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Google Labs Adds Task List to GMail

Wed, Dec 10 2008 19:57 | task list, productivity, software, google labs, gmail, google apps premier edition, google | Permalink

Wow, Google Labs just keeps adding and adding functionality to the Google stable of apps. Now you can have a task list in your GMail or Google Apps Premier Mail, made from the incoming mails you indicate. How to Enable Your GMail Task List You can enable the GMail or "GAPE" Mail Task List by visiting the Google Labs tab in your GMail settings, and enabling Tasks. Enable your Labs Tab if you have

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HTML Signatures in GMail from BlankCanvas

Sat, Nov 29 2008 18:05 | productivity, Blank Canvas, Plugin, flock, software, gmail, Signature, HTML, Firefox, BlankCanvas | Permalink

I found a very useful Firefox plugin from "Blank Canvas", that enables your GMail to have HTML signatures. Because it is a Firefox plugin, I thought it might work in Flock, and sure enough, it does. Once you install it from this page on Blank Canvas' site, and restart your browser, you can create your signature in GMail's Compose window. This had been a GreaseMonkey script but the author converted

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New Google Gadgetry in Gmail

Tue, Oct 28 2008 13:54 | productivity, google gadget, google labs, gmail | Permalink

You might have noticed a couple of new Google Labs features available in Gmail. If you have your Google Labs tab enabled, you can go there, scroll to the bottom, and check the new Google Gadget-related features out. Now you can get a Calendar view or a Docs view via Gadgets right within your Gmail, or specify any Gadget URL as well. Google moves so fast sometimes it is hard to keep up. Nice to have

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Enabling Labs Tab in Gmail

Fri, Oct 17 2008 09:57 | productivity, google labs, gmail | Permalink

If you would like to use some of the Google Labs features in Gmail but cannot find the Labs tab, you can enable it by visiting the following URL after you log in: https://mail.google.com/mail/?labs=1#settings/labs Now you can just click the Labs tab and start selecting the Labs features you want, like "Advanced IMAP Controls" to avoid downloading the entire All Mail folder. Gmail will remember you

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Save Local Disk with Gmail "Advanced IMAP Controls"

Sun, Oct 12 2008 20:54 | productivity, tutorials, tips, software, google labs, gmail, imap, google | Permalink

I outlined "Setting up Leopard Mail.app with Google Gmail IMAP" previously, and Google Labs has released a new feature for regular and Google Applications Premier Edition Gmail - Advanced IMAP Controls. This tip shows you how to avoid having to sync the GMail "All Mail" folder, thus saving a considerable amount of local hard disk space in many cases. Before enabling Google Labs features, note the caveat

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Tutorial - Setting up Leopard Mail.app with Google Gmail IMAP - The Basics

Thu, Jan 17 2008 20:11 | tutorials, filter, google mail, gmail, imap, header, articles, mail.app | Permalink

Tutorial Introduction I switched from Windows to Mac OS X Tiger on a MacBook Pro about two years ago in early 2006, and have been enjoying the experience immensely; even more so with Leopard. I purchased Entourage with Office 2004 for Mac and had been using it with my corporate Exchange server at my company eSolia, but had grown weary of the monolithic local message store, so in December 2007, I decided

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