Tag: e-mail

Gmail Labs rolls out Message Sneak Peek and Nested Labels

More Gmail Labs goodies. First up is the Message Sneak Peek which when enabled, lets you preview a message without having to open them first. There is either a keyboard shortcut (‘h’) or you can right-click. Strangely enough, this only worked in Firefox for me and not Chrome. Next is the much desired and anticipated… Continue reading Gmail Labs rolls out Message Sneak Peek and Nested Labels

Mozilla releases version 3 of Thunderbird e-mail client

If you’re an e-mail client user, then you should consider Mozilla’s latest version of Thunderbird (version 3) released this week. New features include tabs a la Firefox (and other web browsers), better integration with Gmail, a new archiving feature, and more. Open-source Thunderbird 3 is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

Mozilla Labs’ Raindrop project aims to cut through e-mail clutter

Do you get too much e-mail, whose volume has grown significantly in recent times due to social networking notifications from the likes of Facebook & Twitter? How do you sort it out and quickly? Filters? Folders? Those methods may be doing the trick right now, but Mozilla Labs is working on a different approach –… Continue reading Mozilla Labs’ Raindrop project aims to cut through e-mail clutter

Yahoo! Mail still #1, but for how much longer?

Image via CrunchBase ComScore shows Yahoo Mail is still the world’s leader in e-mail services, but the bad news (for Yahoo) is that Google’s Gmail is the fastest growing service. Hotmail is still #2, and AOL just slipped to #4 after Gmail who leapfrogged them to go to #3. Four years ago when we sized… Continue reading Yahoo! Mail still #1, but for how much longer?

Gmail’s 2 latest features: Translation and Import from other accounts

Gmail has 2 cool new features. The first can be really useful for those of us who frequently get e-mail from all over the world – language translation. Just head into your Gmail Labs section, look for Message Translation and enable. Messages in foreign languages will now have a link to translate. I was surprised… Continue reading Gmail’s 2 latest features: Translation and Import from other accounts

Gmail Labs now has an insert image feature

Thank you, thank you Gmail Labs team. There is now a new Labs feature that lets you insert images directly into e-mails you compose within Gmail. While it’s not something I use that often, when I do, I spend waaaay too much time trying to get images inserted. Don’t know about Gmail Labs? Oh, you’re… Continue reading Gmail Labs now has an insert image feature

New free Webmail service – GMX.com

There’s a new kid on the Webmail block – GMX.com. GMX Internet Services, Inc. claims to have over 10 million Internet mail accounts, and has attracted 100,000 users in the beta testing of their new webmail service. Built with a lot of AJAX features, the GMX interface resembles Outlook and Hotmail more than Gmail or… Continue reading New free Webmail service – GMX.com