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Find great stuff to read in Google Reader
August 28, 2009
Posted by Zach Yeskel, Product Marketing Manager
Have you ever clicked the "Reader" link at the top of your Gmail inbox and ended up in
Google Reader
, kind of unsure about what to do next?
We realize this happens from time to time, so to help people get started with Reader, we asked a bunch of prominent journalists, techies, fashion critics, and foodies for their lists of favorite sites and blogs. We compiled their reading lists and
made them accessible
to everyone at
google.com/powerreaders
, where you can explore and subscribe to lists from
Thomas Friedman
,
Arianna Huffington
,
Paul Krugman
, the editors of
Lifehacker
,
Boing Boing
,
Kottke.org
, and many more.
Whether you're new to Google Reader or already have an extensive reading list, we hope this will be a good place to find great stuff to read. And if you want to
create your own reading list
to share with others, you can do that too.
Composing a message? Try the contact chooser
August 25, 2009
Posted by Benjamin Grol, Product Manager
When composing messages, you probably rely pretty heavily on
auto-complete
to add recipients. Auto-complete is convenient and fast, and usually does the trick. But sometimes seeing your list of contacts can help you remember all the people you want to include on your email. So, we've added a contact chooser to Gmail. Click the "To:" link (or Cc:/Bcc:) when composing a message and you'll see something like this:
You can click on the contacts you want to add or search for others.
If you use contact
groups
, your groups will appear in a drop-down menu in the contact chooser, so you can select contacts from the groups you've already created. And if you happen to use Gmail in Chinese, Japanese or Korean, being able to pick from your list of contacts should be particularly useful since auto-complete doesn't offer the same search as you type experience that it does in other languages.
Email a task list
August 21, 2009
Posted by Michael Bolin, Software Engineer
Sometimes you need to get your tasks out of Tasks. Although you already know
how I feel about paper
, we decided to add support for printing with
Tasks's graduation from Gmail Labs
. Today we're offering another export solution which doesn't kill trees: emailing a task list.
Like most Tasks features, "Email task list" can be found in the Actions menu.
Clicking on it will open a new compose window with the contents of your current task list. This works in all views (my order, sort by date, completed), so to email your mom to explain why you've been so busy and haven't been able to return her calls, just choose "View completed tasks" from the Actions menu, then "Email task list" and send away. (Note: this may not be very convincing if you haven't actually checked anything off your list recently.)
If you want to let us know how Tasks is working for you, we're now available on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/googletasks
. Like most
Google accounts on Twitter
, we won't be able to respond to every question or feature request, but sometimes you might get lucky and we'll have an answer for you. Oh and
@sayanghosh
, today is your lucky day.
Mail and contact import for everyone
August 19, 2009
Posted by Marcin Brodziak, Software Engineer
A few months ago, we added the ability to
import your old mail and contacts to Gmail
. We made this feature available for all newly-created Gmail accounts first, since people new to Gmail benefit most from being able to move their stuff with them. Friends who wanted to use Gmail but kept telling us how painful it would be finally made the switch!
But many old time Gmail users (including us) also have old accounts lurking. Often, these accounts predate Gmail, and occasionally we have to log into them to look at some old confirmation email or find the email address for someone with whom we've lost touch.
Now, with just a few clicks anyone can copy all of that to your Gmail account. It's easy — just go to the
Settings > Accounts & Import
page and click "Import mail and contacts." A window will pop out to lead you through the short import process. If you want us to continue to forward any new mail your other account gets for 30 days, we can do that too.
Copying mail over usually takes a couple days, occasionally up to a week — but eventually it all arrives. And once it's done, you can forget your old account and enjoy having everything in one place.
New in Labs: Hide labels, see subject lines on netbooks
August 4, 2009
Posted by Christopher Semturs, Software Engineer
Some time ago I bought a netbook. It's perfect in terms of portability, weight and space usage, but the natural drawback is the size of the screen. It's so small that sometimes I find it hard to read the subjects of emails in my inbox. It looks something like this:
Now, there are some ways to work around this, like using Google Chrome's
full screen mode
, but I wanted a way to do more. So I created a new Gmail Labs feature called "Remove Labels from Subjects" that automatically hides the labels from messages in your inbox, leaving plenty of space for the messages' subjects.
To turn it on, just go to the
Labs tab under Settings
and look for the following icon:
Enjoy the new screen real estate and
tell us
what you think!
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