Gmail Labs Lets Users Experiment With 13 New Features 142
D Ninja writes "Yesterday, Google released Gmail Labs, which allows Gmail developers to decide what to include in the next feature releases of Gmail based on user feedback. As ZDNet has pointed out, essentially users are guinea pigs for these new features. Participants will vote on their favorite new features, and the ones that are voted the highest will stick around and the ones that are least popular will disappear."
Reader physman_wiu points out an article at the BBC about the experiments on offer, writing: "Some of the features are really nice — like the option to use additional star icons, mouse gestures, and custom keyboard shortcuts. Others ... well, let's just say Old Snakey made it in."
Non-English? (Score:4, Informative)
2) Doesn't work unless you use Firefox 2 or IE 7.
Sorry, folks... work on it a bit more!
Re:Non-English? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:old snakey (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Non-English? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Non-English? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Google Apps likes shiney new things too! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Non-English? (Score:2, Informative)
There seem to have been some more features unavailable unless you happen to be located in the US (just changing the language didn't cut it), so Google isn't playing nice here...
Re:Google Apps likes shiney new things too! (Score:3, Informative)
It's stable, but sometimes the changes take awhile to propagate. I've noticed changes appear first on my @gmail.com address then later (days or weeks) will become available on my Google Apps for Domain accounts.
If you want to play with bleeding edge new features on Gmail, get a free @gmail.com address.
If you want to complain, /. isn't the place unless you like talking to an empty void that can't do anything about it. Google is who you need to send your complaints to.
Re:Google Apps likes shiney new things too! (Score:3, Informative)
(The exceptions have been problems setting up Postini and trouble with the Calendar losing whole calendars)
Re:Useless stuff... (Score:4, Informative)
Re:But not conversation disabling... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:HTML signatures (Score:5, Informative)
In summary, KNOCK IT OFF - no one likes those dumbass signatures; your regular correspondents are simply to polite to tell you.
Re:Google Apps likes shiney new things too! (Score:5, Informative)
(obDisclosure: I'm a Google employee, but not in the gmail department)
Re:HTML signatures (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Signature tweaks! (Score:4, Informative)
Seriously, reply *after* the relevant bits of what you are replying to, and remove the rest. Your emails will be far shorter, they will make sense when you read through them much later, and you will no longer be fighting the email program.
"Most people" prefer top posting because that's what Outlook does, not because it's practical, readable, or efficient.
I doubt Google is just doing what it wants (Score:2, Informative)
That being said, it's popular enough now that there should probably be more customization options; but, maybe its a situation not often encountered? For instance, my Gmail is pretty good about sticking conversations together, so unless you tell them specifics on your problem, they may not even be aware it's a problem.