maybe give a try to Start lockscreen app.

Importing namespaced functions is also a nice addition and has been accepted! Although its not included in 5.6 yet.

A time slider used to be present in Google Earth software an year back. Don't know about it now though.

Opinions can vary. I love the new compose.

Agreed. But I for one, can't stand it. I don't like composing emails on top of other things in the background. I find it jarring. For similar reasons, I also don't like the reply mode where you are editing within a conversation.

I guess I like viewing messages in the context of a conversation, but not composing them that way. I just wish that I had the option of composing things separately.

C'est la vie.

Have you given the 'd' keyboard shortcut a go?

Ah.. Thank you so much... Now to figure out how to adjust my user scripts to trigger that from the Compose button too...

I use lastpass for the purpose. But I can imagine baking it into the browser will lead to higher conversion rates especially on mobile.

Have you even checked them out? I find Fusionchart and interviewstreet really good at what they do!

Fusionchart is not a startup. Interview Street on the other hand is really good. Forgot to mention that!