Comments on: Gmail’s Black Dot http://www.gubatron.com/blog/2008/07/04/gmails-black-dot/ Another Venezuelan Geek in New York Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:19:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paercebal http://www.gubatron.com/blog/2008/07/04/gmails-black-dot/comment-page-1/#comment-153379 Paercebal Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:56:14 +0000 http://www.gubatron.com/blog/2008/07/04/gmails-black-dot/#comment-153379 With Firefox 3, add the Add-on "Glazoom", written by the Daniel Glazman: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6489 Then, back on the GMail page, right-click to the "black dot", and on the opened contextual menu, select the entry "Zoom on Element". :-) This does not explain what it is used for, but at least, visually, it seems to be like a folded corner of paper. With Firefox 3, add the Add-on “Glazoom”, written by the Daniel Glazman:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6489

Then, back on the GMail page, right-click to the “black dot”, and on the opened contextual menu, select the entry “Zoom on Element”.

:-)

This does not explain what it is used for, but at least, visually, it seems to be like a folded corner of paper.

]]> By: Asa Dotzler http://www.gubatron.com/blog/2008/07/04/gmails-black-dot/comment-page-1/#comment-153366 Asa Dotzler Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:13:08 +0000 http://www.gubatron.com/blog/2008/07/04/gmails-black-dot/#comment-153366 I read that it's an iframe that houses a flash file that plays the sounds when navigating gmail.You could look with Firebug, but my quick look says that it's an iframe and the page does contain the flash object http://mail.google.com/mail/im/sound.swf I read that it’s an iframe that houses a flash file that plays the sounds when navigating gmail.You could look with Firebug, but my quick look says that it’s an iframe and the page does contain the flash object http://mail.google.com/mail/im/sound.swf

]]> By: javika http://www.gubatron.com/blog/2008/07/04/gmails-black-dot/comment-page-1/#comment-153347 javika Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:35:28 +0000 http://www.gubatron.com/blog/2008/07/04/gmails-black-dot/#comment-153347 Yes, i have it on my gmail account... Yes, i have it on my gmail account…

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