August 3rd, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Adam de Boor, Software EngineerDragging and dropping files is an easy way to save time in Gmail. We’ve previously blogged about dragging files to upload as attachments and dragging images into new messages. Now, if you’re using Google Chrom…
July 19th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Cody Bratt, Google Chat teamTwo weeks ago we asked you to submit photos of you video chatting with your grandma. Thank you for all your submissions! As promised, we’d like to highlight a few photos that particularly touched us.Emmanuel fr…
July 12th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Michael Davidson, Software EngineerWe’ve been posting a bunch recently about new Gmail features built on top of HTML5 and other advancements in browser platforms, but so far you’ve only be able to drag in attachments and drag images into mess…
July 8th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Mark Knichel, Software EngineerRich text signatures have long been one of our most widely requested features. Some of you have tried your own solutions, including Greasemonkey scripts, browser plugins, and even using canned responses from Gma…
July 1st, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Jason Toff, Grandson of Evelyn & IdaOften when I tell people that I work on Google video chat, I hear stories about how they’ve used it to give a video tour of a new home to friends, introduce a baby to relatives, keep in touch with traveli…
June 25th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Marc Miller, Software EngineerIf you receive Microsoft® Word files as attachments in Gmail, you can now view them with a single click — no need to download, save, and open files with a desktop application when you just want read them. …
June 22nd, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Craig Wilkinson, Software EngineerIf you’ve been using the web-based version of Gmail on the iPad, you may have noticed that yesterday you started to have a big, full screen compose window for writing messages. Instead of splitting the screen…
June 16th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Product Marketing ManagerThe more I use Google Docs, the less I have to deal with sending attachments back and forth. While attachments’ days may be waning, they’re still very much a part of most people’s email experience. …
June 10th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Michael Davidson, Software EngineerI recently posted about Gmail’s fast new windows and explained that the only downside of them was that they closed when the main Gmail window closed. Today, we’re changing that. If you’re using the latest ve…
June 8th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Josh Teague, User Experience DesignerUpdate (5:28PM, June 30th): And we’re back! You’ll see the redesigned chat window the next time you start up a chat. Update (4:59PM, June 9th): Bad news: we discovered an issue with the new chat design tha…
June 7th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Mark Knichel, Software EngineerI often receive emails containing addresses in them — where to meet for dinner, the location of my friend’s new apartment, etc. To find out where these places actually are, I have to copy the address, open…
June 3rd, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Product Marketing ManagerWhen Gmail came out of beta, we embroidered the Gmail logo onto sweatshirts for the team. Any given day in the office, a couple of people are wearing them. When other people asked us where they too …
May 27th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Sam Goto, Software EngineerThe other day I posted this video to the version of Buzz we use inside of Google. A few people commented on it, 13 liked it, and 68 of my coworkers thought it was interesting enough that they wanted to share it with…
May 26th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Michelle Lisowski, Product Marketing Manager, Google AppsWorking with a lot of small business owners who have moved their email over to Google Apps, we’ve found that many started out managing their work email through their personal @gmail.c…
May 25th, 2010 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Greg Bullock, Software EngineerThe icon column in Gmail helps to easily distinguish the various types of items in your inbox (e.g. messages with attachments, chats, calendar invitations, Buzz posts, and more). It’s usually all the way over on…