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Gmail improves interface a little bit

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Maybe in a few hours, gmail's interface looks different. When I logged in one second ago, my eyes told me there's something different: the Buttons.

Gmail improved interface

To recall the memory to compare, I have to google the old interface out:

Gmail old interface

The buttons in new interface look more compact, beautiful. Not ugly grey buttons any more  (those in screenshot above are styled by Vista theme, but in Windows classic theme, they are like this: Gmail old button).

They are also separated into 3 groups: simple button, drop down list, more action.
The change improved usability. I like it.

Tips: Note that there is a "Mark as read" button in first screenshot.
It can be enabled by a plug-in in "Setting -> Labs -> Mark as Read Button". Small function, but really handy.

Powerful google tools

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

When checking email in gmail, I found the intro of  how to use gmail with my own domain. That's pretty cool. I did it immediately and I have my email account with my own domain name based on gmail system. Not only the email, but also documents share, calender... More applications can be widely used. You can build the intranet for small business at a very low cost even free. What a wonderful solution! Someday we can just work online with a web browser. I think it will be true.