Posted by Ibrahim Bokharouss, Software EngineerOn the Gmail team, we believe finding the right email among thousands of messages can be as important as finding the right web page across the billions of web pages out there. So with the aim of making sea…
Posted by Michael Leggett, User Experience DesignerSometimes I regret sending a message the morning after. Other times I send a message and then immediately notice a mistake. I forget to attach a file or email the birthday girl that I can’t make her su…
Posted by Vishal Kasera, Software EngineerMy email is full of links: my friends send around YouTube videos to try and get a laugh, we share Picasa and Flickr albums with photos from last weekend’s camping trip, and we email around the Yelp reviews of r…
Posted by David de Kloet, Software EngineerGmail’s threaded conversations are useful because they keep your messages in context — you don’t have to look for previous messages to see what people are talking about. But sometimes, when many people are re…
Posted by Michael Frederick, Software EngineerSometimes, in a frenzy of productivity, I’ll create a bunch of tasks on my main list. Later on, when it’s time to start prioritizing, I’ll realize that some of those tasks make more sense on another list (G…
Posted by Ken Norton, Senior Product ManagerIn addition to offline access to Gmail while you’re traveling or without a strong internet connection, you can now see your Google Calendar events when you’re disconnected. Offline Calendar lets you view your…
Posted by Luke Blanshard, Software Engineer and member of the Data Liberation teamFiltering is an essential Gmail power-user feature. With filters (and labels) you can use Gmail to handle a ton of incoming mail. I know — I’m subscribed to 64 mail…
Posted by Wes Carr, Software Engineer Up until today, it’s been a little tedious to send large or multiple attachments with an email. You had to select each attachment individually and you never knew how long it would be before those bigger files were …
Posted by Fëdor Karpelevitch, Software EngineerI’m often doing something on my computer and want to know if I have new mail without having to keep my Gmail window open. But if you keep Gmail minimized or in an inactive tab sometimes all you see in the…
Posted by Acacio Cruz, Gmail Site Reliability Manager Gmail had a major outage early this morning: for about two and a half hours starting at 1:30 am PST while many of our users in the US were asleep, many people couldn’t access their email. Lots of pe…
Posted by Manu Cornet, Software EngineerSince we launched themes for Gmail, many people have asked, not surprisingly, whether they can customize the look of their inboxes without having to use some advanced scripting magic. And while you can’t make cus…
Posted by Benjamin Grol, Product Manager, Google ContactsOver the past few days we’ve made a lot of small changes to Gmail’s contact manager which, combined, should make it easier to organize the contacts you want and get rid of some of the cruft. Here…
Posted by Marco Bonechi, Software EngineerSometime ago I noticed how all mail systems tell you when an email was written, but not where it was sent from. Because I love to travel, the first question in many messages I receive is “where are you?” and by…
Posted by Marcus Foster, Product Manager, Google MobileI’m not the most organized person in the world and that’s especially true when it comes to my address book and calendar. My contacts are scattered all over the place: in my phone, in my Gmail acco…
Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Gmail Product Marketing ManagerSince we first posted about Gmail stickers, we’ve sent out thousands of sticker packs, enjoyed reading hundreds of notes from Gmail fans around the world, and even received a not-so-happy call…