Gmail was launched as an invitation-only beta release on April 1, 2004 and it became available to the general public on February 7, 2007. Although over 100 million users have taken advantage of stable releases for years, to this day the service remains in beta status. Here is a list of useful tools and resources for Gmail.

1. Clean Gmail Print – Removes the Gmail logo when you go to print out your email.

2. Folders4Gmail – If you prefer the old style of sorting mail in folders over labels, this is the script for you.

3. Force HTTPS for GMail, GCal, and GDocs – Forces the corner links in the Google apps to change over to HTTPS.

4. gDate2Cal 0.1 – Turns dates in Gmail in to links to take you to that day in Google Calendar.

5. Gmail Full Width – Removes the advertising block on the right so that your mails take up the full width.

6. Gmail Google Calendar sidebar – Adds your Google Calendar to your Gmail display.

7. Gmail Lite – Removes ads, the footer, stars, and chats.

8.Gmail Macros – Allows you to create more keyboard shortcuts to speed up your Gmail experience.

9. Gmail Multi-User Login – For those of you with more than one Gmail account, this will give you a drop down menu with all of your accounts listed.

10. GMail Header, Navigation and Ads Switcher – Can choose to hide or show the header, navigation bar, and ads by clicking a button.

11. Gmail – Zip Attachments and Download – Allows you to download all the attachments of an email by merely clicking on the paper clip icon.

12. GmailTo -Opens mailto: commands from websites in Gmail compose.

13. Google Air Skin – Script to use Air Skin in Gmail, Google Calendar, on Google.com, and Google Reader.

14. Label Colors – Lets you choose the colors of various labels so you can tell them apart easier.

15. gFeeder – A small ticker for your Gmail that will let you know at a glance what’s coming in for you.

16. Gmail Loader – For Windows or Linux, aids you in loading your email to your Gmail account.

17. GMailFS – Turns your Gmail space into a virtual drive that your Windows Explorer can see.

18. GotMailG – A Mac widget to display the number of unread messages in your inbox.