Online friends list in Orkut

by Amit Verma April 16, 2009
Orkut: Gmail online friends list

Orkut is well integrated with gmail chat. Now you may also notice “Online friends” tab in the left-bottom corner of orkut. Click on the tab to expend and see the online gmail contacts.

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Gmail Labs : Undo send

by Amit Verma March 22, 2009
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Gmail adds a new labs feature to undo send mail. This feature can retrieve the sent message. Gmail will hold the message for 5 seconds after hitting send button. This feature is quite useful when you press send button accidently before finishing your message or forget to attach file. You don’t have write a “Oops” [...]

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Improved attachment features in Gmail

by Amit Verma February 26, 2009

Gmail now shows progress bar when attaching files to messages. It shows progress bar next to each attached file. It also gives the feature to attach multiple files at once. Advance attachment features required Flash. If these new features are not working for you then check settings on General tab of the Settings page. The [...]

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Open docx or xlsx files in Gmail

by Amit Verma February 22, 2009

However a converter is available from Microsoft to convert MS Office Open XML file format to the previous MS Office version file format. But if you don’t have the converter and want to view the MS Word or Excel 2007 file urgently then you can use Gmail. Compose a new mail and attach the docx [...]

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Access Google Calendar and Doc from Gmail : New in Gmail Labs

by Amit Verma November 2, 2008

Google made Google Calendar and Doc accessible from Gmail. To show the Google Calendar and the Doc widget in Gmail, enable Google Calendar and Google Docs gadgets from Gmail Labs. By default the widget will display in the bottom of left column. If you will use Google Calendar widget as a reminder window then the [...]

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Canned responses : New in Gmail Labs

by Amit Verma October 22, 2008

Now you can save email preset with the latest gmail labs feature Canned Responses. Using this feature you can save messages and reuse them. Use following steps to create a new Canned responses after enabling Canned responses from Gmail Labs. Go to Compose Mail Compose the message you want to save as preset Click on [...]

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Gmail can prevent sending mails which you shouldn’t

by Amit Verma October 7, 2008

Gmail can stop sending mails which you shouldn’t send. Especially when you are not in right state of mind or when you are drunk. Gmail released a new labs feature Mail Goggles which will prevent you to send emails if you are not able to solve simple mathematic problems. Once you enable the Mail Goggles, [...]

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Garbled message text in Gmail?

by Amit Verma October 2, 2008

Gmail automatically detects the text encoding when you click to view the message. Sometimes gmail makes a mistake to choose the accurate encoding and shows the garbled message. If this is the case, you can choose to view the original message and change the encoding to appropriate one. To see the original message, click the [...]

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