The Auto-advance in Gmail (Labs) is by far a huge improvement on my daily email experience. ?It automatically shows the next conversation instead of your inbox after you delete, archive, or mute a conversation. You can select whether to advance to the next or previous conversation in the “General” Settings page.

Gmail Team, this one rocks!

Auto-Advance in Gmail (Labs) is a huge improvement on my email experience originally appeared on ajb{log} on November 26, 2010. Tweet This

I love the look of the new Gmail buttons.

I still however dislike the fact that the “Archive” button is still beside “Report spam”.

I am also fully aware that Gmail offers an “Undo” link if you make a mistake. But sometimes, it may still be overlooked.

 
Look at the above screenshot and tell me what you think?

Gmail now has rounded buttons. “Archive” is still beside “Report spam” originally appeared on ajb{log} on March 26, 2010. Tweet This

Here’s an announcement on their site:

Yahoo! acquires Xoopit.
Xoopit is joining Yahoo! to make the world’s best email even better.

Yahoo! will be integrating both our photo sharing applications and our content indexing and discovery technology into Yahoo! Mail and other services over the coming months.

Xoopit has emerged as a leader in mail applications, indexing and content discovery. Yahoo! has recognized that Xoopit’s technology elevates photos to the forefront of people’s everyday email experiences. Mail is the original online photo sharing experience, and combining these two products results in an evolved inbox experience. Yahoo! Mail users can expect to see their mail become even more efficient, social and fun!

The Xoopit team would like to thank our users for all the support and guidance in developing a service that people love. We would also like to thank our angels and venture investors, Charles Moldow from Foundation Capital and Theresia Gouw Ranzetta from Accel Partners for wisdom and commitment along the way!

The official announcement from Yahoo! can be found here.

Dear Xoopit team, I hope you’ll never share our Gmail account information to Yahoo! Thanks and looking forward to the Yahoo! Mail integration.

Yahoo! acquires Xoopit. Shuts down its Gmail service. originally appeared on ajb{log} on October 2, 2009. Tweet This

Google Wave Developer Preview presentation at the Day 2 Keynote of Google I/O. To learn more visit http://wave.google.com

Google Wave Developer Preview at Google I/O 2009 [High-quality video] originally appeared on ajb{log} on May 29, 2009. Tweet This

By the way, I love how unobtrusive it is and how it integrates well with your email. I’m definitely going to start using this over Tada-list which have been my list manager for a long time now. The only advantages (that I know) of tada-list right now are 1) It is stand-alone. No need to login/load your email. 2) It is easily shareable and 3) It is lightweight and it has a better/intuitive interface.

Meanwhile, Remember the Milk has been pushing cool features here and there. Thing is, I’ve never been accustomed to using it everyday, unlike Tada-list. But I’m sure a lot of people use it everyday.

To enable Gmail’s “Tasks”, go to Settings, click the Labs tab. Select “Enable” next to “Tasks” and then click “Save Changes” at the bottom. Then, after Gmail refreshes, on the left under the “Contacts” link, you’ll see a “Tasks” link.

A quick shortcut to your “Tasks” list is G+K (assuming you have keyboard shortcuts enabled) when you are logged in to Gmail.

Gmail’s Shiny New Tasks (To-Do) List originally appeared on ajb{log} on December 8, 2008. Tweet This

Some people don’t see it yet. So, try to logout and re-login to see the new Themes at the Settings.

Really cool Gmail team!

Gmail Just Launched Themes! originally appeared on ajb{log} on November 19, 2008. Tweet This

Pretty cool!

–aj

Gmail now has tons of emoticons originally appeared on ajb{log} on October 23, 2008. Tweet This

There were no links on the email which means people will never have to click on something. But still, it’s annoying.

Email providers, please do something!

ASCII Email SPAM Is Here. We Hate It! originally appeared on ajb{log} on August 27, 2008. Tweet This

Here’s a proof of concept to steal session cookies on HTTP and HTTPS sites that do not set the Cookie secure flag.

It’s really a scary to see that even Gmail was vulnerable before to these types of attack. So, how about Yahoo Mail? And what more if you use Hotmail Live? Makes you really think if there is such thing as 100% security nowadays.

SURF JACK: Even HTTPS will not save you originally appeared on ajb{log} on August 11, 2008. Tweet This

“Google has finally realized that it’s a bad idea to automatically add to the list of Gmail contacts all the people you’ve sent an email. An updated version of Gmail’s contact manager has a separate section for the people you’ve emailed: “suggested contacts”.”

I love this move. Now, I have to give some time cleaning up my Gmail’s contacts because it’s currently marred with emails I don’t personally know.

Love it Gmail team!

More information

Google Realizes Auto Adding Contacts is a Bad Idea for Gmail originally appeared on ajb{log} on July 13, 2008. Tweet This