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Gmail Adds Features

Posted by timothy on from the it-seems-to-work-well dept.

tommertron writes "Gmail rolled out a host of new features today. Big improvement in the contacts list, with the ability to search it and organize messages according to contact. Also, you can now forward all incoming gmail to any email account, but, according to Google, this feature is only 'free for now.' Does this mean gmail will start charging for some features? Meanwhile, Internet News is reporting that on Monday, some gmail accounts contained an Atom link for reading your email summaries in a news reader. Also meanwhile, my decrepit Hotmail account still hasn't given me that promised 250 megabytes ..."

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  1. Oh... by tommertron · · Score: 5, Informative

    Forgot to mention that they updated the gmail notifier. New icon, and a little better. Updated automatically though, without my permission...

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  2. Re:Free now, pay later? by the_denman · · Score: 5, Informative
    they are still beta testing those features as they say here

    We're testing a new feature that lets you forward new incoming messages to any email account you want. It's free during the test and you can set it up in seconds. Even set up filters to forward only some of your messages. It's your mail. Get it the way you want it.

  3. Re:Still can't open message in a new window by StevenHenderson · · Score: 5, Informative
    I still don't understand why I can't middle click on a message to open it in a new window...

    Open the message, then click the "New Window" icon. An extra step, yes, but pretty easy.

  4. Subaddresses by sploo22 · · Score: 5, Informative

    One feature that's been there since the beginning, but apparently isn't mentioned anywhere on the site, is unlimited sub-addressing. Say I sign up for foo@gmail.com; I automatically receive mail addressed to foo+work@gmail.com, foo+urgent@gmail.com, foo+slashdot@gmail.com, or whatever I make up. Then I can filter or forward messages based on these criteria. Why isn't this nice feature getting any press?

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    1. Re:Subaddresses by morkeld · · Score: 5, Informative


      It's a handy feature but it's not just Google, see this FAQ http://www.faqs.org/faqs/mail/addressing/

      Note, from the FAQ, "Recent releases of sendmail come with this working already."

  5. How to make your own Gmail Atom feed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's been a lot of discussion on the Atom feed at InsideGoogle, including a link to make your own Gmail Atom feed if your account doesn't have a link yet. Also, some stuff here and here

  6. Re:Does it work properly/completely with Opera yet by dabraun · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, it does NOT use ActiveX - it just uses the full HTML support IE provices (dynamic HTML) - same sort of thing that makes OWA (Outlook Web Access) possible ... (probably the most impressive web email that exists - granted you need an exchange server so it's hardly fair to compare it to free mail systems)

  7. Re:Does it work properly/completely with Opera yet by Isofarro · · Score: 5, Informative
    What is with you people and thinking that Gmail is using ActiveX with IE??? IT DOES NOT USE ACTIVEX.

    The GMail interface uses HTML, with Javascript doing the DOM manipulation (as you correctly state). It also uses XmlHttpRequest to get content (such as the full email) from the server via Javascript - that's why you see your email on screen without the page reloading.

    Internet Explorer's implementation of XmlHttpRequest is done using an Active X component.

    Gmail works with the new version of Safari mainly because that version also now supports XmlHttpRequest. Opera 7.6x is starting to support XmlHttpRequest too - its buggy at the moment.