5 Useful Google Labs Features To Improve Your Gmail
March 28, 2009 by Ivan
Filed under Articles, Gmail Hacks, Hacks, Internet
Gmail has changed our lives permanently it offer 5 GB of email storage for free and a lot of google labs features. This is one of the reasons why I love Google. Here is a list of useful google labs features which will for sure , improve your gmail.
1) Watch Youtube Videos In Gmail Chat
With this feature you can watch previews of YouTube videos whenever you receive a YouTube link in an email.
It looks like this:
To enable it go to gmail labs , search for YouTube previews in mail and select Enable and click on Save Changes at the bottom.
2) Use Gmail Offline With Google Gears
It is a web browser plug-in , that allows you to work in Web applications without internet connection. When you lose your connection, Gmail automatically switches to offline mode, and uses the data stored on your computer’s hard drive instead of the information sent across the network. You can read messages, star and label them, and do all of the things you’re used to doing while reading your webmail online. Here you can find tutorial guide step by step “How to install Google Gear “
3) Undo Your Sent Message
Turn on Undo Send in Gmail Labs under Settings, and you’ll see a new “Undo” link on every sent mail confirmation. Click “Undo,” and we’ll grab the message before it’s sent and take you right back to compose.
4)Google Calendar gadget
This gadget is a simple way to see your Google Calendar agenda and get an alert when you have a meeting.
5) Navbar Drag and Drop
With this feature you can re-order your navigation as you like.
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slavezero on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 1:50 am
I also love Google mail. ever since i used gmail, I never did go back in using yahoo mail. gmail is much faster and has cool and useful tools like you mention above. I’m using 4 of them except for the google calendar.
Ivan on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 2:08 am
@slavezero
Also, gmail has better security features. For example:
-in Gmail, the images are not displayed, by default ( very important because spammers sometimes use images in their emails so as to bypass text-based spam filters)
-as you designate the email as spam, the mail gets transferred to the spam folder, in Yahoo Mail, you have to manually move the email to the trash.
-gmail allows you to preview your email’s contents on your browser, either through HTML or even Google Docs.
Zorphia on Tue, 5th Jan 2010 8:25 am
You can get more info on Google @
http://www.networkzindia.com/search?q=google
Daniel on Mon, 17th May 2010 10:03 am
I’m liking number 5;D Customized navigation bar = sexy. I use my gmail but sparingly. I’ll never use it for anything but emailing friends to keep out spam.