Quickly Learn Gmail's Keyboard Shortcuts With KeyRocket For Gmail
Get the most out of Gmail by learning all of its keyboard shortcuts. With Keyrocket for Gmail you'll be shown a notification every time you use the mouse instead of a keyboard shortcut, helping you learn the shortcuts and reminding you to actually use them. This Chrome extension shows you a simple popup every time you do something with your mouse that could be done with your keyboard. This means you learn to use the shortcuts while you're actually using Gmail, saving you the time of actively learning them.
Add Scheduling, Tracking & Reminders to Gmail With This Fantastic Add-on
Let’s face it, Gmail is pretty much perfect. It’s not a coincidence that it’s now one of the most popular email providers, at least for those who prefer a Web interface. There are, however, several crucial features that are still missing from Gmail. First and foremost, email scheduling. How many times have you decided to wait with an important email until later, only to forget all about it when the right time came?
Turn Gmail Into A Productivity Beast With These Chrome Extensions [Beta Invites]
Gmail is a fantastic email client. In fact, I will go as far to say that it’s the best. With that said, can it really get any better? With these Chrome extensions, it can. And not just "better", but also fantastically improved. Through my experience of using Gmail, I have stumbled upon lots of extensions for it – many of which I try and then uninstall. There have been some, however, that have really impressed me.
Liberate Your Gmail Inbox Attachments With Attachments.me
Have you ever received an email from your boss, family member, friend or some other connection with an attachment in it, then saved that email because you wanted to access the attachment later? You probably have, multiple times. The problem with this is you end up with an astronomical amount of attachments floating all over your inbox that you have to hunt down whenever you want them.
How to Chat on Any IM Network From Within Gmail
Google Talk, which powers Gmail’s built-in chat feature, isn’t a proprietary instant-messaging network. It’s built on top of the XMPP standard, also known as Jabber, so you can connect Gmail’s chat feature to any IM network. Some networks like AIM are interoperable with Gmail, while some like MSN and Yahoo require special Jabber transports.
How To Track Your Emails In Gmail & Find Out If The Recipient Has Read It
You might send a vital email to a friend alerting him to a change of plans. A read receipt at least lets you know if your friend has read it, or do you need to call him in time. You can make use of a few workarounds to bring in some sort of tracking method for online services like Gmail and Yahoo Mail. They aren’t perfect but here are three.
How To Spice Up Your Email Signatures With WiseStamp
WiseStamp allows you to create multiple personalized email signatures for all standard webmail accounts, including Gmail, Windows Live / Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and AOL Mail. In addition to standard personal data and social networking profile links, WiseStamp provides apps for adding dynamic content to your email signatures, such as your latest tweets, random quotes, or RSS updates.
How To Add A Snooze Function To Gmail Without Using Third-Party Apps
An overflowing inbox is a problem, and one almost everyone has to face daily. We’re all trying to avoid leaving a huge stack of unread e-mails in our inbox, but let’s face it, we can’t deal with everything the minute it comes in. The confusion a full inbox creates is sometimes so big, it becomes a reason to delay answering all by itself. There are many solutions and add-ons to create e-mail reminders and have e-mails return at specific times.
Customize Gmail's Online Interface With Gmelius [Firefox, Chrome & Opera]
Remove features you don't like from Gmail, leaving behind only the things you do. Gmelius is a simple extension for Chrome, Firefox and Opera that lets you turn off parts of Gmail you're not interested in, including ads. Gmail's interface is great, and largely clean, but recent changes at Google leave minimalists pulling their hair out.
Take Gmail Offline With The Offline Google Mail App [Chrome]
Offline Google Mail for Chrome allows you to use Gmail without an Internet connection. Read, search, and send emails – all offline. When you do connect to the Internet, Offline Google Mail synchronizes with your Gmail account, downloading new emails and sending queued messages. Offline Google Mail replaces the deprecated Google Gears for using Gmail offline.
ROUNDUP: The 10 Best Features That Keep Me In Gmail
Gmail is one of Google's greatest projects and in my eyes it has revolutionized email. Not only is it the best web-based email client around, Gmail also beats free desktop clients by miles. After using Thunderbird for almost a decade, I recently switched to exclusively using Gmail's web interface. In this article I will share my ten favorite features that made me switch and will make me stick with Gmail.
3 Ways To Free Up Storage Space In Your Gmail Account
Google Mail currently offers 7,679 MB of free storage. For the average user, that is enough space to last a lifetime. But what if you run out of storage space nevertheless? How can you find and delete obsolete emails in bulk or track down large attachments to regain precious MBs? This article highlights three ways to quickly make room for more mail.
How to Download & Back Up Your Gmail & Other Google Data
We’re storing more and more data in the cloud these days. Email, contacts, documents, photos, calendar entries - you name it, it’s on Google’s servers. But what happens when the services we rely on go down? When the US government seized Megaupload, many users lost data they were storing on Megaupload’s servers.
CloudMagic - Find What You Need In Gmail, Google Apps & Twitter Quick & Easy
Nowadays, we are all signed up for so many different services, it can be hard to keep track of them all. We all have Gmail, Google Apps, Twitter and so many more accounts. When you need to find something specific, it can be a real hassle. CloudMagic is a service that is designed to help you search Google Apps, Gmail and Twitter, all from one convenient place.
5 Gmail Filters to Help Prioritize & Organize Your Inbox
What filters should each and every person have in their arsenal so that their inbox is as orderly as mine? I'm here to help you get started in setting up your first five filters, or help you add on to your current collection. These five should handle daily-to-weekly activities of the everyday internet guy or gal and get that inbox looking as clean as a whistle.
Google Recommends 2-Step Process To Protect Your Account [News]
Most savvy Internet users probably have at one at least Google account - mainly because Google, for good or bad, crosses paths with so many other websites that it's hard to avoid not using the services and apps it has to offer. If you use your Google sign-in ID for multiple websites, and/or sign into Google Mail from public or shared computers, you should definitely make sure the account is secure.
How To Use Your Extra Google Mail Storage Space With GMail Drive [Windows]
Google Mail offers 7,641MB or roughly 7.5GB of free storage space for your emails. That's a lot of space for emails and chances are, you will never really need it all. Don't you wonder how you can actually make use of it? GMail Drive is a tool for Windows (XP through 7) that allows you to access your Google Mail storage space.
Search Through All The Data On Gmail, Google Apps & Twitter With CloudMagic
We are always searching for something. These days it’s probably less about our lives and more on the web. Well, if that’s so, then the browser extension called CloudMagic deserves at least a look-see and maybe an install. CloudMagic as the name implies, is all about the services on the cloud. The magic is that it is a super-fast way to search across multiple services.
Use exAutoCorrect To Make Spell Checking in Gmail Faster & Easier [Chrome]
One of the great things about typing into a word processor like Microsoft Word or Apple Pages is that they automatically fix common spelling mistakes. While most web browsers have come a long way with spell checking, they still do not include auto-correct. Some spelling mistakes are so common that just underlining them seems pointless.
3 Tips To Deal With Email Overload In Gmail [Show & Tell]
Most of us suffer from information overload. Being overwhelmed with private emails may not be a big issue and ignoring half the emails is actually acceptable to a certain degree. In a professional life however, not only are you expected to find ways to cope with all incoming channels, you also have to process the information, i.e. forward, respond, discuss, keep track, and follow up.