Life with Gmail http://gmailkeeper.com/blog Blog of the Gmail Keeper software developer Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:43:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The gmail new look is not clear I was traveling  in the past weeks, after coming back, the first thing I noticed after logging in  Gmail web (the Google Apps version) is the opportunity to switch to the new Gmail look before Google forces all of us to do that.

Some of the UI design of the new look seems to be [...]]]> http://gmailkeeper.com/blog/2011/11/gmail/the-gmail-new-look-is-not-clear/ You can backup Gmail chat logs with Gmail Keeper now! A good news! You can backup your chat logs in Gmail now with Gmail Keeper!

To do that, the first step is to enable IMAP access for your chats (this was not possible not long ago), illustrated in the following screenshot.

 

Then, in the backup settings window in Gmail Keeper, you must set [...]]]> http://gmailkeeper.com/blog/2011/09/gmail-chats-backup/you-can-backup-gmail-chat-logs-with-gmail-keeper-now/ Gmail is going to have a new look! Preview the forth coming new look of Gmail in this blog post,  it looks more beautiful than the current one, while still being clean and simple. Can’t wait to see it.

]]> http://gmailkeeper.com/blog/2011/07/gmail/gmail-is-going-to-have-a-new-look/ Gmail two-step verification and Gmail Keeper Recently I got a problem report fro ma Gmail Keeper user who want to backup his email and labels with Gmail Keeper, he’s having problem to get Gmail Keeper work. After some investigation he found that that’s because he have the gmail two-step verification enabled.

So if you have the two-step verification enabled for your [...]]]> http://gmailkeeper.com/blog/2011/06/gmail-backup/gmail-two-step-verification-and-gmail-keeper/ Google calendar new feature – let others check your availability and book appointments Google calendar now allows you to show others your available time and let them book appointments online.

How it works:

Basically, you’ll have to first in Google calendar create time blocks you’d be available; You can then embed the ‘appointment slots’ in your website, blog, or send the link directly to your clients or friends; Your [...]]]> http://gmailkeeper.com/blog/2011/06/google-calendar-backup/google-calendar-new-feature-let-others-check-your-availability-and-book-appointments/ New improvement of Gmail chat A quick note – according to the official Gmail blog, in Gmail chat now you can chat with AIM users without a AIM screenname, and you can directly type an AIM screen name to start chatting (screenshot below).

However, Google still doesn’t provide an API for accessing Gmail chats yet, that’s the improvement of Gmail [...]]]> http://gmailkeeper.com/blog/2011/05/gmail-chats-backup/new-improvement-of-gmail-chat/ Now you can store more contacts in Gmail! According to the latest Gmail blog post, now you can:

Store much more contact items in your Gmail account (from 10K to 25K); Add more notes or custom fields to each contact item.

Well, I myself don’t need that much space for storing my contacts data, but some of you [...]]]> http://gmailkeeper.com/blog/2011/05/gmail-contacts-backup/now-you-can-store-more-contacts-in-gmail/ Speed up Gmail sending with the “Background send” lab

I want every operations fast when I’m using my computer, especially those day-to-day operations, for example, sending emails.

Sending emails in Gmail can be faster

Gmail is already quite fast, but it can be faster – when you click the Send button you’ll have to wait for a little while (half of second to [...]]]> http://gmailkeeper.com/blog/2011/04/gmail-tips-and-tricks/speed-up-gmail-sending-with-the-background-send-lab/ Gmail now displays long labels better Do you have long labels in Gmail? I do, because I use the ‘nested label‘ feature in Gmail.

But, previously,  long labels are not displayed very nice in Gmail (screenshot taken from the official Gmail blog):

 

But now things are getting better, long Gmail labels will be shortened when displaying in the conversations view in [...]]]> http://gmailkeeper.com/blog/2011/04/gmail-backup/gmail-now-displays-long-labels-better/ My Windows system backup tool choice – Paragon Backup & Recovery Free Version Back in 2009, I bought Acronis True Image Home, and at that time I used it to backup my system drive (C:\), so that if in case my Windows crashes and can’t start up, I can qukckly restore my Windows system, and most importantly, as well as [...]]]> http://gmailkeeper.com/blog/2011/03/other-backup-software-review/acronis-true-image-home-vs-paragon-backup-recovery-freeware/