What is it you don't like about Gmail? I encourage you to change up the theme, which greatly changes the look, and play around in settings. Between turning things off and turning on some of the lab features, it can become quite different than the "standard" look. Also, use something like Ad Block Plus to get rid of…

I just wish they could fix the performance improvement on an iPad 2. My iPad 2 has slowed down a LOT after the update to 7. Most noticeable is the email fetching, game crashing, and inability to remember the state of an app when switching back-and-forth.

The reason I switched to Dvorak was because I was getting carpel tunnel symptoms and light hand cramps when typing for hours each day (I'm a writer). Thinking to the future, I realized this could become a real problem, so I started investigating alternative keyboard layouts.

I've been using the Dvorak layout since about 1993. I taught myself over about a month—just forced myself to use it. Today, I can switch between QWERTY and Dvorak if I need to (though QWERTY's harder for me now) and I LOVE Dvorak.

LOL that's easy for YOU to say...

Yeeps—me neither. Here's hoping Lifehacker will help.

Sigh. I don't know. The help was no help. I hope Lifehacker helps us!

No doubt. I couldn't understand their help at all. :(

I downloaded it on my iPad, but I don't know at all how to set it up and there seem to be no instructions. Will Lifehacker provide a tutorial soon (I hope!)?

Huh. I wonder why I only get the first three sound effect choices when I load it up.

Interested to see the outcome here. I have an iPad 2 and have been seriously considering switching to an iPad Mini—mostly because this is just heavy enough that you notice it. When I've played with an iPad Mini, I enjoy it and it seems to still work great for what I use—email and browsing, Evernote and a game or two.

We just put down wood floors and painted our walls, and now have to install baseboards. They need to be painted though—should we paint them before putting them on or after? Does it matter? Any tips?

I agree that iTunes is a bit bloated, but I haven't yet found a Windows media manager that can catalog all my music, movies and TV shows—AND work with an iPad or iPod.

Me too—excellent spreadsheet I use monthly!

Not at all. Honestly, I'm tethered to my iPad. I use it all the time, for everything. I use my phone for making an occasional voice call. That's it. In fact, I'm on a $25 plan because I use it so little. To me, it's all about the pad...which is why it's more of a struggle to figure out how I should upgrade.

Very nice! I can get rid of Clearly now. This puts both in one—and so much more. Very cool.

I've been struggling with this myself. I have an iPad and love it—it just works perfectly. But I have an Android phone and love the versitility.

I have an iPad 2 with 3G through AT&T...that's GSM, right? Or is it CDMA?

Agreed. I have an iPad 2, and I figure I might as well keep upgrading—and on an iPad 2, most of it is just minor improvements anyway. Still, I'd rather be using the latest and enjoy it than be "stuck" with the last OS.

Microsoft Money was hands-down the best money manager for me. But now that it's gone, I've switched to Quicken Home and Business by default.