As a first step, go to http://userscripts.org. This is a repository of 
customization scripts made to work with the "Greasemonkey" plugin for 
Firefox (http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/).

There are 108 that change how google works, and another 43 or so for 
google maps. Some of them are unbelievably useful. But then again they 
might be aware of all this stuff already.

-anthony-

Daniel Reeves wrote:
> Google has improving the world explicitly in its mission statement which 
> is my rationalization for why I'm not just exploiting this list for my 
> own selfish purposes in writing this:
> 
> Could you all help me brainstorm ideas for improving Google, to prepare 
> for my interview with them on Monday, 6pm eastern?
> 
> Thanks!
> Danny
> 
> ps, new rule: any off-topic email has to at least have an on-topic 
> postscript.  (I was wracking my brain for such a postscript until I 
> realized that this itself qualifies!)  And by the way, since it's easy 
> to delete a whole thread of email that you're not interested in, don't 
> worry too much about whether your reply is of fully general interest (as 
> long as you don't change the subject line).  Do worry about that for 
> starting a new topic, of course, but even then, as long as your subject 
> line is descriptive, it's ok to target a small subset of the group.  
> (I'm just throwing general guidelines out there -- basically, keep doing 
> what you've been doing; it's working fine so far!)
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:55:33 -0800
> To: dreeves Æ umich.edu
> From: Louise	 
> Subject: Google
> 
> Hi Daniel
> 
> Great speaking to you.
> 
> I have scheduled you for a technical phone interview on 11/21 at 3pm PST.
> Please let me know if you have conflicts.
> 
> Some helpful tips in preparing for your phone interview:
> 
> Consider ways that Google could improve.
> 
> Consider the most difficult bug you've encountered/ fixed.
> 
> Talk through your solutions, as this can help the interviewer to asses your
> thought process and/ or approach
> 
> Visit Google Labs    http://labs.google.com/
> 
> Thanks and good luck.
> 
> Louise
> 
> Louise Gray Irwin
> Recruiter
> Google, Inc.
> 
> 650-623-5177
> louise Æ google.com