http://jimstips.com Your Tips Resource! Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:14:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Damian Gajda, Software EngineerA few months ago Gmail got some new buttons and keyboard shortcuts to make labeling easier, especially for those of you accustomed to that familiar folder feel. Now we're making some more changes to ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/labels-drag-and-drop-hiding-and-more.html OK, so I now have to retract part of what I said in my last article about RSS readers. There is an excellent RSS reader on AppStore called Byline that so far, does exactly what I want in a news reader for my iPod Touch. Byline is like many RSS readers, ... http://jimstips.com/ipod-touch-tips/ipod-touch-review-byline-an-excellent-rss-reader.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Benjamin Grol, Product ManagerUp until now, Gmail only supported some contact fields. Whenever someone imported their contacts from apps like Outlook and OS X Address Book, we used to put fields Gmail didn't recognize into the contact's ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/new-fields-for-gmail-contacts-and-better-importing-too.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Joyce Sohn, Product Marketing ManagerIt's that time of year when students are graduating, and in many cases getting yet another email address to check — an alumni account — as a graduation present.Whether you have an alumni ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/tip-check-and-reply-from-multiple-email-addresses-in-gmail.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Corey Anderson, Software Engineer (and puzzle creator) Flying 500 miles per hour at a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet, it always seemed odd that I could use approved electronic devices, but I couldn't get online to chat ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/like-puzzles-get-ready-for-the-day-in-the-cloud-challenge-on-june-24th.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Zach Yeskel, Product Marketing ManagerMy friends email me all the time with ideas for improving Gmail. Just this weekend, my friend Dave said he wanted a way to select all of his messages with a certain label ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/tip-slice-and-dice-your-mail-with-search-operators.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Peter Balsiger, Software EngineerWhenever I open up my inbox at work, I'm never surprised to find several new messages waiting to be read. The same thing can't always be said about my personal Gmail account. Sometimes I ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/new-in-labs-inbox-preview.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Darren Lewis, Software EngineerBack in the early days of human existence, before language had fully developed, our caveman ancestors probably did a lot of grunting. Language, and thus life, were pretty simple: watch out for that saber-toothed ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/new-in-labs-automatic-message-translation.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Chad Parry, Gmail EngineerGmail users can be a passionate bunch. Many of us have, at one time or another, encouraged or cajoled friends and family to join us @gmail.com. But switching email accounts can be pretty painful. ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/import-your-mail-and-contacts-from-other-accounts.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Garry Boyer, Software EngineerEver since we launched Google Calendar, people in our forum have been pretty vocal about a missing piece -- an integrated task list. "To-do would be tooo-rific," "I really, really, really need to use ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/tasks-now-in-calendar-too.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Peter Chane, Product ManagerWe recently announced that Google profile results now appear at the bottom of U.S. name-query search pages. Creating a profile gives you greater control over what people find when they search for your name ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/create-your-google-profile.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Adam de Boor, Software EngineerI used to have a problem. People would ask me questions, over chat or email, and I'd have to leave Gmail to search Google for an answer. Then I'd have to select the ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/new-in-labs-google-search-right-in-gmail.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Darren Lewis, Software EngineerFor a short period of time after launching emoticons for mail, we believed we had successfully captured the entirety of human expression in 19 faces (we're still debating whether the robot face counts), ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/new-in-labs-extra-emoticons.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Marc Miller, Software EngineerA few months ago, we added fast online viewing of PDFs in your browser. As of today, that same viewer now supports TIFF and Microsoft PowerPoint document formats too: you can now view TIFF ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/powerpoint-and-tiff-file-viewing.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Ari Leichtberg, Software EngineerHave you ever realized you mistakenly left someone important out of an email, or just spent too much time trying to decide who from your long list of contacts to include? Well, some ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/new-in-labs-suggest-more-recipients.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Kent Tamura, Software EngineerWell, it's about time. You no longer have to use workarounds to put images into your messages or attach images when you really want to inline them. Just turn on "Inserting images" from the ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/new-in-labs-inserting-images.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Marcin Brodziak, Software EngineerLet's say your girlfriend sends you an angry email. It's mostly about how you behaved at the party last night and then left for a business trip without saying goodbye. You read it from ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/new-in-labs-sender-time-zone.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Rob Kroeger, Engineer, Google MobileToday we're introducing a major revision to Gmail for mobile that takes advantage of the latest browser technology available on iPhone and Android devices. We've updated the user interface, made it faster to ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/a-new-mobile-gmail-experience-for-iphone-and-android.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: Posted by Todd Jackson, Gmail Product ManagerFive years ago yesterday, Gmail starting giving people a gig. What started as an internal tool for Google employees is now used by tens of millions of people around the world in 52 ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/gmail-turns-5.html The following is is a posting from the Official Gmail News Blog: 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 ... http://jimstips.com/official-gmail-news/new-in-labs-gmail-search-made-easier-and-lazier.html