Posts Tagged ‘Google Mail’

Gmail Notifier Manages Multi Gmail Accounts

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Free utility Gmail Notifier is the best companion for Gmail fans. The features include:

  • Multi accounts management capability!
  • Counter for unread emails
  • Read email headers
  • Manage emails (Delete, Mark As Done etc)
  • UTF-8 supported

Of course, there is NO spyware or SPAM.

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Download: Gmail Notifier 1.0.0.20
Requirements: Windows XP and 512 MB, or above

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Sync Gmail Contacts (and Calendar) with your mobile phone

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Google released a beta version of Google Sync service which automatically synchronize users’ Gmail contacts and Google Calendar events in the background.

At the moment, only iPhone and Windows Mobile phones can sync Google Calendar data (and Gmail contacts as well), but many other devices (that have SyncML) are supported for Gmail contacts only.

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Convert email to Google Doc in just one click

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

The newly added Gmail Labs gadget ‘Create a document’ makes it possible to turn an email into doc file in just one click.

Enable this feature in Settings – Labs – Create a Document ( Bonus: to avoid scrolling down to location this gadget, press Ctrl+F in your browser, and search for text ‘Create a Document‘ on Labs page ;D). Remember Save Changes, and a link used to create document will be added on top right next to your email body.

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I tried to create a plain text email and a email with many images, the result is impressive – fast and well formatted.

The number of Gmail Labs’ gadgets gets grown very fast recently, you may want to check these gadgets as well:

Send SMS text messages right from Gmail
Tasks in Gmail
Calendar & Docs gadgets

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PDF in Gmail

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Right! Now you can just view attached PDF files in Gmail, which is actually powered by Google Docs. You don’t have to wait for loading the native PDF viewer, everything is done in the browser.

The previous view as HTML link has been moved to the top of viewer windows, and there are some nice navigation and control buttons at the right frame of the view window.

You may also want to check 17 Free PDF Tools You Should Know.

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Integrate other Google services into Gmail

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Firefox extension Integrated Gmail lets you add other Google services such as Google Reader, Google Calendar into Gmail box. You don’t have to open another tab or window to read news or check your next appointment, they are right inside Gmail now. You can even add custom web pages or gadgets into the collapsible list. With this magic add-on, we are no longer need to put calendar in the sidebar.

If you are fan of Gmail, check my previous post about new Gmail Labs feature about Tasks!

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Integrated Gmail Firefox Extension [via Lifehacker]

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Will Gmail Become Your To-do Manager?

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Gmail just added a new feature into Gmail Labs – the Tasks. It enables the user to create to-do list inside your Gmail box, handy!

To use this experimental function, go to Settings > Labs, select Enable next to Tasks description, scroll down the page and Save Changes.

At this time, you will see a new link of Tasks in the left sidebar, right under Contacts. Click the link, the tasks window will show up on right hand side.

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Tips

  • Create new task – Click anywhere in the tasks windows and start typing; hit ENTER; press the plus button “+”.
  • Create new task list – Click the list button(right bottom corner, the right-most one), will show you options to manage task list, you can refresh current list, make new list, rename current list, delete current list and switch to another list of course.
  • Keyboard Shortcuts – ENTER creates new task; TAB and SHIFT-TAB indent and un-indent, CTRL-UP and CTRL-DOWN let you reorder from the keyboard, and SHIFT-ENTER toggles back and forth between the detailed view for a task and the main view.

Things I like

  • Add to Tasks – You can create a new task from a mail by selecting More Actions > Add to Tasks, or by shortcut key shift-t (enable in Settings > General).
  • Pop-out – You can view your tasks in a separate window if you like.
  • Drag-Drop – You can drag and drop a task and reorder it.

Things I expect

  • It’s better if we can put it in left sidebar.

How do you think about this new lab feature, will you use Gmail as your personal task manager?

If you are fan of Gmail, you may also want to check my previous post about Gmail gadget for Google Desktop.

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