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- miketowninc, on 10/08/2008, -0/+45Dugg for the last one!!!
I lost count how many times I have claimed to attach something and then I forget!! - HarryRag, on 10/08/2008, -2/+27Google is pretty awesome, and so is Gmail.
- basye, on 10/08/2008, -1/+18Extras area always nice.
- RobotBuddha, on 10/09/2008, -0/+17"Hell, I’ve even sent job applications without attaching my resume"
I've done that a couple times as well. Few things more annoying than knowing, in the split second that your eye catches the lack of it, that you probably cost yourself the position. - KloroFormd, on 10/09/2008, -0/+15Someone's got a copy/paste habit...
From Johansen's page:
Association /// In 1999, Johansen helped release DeCSS...
Reputation /// Moore is the curator of the Metasploit Project...
Yeah... someone should fix that. - BoneStamp, on 10/08/2008, -0/+14It's already displaying ads based on the content of your emails... why not get some benefit out of it for yourself?
- inactive, on 10/09/2008, -0/+12pssst… wrong article…
- inactive, on 10/09/2008, -0/+12I dugg you up anyway, cause you made me laugh…
- KloroFormd, on 10/09/2008, -0/+8*****!
I have an "open lots of articles in different tabs" habit.
D: - subliminalurge, on 10/09/2008, -0/+7I've done that a lot, too.
It's not so much a problem at home, but at work anytime I'm asked to send a file to someone it's always one of those things that had to be done "yesterday". As a result, in my haste to get it out, by the time I finish typing the message I eagerly just click send. Then, even as my finger is still falling onto the mouse button, the phrase "Oh son a bitch, *****, *****, not again!" runs through my head. But it's too late, by the time the abort signal travels from my brain to my finger, the button has been depressed and I have to send the embarrassing "Oops" follow up that actually has the file attached.
Unfortunately, I don't use gmail for work, so this won't help me much. - Oddish, on 10/08/2008, -0/+7The attachment reminder would save me some embarrassment.
- BoneStamp, on 10/08/2008, -0/+6Ones I use: mark as read button, signature tweaks (signature above reply text), forgotten attachment detector.
Wish they had: mark as UNREAD button, auto reply vulgar messages to emailers that refuse to remove you from their list no matter how many times you ask/click/reply to unsubscribe. - RobotBuddha, on 10/09/2008, -0/+6I just wish they'd get push working with gmail on iphone. It seems like that's been an upcoming thing for some time now.
- petebot, on 10/08/2008, -0/+6Wow! A useful article on Digg!
- RG13, on 10/09/2008, -0/+6Comment hijack since the site seems to be going slow:
Here at Make Use Of, we’re big fans of Gmail and use it all the time. We love the interface, the features and above all, It just works.
But, as with all software, there is room for improvement and although Google has been adding features to Gmail at a dizzying pace, there’s only so much they can do, without breaking up the thing for a whole bunch of users.
And that is where Gmail Labs come in. My guess is that the Gmail team at Google got tired of deciding if a feature was good enough to be in Gmail and so have designed Gmail Labs to let the users decide, which is an awesome idea if you ask me!
According to the Gmail team,
Gmail Labs is a way for us to take lots of the ideas we wouldn’t normally pick and let you all (who use Gmail) decide whether they’re good or not.
To enable the Labs features, log-in to your Gmail account and click on “Settings”. There you should see the Labs tab. Click on that for a list of all the available features.
Gmail Labs Features
Right Side Labels/Right Side Chat
This is one of my favorite extensions. All it does is take the list of labels and the chat box from the bottom-left of the page and places it at the top-right of the page. What a huge difference that makes.
The problem with the labels/chat box at the default location is that one has to do a bit of scrolling and clicking to reach there. This extension takes the pain out of using the labels.
Signature Tweaks
This is one of those things that has been, in my opinion, broken in Gmail since day one. I’m glad that the team has finally got around to providing a solution to the problem. The signature tweaks extension lets you place your signature before the quoted text when replying to an email. It also removes the ‘–’ before the signature.
Quoted Text
This extension is definite proof that God exists. Gone are the days of selecting and deleting irrelevant text when replying to a message. A huge time-saver if ever there was one.
Vacation Time
This is another useful extension that lets you specify the start and end dates for your vacation, so that the auto-responder can stop auto-responding to emails when you’re back.
Now, I can see that grin on your faces, I know all of you have at some time forgot to disable the auto-responder ;)
Forgotten Attachment Detector
We’re all guilty of forgetting to attach a file while sending an email. Hell, I’ve even sent job applications without attaching my resume :-) This extension is definitely a God-send for people like me … and I use it all the time.
Do you guys have any favourite Gmail Labs extensions ? Are there any extensions you would like Gmail Labs to invent? Please leave a comment and tell us your dream Gmail extension! - tylerjwilk, on 10/09/2008, -0/+6"Someone's got a copy/paste habit..." how ironic
and yes someone should fix that
for those wtf-ing from the future (http://digg.com/tech_news/Top_10_Most_Dangerous_Ge ... - Barleyman, on 10/09/2008, -0/+5They forgot "Mark as Read Button"
- andejp12, on 10/09/2008, -0/+5There is an option for mark as Unread in the drop down next to the delete button. Just thought I'd let you know.
- thejoker86, on 10/09/2008, -1/+6they forgot about the Beer Goggles widget, set it up to prevent drunk emails late at night. It asks you a series of basic math questions to see if your of sound mind to be sending that email to your ex.
- emberjohn, on 10/08/2008, -1/+5I have just used the vacation auto-responder, the rest seems interesting too.
- mediahaze, on 10/09/2008, -0/+4"Right Side Labels" has the side effect of removing any the ads from gmail. :P
- MeghnaK, on 10/08/2008, -0/+3Cool ideas to experiment with.
- ha3er0, on 06/16/2009, -1/+4dugg for not being able to handle digg effect.
- jeuhrn, on 10/09/2008, -0/+3Maybe you should start doing a better job, that way you won't get so many complaints.
Problem solved! - coopaloop, on 10/09/2008, -0/+3Is the link not working for anyone else?
- JoshuaGross, on 10/09/2008, -0/+3Dugg just for the attachment checker. That's cool.
- pbhj, on 10/09/2008, -0/+3This has been in KMail (KDE3, KDE4) for a long time. Unfortunately the devs of KMail think no one should use images / html in email and so the KDE PIM is useless for me - shame because features like this are clearly good, hence emulated by GMail.
Someone is going to tell me Mail.app had it 30 years ago ... - sancho, on 10/09/2008, -0/+3Yes, but it's not a button. Navigating the menus is irritating. Is there a keyboard shortcut?
- thegoldenavatar, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2I forgot to attach my resume once, and surprisingly it was the only job during that search for which an offer was made.
- nunquam, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2I can't get over the amount of publicity that the Beer Goggles feature has received. It was even on national radio stations as the 'and finally...' story where I live.
- gsenechal, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2Yep - mirror required.
- Kugelblitze, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2Site's down as of 12:00 EST.
- enterneo, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2these LAB features have existed for some time now, good to see 'em popup in Digg anyway
- HarryLeeSmith, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2Web page doesn't show anything to me.
- mihkeltt, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2still no sorting, blimey
- Rotzooi, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2Mail.app had it 30 years ago!
And Pegasus Mail (ftw!) 20 years ago, btw. - BoneStamp, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2@andejp12
Yes, I'm aware of that. There's also a "mark as read" option in that list... but they still made a "Mark as read" button. All I'm asking for is a "mark as unread" button. - darthjure, on 10/09/2008, -2/+4With all of those experimental features, there's still no ability to paste pictures into e-mail like we can with Outlook or Live Mail. Bummer.
- KaiUno, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2Did they have email in the 50s?
- codx999, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2Heck knows how many times I've forgotten to send the attatchment.
- shantanuo, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2I want a drop down next to "reply" that will have an option to reply using one of the templates that I have saved. I have to reply to a lot of e-mails and I will like to use templates like "general inquiry", "redressing complaint" etc. I have saved the text in draft folder. But I have to copy-paste it every time when I reply. I hope this will help a lot of people.
- inactive, on 10/09/2008, -2/+3A new one, Mail Goggles. Tries to stop you from sending mail you will later regret.
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs- ... - TJanai, on 10/09/2008, -1/+2That signature tweak...something so simple, but so irritating. Fixed. Thx!
- lukasmach, on 10/09/2008, -2/+3Ommiting the "-- " before signature is non-standard (and PITA for everybody who's replying/forwarding your message).
- ToastPop, on 04/17/2009, -1/+2Meh, they all seem like fairly useless gimmicks to me. The only one I've been using is the signature tweak, which honestly should have been an option the day it launched.
- Timmmm, on 10/09/2008, -1/+2Yeah definitely the best feature of KMail.
- obxjdt, on 10/09/2008, -1/+2Good tips indeed, but who doesn't explore their email functions? Yahoo has some good tools too.
No, I won't just tell you. You use it, dig into it, learn it! - codx999, on 10/09/2008, -0/+1Haha. Well, hopefully you know I'm not actually that old. :P
- onux16, on 10/09/2008, -0/+1maybe it's *not* something everyone should try?
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