Category Archives: Google Gmail

Steven Schofield noticed a strange Gmail bug: attachments use more storage than they should. For example, one of my Gmail accounts used 1567 MB of storage. I composed a new message, attached a file that had about 8.42 MB and saved it as a draft. Gmail’… Continue reading →

Ever since Google launched a new version of Gmail, back in 2007, some people wondered why Gmail’s address includes a parameter called “shva”.”Just curious, what does the SHVA parameter in the new gmail URL stand for? Is it an acronym? I’m not really as… Continue reading →

Gmail added one of the most frequently requested features: rich text signatures. If you go to the settings page, you can edit your signature and change text formatting, add links and images. You can only create a rich text signature if you enable rich … Continue reading →

Grouping messages in conversations is one of the most useful Gmail features. It’s also one of the few features that made Gmail unique and innovative back in 2004, when it was released.(the “about Gmail” page from April 2004)”Gmail groups all replies wi… Continue reading →

Computer World reports that many of the upcoming Gmail features will use HTML5. Adam de Boor, a Gmail engineer, said that Google’s goal is to make Gmail load in less than a second.”If the browser supports CSS3, Gmail will render the pages using these s… Continue reading →

Apple’s iOS 4 (iPhone OS 4) added an important missing feature: a way to save your notes online. If you add an IMAP mail account like Gmail or Yahoo Mail and enable the notes feature, you can create notes that are saved to your email account.For Gmail,… Continue reading →

Gmail’s contact cards, which show up when you mouse over the sender of a message or a Gmail Chat contact, have a new interface. Action buttons are displayed at the bottom of the card and you can no longer edit the name of a contact inline. When you cli… Continue reading →

This is the second Chrome-only feature in Gmail, after inserting images using drag and drop. If you open the compose page or a conversation in a new window, Gmail uses some tricks to load the new page fast. The downside is that you can’t close the init… Continue reading →