Gmail App Store
I’m using about 10 Gmail Plugins from the “Labs” section (just enabled Canned-Responses, eg) and am thinking about 10 more features that I want to have. I know 3rd party developers can develop gadgets for Gmail, but these are pretty well sandboxed right now.
Gmail needs to open up deeper access with the plugin architecture and create a marketplace for developers to sell plugins. The inbox is one of the focal points of my online activity, and I’d be willing to pay real money for tools that—even incrementally—increase my email productivity. A lot of the current 3rd party plugins are kind of crappy, and to do really interesting things 3rd parties resort to Firefox Extensions (xoopit). Creating a marketplace for paid apps would drive innovation and build up quality of apps.
Same for igoogle, Brit, though I personally spend much more time in gmail than in igoogle.
