasker has a better way to tell where and when, and isn't compromised by the hotspot functionality.

eta: Particular WLAN wouldn't work, because that's too many conditionals. Any WLAN is what I'm interested in.

What would you smartphone users (and by that I mean people that use it as more than a phone with a built in address bok, which is totes cromulent) define as the most important category and maybe subcategory of apps?

Productivity

• To Do Lists
• Grocery Lists
• Office suites (does this belong here)
• Calendars/agendas
• Control apps
• Alarm clocks
• Finance
• Notes
• Password vaults

Browsers

Communication

• IM Clients
• VOIP solutions

Games

Email

Input

• Keyboards
• Voice Input

Media

• Music
• Movies

Navigation

Maps

I'm trying to workk out for both premier platforms which apps are #1 in their categories.

For me, communications, and then random stuff like weather and the app that tracks local transit agencies, like buses and trains. Also the Kindle app. And the camera. And IMDB, Yelp, and OpenTable.

I haven't use my phone for work-related productivity at all, really.