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22 Gmail Labs Features I Have Enabled

20 Mar

I love Gmail’s labs features. I did not know how much till I made this list. I have 22 enabled out of 42! Wow there are 42? Here are the ones I have enabled:

	Choose which labels show up in IMAP, turn off message auto-expunging, or trash messages when they’re deleted from IMAP.
	Adds a box in the left column which shows your Google Calendar. See upcoming events, locations, and details.
	Email for the truly lazy. Save and then send your common messages using a button next to the compose form. Also automatically send emails using filters.
	Shows photos previews whenever you receive a Flickr link in an email.
	Shows photos previews whenever you receive a Picasa link in an email.
	Shows previews of Yelp listings (rating, location, phone number, etc.) whenever you receive a Yelp link in an email.
	Shows a video preview whenever you receive a YouTube link in an email. You can watch the video right inline!
	Allows you to create a Google Document from an email conversation or a new blank document if your keyboard shortcuts are enabled by hitting ‘g’ then ‘w’.
	Prevents you from accidentally sending messages without the relevant attachments. Prompts you if you mention attaching a file, but forgot to do so.
	Allows you to reorder the items in your navbar using drag and drop.
	Adds a box in the left column which displays your Google Docs. Shows recent docs, starred docs, and has fast search.
	Tasks adds a to-do list to Gmail. After adding the lab, click the Tasks link above the chat box on the left-hand-side of the page. Your task list will appear on the right – click anywhere in the list and start typing to add a task.
	Tired of spending all that effort to click on the more actions menu every time you want to mark messages as read without reading them? Now just enable this lab and that is just a button click away!
	See your friends’ profile pictures when you chat with them.
	Conserves screen real estate by hiding your friends’ status messages.
	Make Gmail go where the Internet doesn’t. Access your inbox through your browser and use Gmail’s familiar features when you’re offline. To get started, enable this lab and then click on the “Offline” link in the upper-right of your inbox.
	Quote the text you have selected when you reply to a message. (Now works with the mouse, too!)
	Adds a button to the compose form that lets you send a reply message and archive the email conversation in a single action.
	Oops, hit “Send” too soon? Stop messages from being sent for a few seconds after hitting the send button.
	Places your signature before the quoted text in a reply, and removes the “–” line that appears before signatures.
	Adds additional star icons. After enabling this feature: (1) Go to the “General” Settings page to choose which superstars you wish to use. (2) Use either the keyboard shortcut (‘s’) or click to rotate through your selected superstars. (3) Use the search operator “has:” to find all messages with your superstar (e.g. “has:red-bang”, “has:blue-star”). Learn the name of a superstar by hovering over its image in the “General” Settings page.
	Changes order of elements in the browser title bar from “Gmail – Inbox (20) – xxx@gmail.com” to “Inbox (20) – xxx@gmail.com – Gmail”. This way you are able (most of the time) to see if a new mail has arrived even if Gmail window is minimized.