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Cool stuff from Gmail Labs

By emma wood

I love Gmail. Really, really love it. I can’t believe there are still people using Hotmail or Yahoo when Gmail is available!

So I was excited to see this CNET article about a nifty new tool from Gmail Labs: “Send & Archive Combo Button Economizes Gmail” (hat tip: Steven Cohen). I realised I’d never looked at what’s actually available from Gmail Labs and took a tour. Here are some of the options I’ve turned on:

• Mark as Read Button: Tired of spending all that effort to click on the More Actions menu every time you want to mark messages as read without reading them? Now just enable this label and that is just a button click away!

I used to have this simulated using a Greasemonkey extension. SO handy!

• Forgotten Attachment Detector: Prevents you from accidentally sending messages without the relevant attachments. Prompts you if you mention attaching a file, but forgot to do so.

Wish I could have this on Outlook at work. I forget to actually attach at least once a week, it seems. Embarrassing!

• Google Calendar gadget: Adds a box in the left column which shows your Google Calendar. See upcoming events, locations and details.

Handy!

Lastly - I didn’t turn this one on, but it’s hilarious:

• Mail Goggles: Google strives to make the world’s information useful. Mail you send over the weekend late at night may be useful but you may regret it the next morning. Solve some simple math problems and you’re good to go. Otherwise, get a good night’s sleep and try again in the morning. After enabling this feature, you can adjust the schedule in the “General” settings page.

You can get to all the Labs offerings by choosing Settings>Labs

Full post as published by Ballad in Plain E on January 15, 2009 (boomark / email).