Comments on: Gmail gets better with labs http://davepress.net/2008/12/14/gmail-gets-better-with-labs/ Using the internet to make government more interesting Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:22:05 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Neil Williams http://davepress.net/2008/12/14/gmail-gets-better-with-labs/comment-page-1/#comment-2309 Neil Williams Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:17:12 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/12/14/gmail-gets-better-with-labs/#comment-2309 Gmail has definitely got so much better with these new labs features. In addition to the list above, I've turned on the feature that moves your labels and chat boxes to the right of the inbox, so you can see the other gadgets (like google docs) more easily. Another great feature is the ability to add gadgets by URL. I've added this Twitter tool, and it's helped me tweet more: http://www.twittergadget.com/ Gmail has definitely got so much better with these new labs features.

In addition to the list above, I’ve turned on the feature that moves your labels and chat boxes to the right of the inbox, so you can see the other gadgets (like google docs) more easily.

Another great feature is the ability to add gadgets by URL. I’ve added this Twitter tool, and it’s helped me tweet more: http://www.twittergadget.com/

]]> By: Dave http://davepress.net/2008/12/14/gmail-gets-better-with-labs/comment-page-1/#comment-2301 Dave Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:28:00 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/12/14/gmail-gets-better-with-labs/#comment-2301 MJ, you've got this one wrong. ALL my posts are 100% advert! MJ, you’ve got this one wrong. ALL my posts are 100% advert!

]]> By: MJ Ray http://davepress.net/2008/12/14/gmail-gets-better-with-labs/comment-page-1/#comment-2300 MJ Ray Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:10:41 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/12/14/gmail-gets-better-with-labs/#comment-2300 Giving all your email to Google? That's crazy. Get a good IMAP server and a good email client and life becomes much easier. Hope this blog gets back on track and doesn't have another 100%-advert post soon. Giving all your email to Google? That’s crazy. Get a good IMAP server and a good email client and life becomes much easier. Hope this blog gets back on track and doesn’t have another 100%-advert post soon.

]]> By: Gavin Wray http://davepress.net/2008/12/14/gmail-gets-better-with-labs/comment-page-1/#comment-2295 Gavin Wray Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:05:27 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/12/14/gmail-gets-better-with-labs/#comment-2295 Thanks for highlighting the new features Dave, this is useful. If you're using the standard Gmail, I understand that the "Labs" tab will automatically appear under "Settings" (though it can take a while to rollout to everybody's Gmail account). I was wondering when "Labs" would appear in my account (I use Gmail via a Google Apps account). It turns out that you first have to enable the new features as a Google Apps administrator. Dan Benjamin has posted on how to do this: http://danbenjamin.com/articles/2008/12/labs-love-at-last Thanks for highlighting the new features Dave, this is useful.

If you’re using the standard Gmail, I understand that the “Labs” tab will automatically appear under “Settings” (though it can take a while to rollout to everybody’s Gmail account).

I was wondering when “Labs” would appear in my account (I use Gmail via a Google Apps account). It turns out that you first have to enable the new features as a Google Apps administrator. Dan Benjamin has posted on how to do this:

http://danbenjamin.com/articles/2008/12/labs-love-at-last

]]> By: Lee Kemp http://davepress.net/2008/12/14/gmail-gets-better-with-labs/comment-page-1/#comment-2293 Lee Kemp Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:14:16 +0000 http://davepress.net/2008/12/14/gmail-gets-better-with-labs/#comment-2293 the best part of gmail is the keyboard shortcuts: [ = archive and move to next message j = don't archive and move to next message Out of the office for a week and came back to 751 unread emails (despite having iPhone net access). Took less than an hour to manage 751 unread emails. the best part of gmail is the keyboard shortcuts:

[ = archive and move to next message
j = don’t archive and move to next message

Out of the office for a week and came back to 751 unread emails (despite having iPhone net access). Took less than an hour to manage 751 unread emails.

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