In Memoriam, Google Wave: Here’s The Tech I Want Them To Migrate
Google Wave died yesterday. It’s all pretty sad. Remember, it’s the product we didn’t know what was? Well since no-one ever found out, Google is retiring the product to web-app elysium, picking it for spare parts. Here’s the spare parts I want them to migrate from Wave to Google Docs, Gmail and wherever else appropriate: [...]
Gmail Gets Nested Labels
New in Gmail Labs: Labels are more flexible than folders because a given email can have several labels but can’t be in several folders at the same time. A highly requested feature for labels, though, comes from the world of folders: the ability to organize labels hierarchically. The way these work is exactly like IMAP [...]
Gmails New CSS Buttons
This morning. Or perhaps yesterday. Well this week. Maybe. Google updated the buttons in Gmail. Where they used to be CSS and images, they are now pure CSS3 using border-radius and linear-gradient. Here’s what they look like now, and here’s what they used to look like. This is interesting for two reasons. On the one [...]
A Few Quick Thoughts On Gmails New Labels
Google just revamped their label system for Gmail, probably because only power users understood how to leverage their potential. The new system is more like Google Docs, which means labels now behave more like folders. Only, you can still file one email in two labels, which you wouldn’t be able to if they really were [...]
Hybrid WebApps
Users of the Mac have been given an interesting amalgam of old and new, a combination of a traditional application and a webapp: Mailplane. It looks to be a wrapper for Gmail which mildly extends its functionality and desktop integrations, specifically in the areas of attachments and account management. Webapps are great because they are [...]
Gmail Bookmarklet: Mail To
Using Gmail daily, I’ve been wanting quicker access to the “Compose Email” area for a while now. So I concocted a deadly bookmarklet for doing just that. The following mockery of JavaScript will open for you, a new popup window showing only the Compose window. It’s awesome. Drag this link to your bookmarks toolbar: Gmail [...]
Gmail Gets Colored Labels
Google has started rolling out colored labels in Gmail. It’s smart, I like it a lot, especially how removing a label is now no longer an option in a pulldown menu, but actually related to the label you’re removing. I am, however, ready for a label manager redesign. The whole “search don’t sort” thing, at [...]
Gmail vs. Google Mail
There’s a new version of Gmail on its way. Supposedly it’s speedier and has better contact management. New screenshots also show a graphic change: it’s no longer Gmail, it’s now Google Mail. Why? Here’s a few possibilities and observations: Who makes Gmail? Google does. Did you know? Maybe your mom didn’t. She will now. My [...]