These features can be possible, Gmail applications can be under the settings in Gmail. The new tab in the Gmail settings page offers a selection of experimental Gmail features for users to evaluate.
Here's looking into some of the new features.
Quick Links
Quick Links, making a box on the left column, gives the user with one click access to all bookmarkable URL into Gmail.
It is a kind of smart folder, so that Gmail users to navigate to any bookmarked URL on Gmail.
A click on the label and a quick search can provide the necessary URL, which can be stored in the Quick-Link. After activating this feature, the Quick Links icon appears under the label panel.
Superstars
Use Gmail stars for a variety of things, say the importance of flagging talks or discussions for the follow-up and wanted something could differentiate them.
You can now have more icons ring for Star News. Just click on the star again to switch between the different states. The feature is limited so far as possible not to search messages in which marked with a different symbol.
E-mail addicts
The feature seems ideal for e-mail addicts. Treffend called, e-mail addict, she writes "a break" feature of Gmail on their experience. E-mail addicts blocks your e-mail and chat screen after 15 minutes, while you take a cup of coffee, do some other important task, or simply relax your eyes.
The function is on the Gmail top right navigation Strip. The link you get a gray overlay on the Gmail Chat is your status on invisible, Lock out of Gmail for 15 minutes.
Photos in Gchat
Another feature called Photos of discussion you will see your friend or any person you're chatting with profile photos for the cat.
Once activated, this feature allows you to choose the icons you want to use in the "General" settings page.
Custom shortcuts
For those who find the current shortcuts offered by Gmail is not strange and intuitive, here is an option to remap.
Once enabled, a new Settings tab you can choose shortcuts for some of the most useful. For example, you can replace the "!" shortcut with the more intuitive "S" to mark messages as spam.
The mouse
The mouse lets you skip conversations during a chat. Hold the right-click the button and move the mouse left to go to a previous conversation, move it right and you go to the next conversation, or move up to get an inbox.
Other interesting features that Google needs your vote on include Custom date format that give you the opportunity to change the date and time.
Muzzle another characteristic can hide your friends status messages. Old Snakey feature allows users to activate the keyboard and press "&" on the main page to play a game of Snake.
Another you can show avatars in instant messaging Gmail, post messages to fixed width font and place before signing the quoted text. [indiatimes.com]