Gmail Podcast

Category: Appearance

  • Disable Conversations

    Staying away from Gmail because you don’t like threaded messages (aka conversations?) Sponsored by GotoAssist Express. Try it free for 30 days. I tell lots of people about Gmail and by far, the biggest reason I’ve heard that some people don’t like is that all the messages are threaded. All messages, replies, and replies to…

  • Priority Inbox

    Sponsored by GotoAssist Express – Try it free for 30 days Gmail is attempting to make your email easier to sort through by releasing a feature called Priority Inbox. I have to admit, at first I was skeptical of how this feature would work since I’m one of those people who generally keep their inbox…

  • Make Calls, Calendar Update, Double Sent Mail

    Try GotoAssist free for 30 days Make Voice Calls Good news for Gmail users. Gmail has enabled voice calling from within Gmail. Now you can use your computer’s microphone and speakers (or a USB headset if you like) to make outgoing calls for free in U.S. or Canada and very inexpensive calls many other countries.…

  • User Interface Update – Aug 2010

    Sponsored by GotoAssist.com. Try it free for 30 days If you’re a regular Gmail Podcast listener, you’ll notice that I recently updated the Contacts and Groups podcast to be more accurate with the current user interface. That was done just in time for Google to update the interface one more time. While most of the…

  • Rich Format Signatures

    Try GotoAssist Free for 30 days. At long last, Gmail has provided a simple way to include different fonts, images, links and more to your signature. Previously this was done using Google Docs and some other tricks. Now you can simply go to Settings, scroll down to the Signature section, and format your signature just…

  • Contextual Apps and Calendar Update

    Try GotoAssist Express free for 30 days This past week Microsoft announced several additions to Hotmail in order to better compete with Gmail. Â No, I am not changing this from the Gmail Podcast to the Hotmail Podcast. We Gmail users snickered because many of these features like conversation view, and one-click filtering have been…

  • Gmail for iPad

    Although I don’t have an iPad (yet), I find the Gmail mobile app for the Apple iPad compelling. This two column interface resembles the preview pane of Microsoft Outlook (which I use all the time.) It makes me wonder if the standard web browser interface will have this option soon or if it is better…

  • Themes

    This show is sponsored by Citrix GotoAssist Express. Try it free for 30 days. This episode is another in our getting started series with Gmail. This time I’ll cover a way to change the appearance of your Gmail interface without changing the functionality. Gmail calls these themes; other systems might call this “skinning” because you’re…

  • Default Text Styling and Free Holiday Card

    This episode is sponsored by GotoAssist Express. Try it FREE for 30 days at http://gotoassist.com/techpodcast Want to put a little flair in your email? Want to get away from the standard font that everyone else is using in their Gmail messages? Try the labs feature called Default Text Styling. Like other labs features, you can…

  • Gmail Notifiers Compared

    Try GotoAssist Express Free for 30 days at http://gotoassist.com/techpodcast Using webmail makes sense. It’s easy to access from any computer, and you don’t need to worry about installing and maintaing software, but the drawback is you have to keep a browser window open to know when you have email. The solution to this is to…