GMail Changes?

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I’m seeing a few subtle and not so subtle changes in GMail tonight.

1) Quicker message loading
2) New graphics (the yellow type found in Google Reader) at the top of the screen for loading messages
3) New contacts manager which is very slick and a great upgrade
4) The ability to add an event invitation when composing or replying to messages.

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Nothing revolutionary, but pretty neat tweaks given last week’s big inclusion of IMAP in GMail. After a couple of years of stagnation, it’s nice to see a few new additions to the interface.

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MORE: Evidently Google is rolling this out to all users (whew, I’m not crazy). Thanks to Andy Beal for the pointer!

posted: 07 October 29
under: GMail, Google, Google Docs

  • Anonymous
    Uh for someone who sounds as attentive to detail as you do, I'm surprised you say it "stagnated." What about this:
    http://mail.google.com/mail/help/about_whatsnew...

    They've been making changes and adding features for a long time now... and consistently! >.>
  • Anonymous-

    Sure, there have been a few minor changes and tweaks but the good stuff (faster loading, better contact manager, IMAP integration, more memory) seems to be coming all at once.
  • Erik
    I noticed that loading attachments is much easier and faster now. Slow attaching was the main reason I avoided using gmail. You still can't highlight more than one file at a time, though. If I need to send a series of photos, I have to upload them one at a time. But it's much faster than before.
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