Tasty New Gmail Labels
So, I signed in to my Gmail account this evening and something didn't feel right. Something almost imperceptible had changed.
After squinting at my inbox for a spell, I realised that Gmail's status message block had moved to a new spot and was sporting a new pastel shade.
Digging around the interface some more, I noticed that I could now assign colours to my various labels which would then be reflected on the message itself. Very Mac OS label-like in its application, and very, very nice.
I know Google has a habit of rolling out Gmail updates in an almost haphazard fashion. Even though I haven't come across any mention of them on the Interweb, I'm sure label colours have been around for some time - appearing first on the accounts of a handful of randomly selected Gmail users and gradually being rolled out to others.
I don't care if I am late to the party. I love pleasant little surprises like that. It was unexpected and a nice little treat. Thank you Gmail. My important messages are easier to find and my inbox looks much prettier now.
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Notes
- Nice Nike Football ad from Madonna's better half.
- Top marks for the realigned BBC News website, bringing it more in line with the lovely new, jQuery driven, BBC homepage.
Beautiful full-screen image browsing served up by the snazzy PicLens plug-in. Impressive, though practicality is debatable.- Yahoo shifts to search the
semantic web
. Potentially huge, and very welcome news for usstandards nuts
. 
The Coke Zero Game. Latest masterpiece from the infuriatingly talented North Kingdom.
It's sites like the Red Bull Flight Lab that remind you what Flash is for. Brilliant application and an awful lot of fun.- Rejoice! The new Indiana Jones trailer has finally made an appearance. Can't wait.
- Help the Email Standards Project get Google's attention in the hope they will finally improve Gmail's awful rendering of HTML email.
- Awesome panoramic view of the Airbus A380 cockpit interior. This is the super-future.
- Excellent article from accessibility supremo Roger Johansson on how inappropriate, or overuse, of HTML features meant to aid accessibility can actually have the opposite effect.
ljar
25 April, 2008
I seem to have gotten some version of this update but I just have a new location and pastel shade to my “loading” box… nothing loads. I cannot open emails though I can delete them. I have to use the older version to read. I am bummed. Any ideas?
kitsimons
27 April, 2008
Hi Ijar. There’s definitely some performance/stability issues with this newer version. My browser hangs occasionally when moving between different folders (usually from the inbox to spam folder).
Aside from using the older version, I think it’s a case of waiting for Google to iron out the bugs, I’m afraid…