OpenOffice.org Breaks Records Everywhere

All around the world, it seems, people just can’t get enough of this amazing free office suite, which is now turning in serious market shares in some countries. For, example, according to this report, there are now 12 million users in Brazil, representing fully 25% of the entire office market there. Meanwhile, plucky little Italy has notched up 4 million downloads in the last 12 months (that’s downloads, not users, but still impressive).

I wonder what the corresponding figures for the UK would be? Not nearly so good I suspect, judging by the fact that the UK lies well back in the placings for Firefox uptake, and open source in general. I presume this is the toxic influence of the UK government, which historically has always had a rather too cosy relationship with Microsoft (arise, Sir William Gates III). Are you doing your bit?

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Give Your Gmail Interface A New Look

Gmail is everything good in terms of speed, functionality and simple; but the plain interface simply makes some of us bored. If you are sick of seeing the same white background every time you load your mail, here’s something for a change. Folks at Global Designs Inc has released a Firefox plugin that will sure to give your Gmail interface a new look. The image above is what your Gmail interface will look like, after installing the plugin.

Here’s how your email interface can look like with the plugin.

Learn more about the installation here.

Only works with Firefox

browser.