Comments on: Gmail Labs

By: Colby

Colby — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:34:28 +0000

I like the send and archive button in gmail. Hotmail is okay but too many banner ads….gmail FTW!

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:12:21 +0000

Actually, I read and post GMail messages through Thunderbird, as i like the interface better. TBird can handle newsgroups as well if the user has access to a newsgroup server.

By: Marc

Marc — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:11:12 +0000

I have long been a fan of Google Labs tweaks to Gmail. My current favorites are:

1. Multiple Inboxes: Add extra lists of emails in your inbox to see even more important email at once. The new lists of threads can be labels, your starred messages, drafts or any search you want, configurable under Settings. I like having a list of my unread emails up on top as well as one of my favorite mailing lists.

2. Signature tweaks: Places your signature before the quoted text in a reply, and removes the “–” line that appears before signatures. I am a top responder just cause I hate to have to scroll down past everyone else’s conversation. I want my signature with my post.

3. Random Signature: Rotates among random quotations for your email signature. Add some style to your signature.

4. Navbar drag and drop: Allows you to reorder the items in your navbar using drag and drop. I want these boxes in the order that suits me best.

Now the one that I would like to see Google Labs add to Gmail is stylized signatures. Currently signatures are only in plain text. . . How boring!

- Marc

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:07:32 +0000

Forgotten attachment detector.
Offline GMail
Right Side Chat

By: Ian Haynes

Ian Haynes — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:42:23 +0000

i think g-mail is ok or i would if it would let me create a g-mail address but hotmail was easier to sign up to i would get it … NOW (when i fix my computer) it seems cool

By: Will Conley

Will Conley — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:24:20 +0000

Dude, this is the first time I have seen you and I like your style. Where the hell have I heard your name before? Probably many places, which is why I can’t place a finger on it. Whatev.

Gmail. OK. Firefox, right? Firefox. They’ve got mad addons. Yeah, I know. Addons. Yawn. They slow your Firefox browsing experience down and blah. People add addons like its crack. Whatever.

And then there’s Greasemonkey.

By the way, yes, I am going somewhere with this.

So then there’s Greasemonkey. It’s a Firefox addon that basically lets you install new addons without going through Firefox’s taste makers.

One of these Greasemonkey “scripts”, as the kids like to call them, is “Better Gmail”. Right?

Or is it an addon. Whatev.

Better Gmail. It tweaks things. Changes Gmail. BUT. But. It doesn’t change the overall Pirillo-esque yawn-ness of Gmail.

So here’s my point: What we need is not just Gmail, not just Better Gmail, but…drumroll…AWESOME Gmail.

We need some kind of Firefox addon or Greasemonkey script that makes it possible to turn Gmail into a tri-pane U.I.

Or whatever else you want to do with it. It needs to be a chameleon and a changeling. That would be awesome.

Awesome Gmail. Somebody get on it. Piece owt.

Will Conley
@willconley777