It had been a while since we last heard on updates on Gmail. But today, they seem to have a lot under their sleeve. They released two new features that are not only valuable but also helpful to Gmail users. These are the YouTube, Flickr and Picasa preview feature and the undo send.
The first feature, the YouTube, Flickr and Picasa preview feature, saves the users lots of time by showing the preview of the video or picture even before the user click the link in their email. This will also help users determine which of the links are more trustworthy than others. Now they can quickly decide if they want to visit the link in their email or to simply ignore it. They do not need to go through all the trouble of visiting the site they do not like in the first place. Now they can preview the image or video before visiting.
Activating this feature is simple. All you need to do is to click on the Labs tab in the Settings section and choose this feature so it will be enabled.
A suggestion by Arnold Zafra in the future is for Gmail preview to include elements outside images and videos. A preview of websites will prove to be valuable especially for those people who are constantly spammed with advertising links. This will help them discern which links should they trust and which should they ignore.
Another feature that Gmail recently released is the Undo Send feature. Utilizing a previous bug which is the slow sending of messages on Gmail, one can now undo the process given this waiting time. With this, there will be no more wrongly sent messages that just brings you more embarrassment. You can now take back your messages as you cancel it in the waiting time. The downside of this news, however, is that the sending delay in Gmail will remain which is much to the dismay of other users.
On the bright side, it is nice to see Gmail developing to help its users. I think this is something that we must look forward to especially in these times of recession.
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