I turned Gmail into a lightweight task manager and finally ditched my to-do apps — here's how

Open the Tasks panel from the right-hand sidebar, drag an email into it, and Gmail instantly turns that message into a task.
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I added a Mac-style menu bar to Windows and it's actually better

At first, YASB might feel like someone took the Windows taskbar, moved it to the top, and gave it a makeover. What makes this menu bar useful, though, is the widget support. You can add widgets that ...