Category: Gmail Tips and Tricks



Play a game of Snake in Gmail

Posted on: Wednesday, Mar 16, 2011

Yes, you read it right!  You can play a game of Old Snakey on Gmail. 
1. First, click on Settings (top right corner).
2. Select ‘Keyboard shortcuts on’.
3. Click on ‘Save Changes’.
Now you are ready to unlock a special version of the classic arcade game Snake.
1. Once again, click on Settings.
2. Select the Labs tab.
3. Scroll down the page [...]

Stop sent messages being delivered!

Posted on: Sunday, Mar 13, 2011

Have you ever sent a message and then realised that you made a mistake?  Well, if you do this in Gmail, all is not lost, you still have a chance to stop it from being delivered:
1. Click on ‘Settings’ in the top right corner.
2. Go into Google Labs and enable the option ‘Undo Send’.
3. Click [...]

Do you hate the way Gmail bunches emails together?

Posted on: Friday, Mar 11, 2011

If you have just answered yes to this question, there is a simple solution.  All you have to do is turn off  ‘Conversation View’.  Gmail’s conversation view groups all replies to an email in one message, effectively ‘threading’ them together.  However, this drives some people crazy. If you are one of those irked by this feature, just follow [...]

Log out of gmail remotely

Posted on: Monday, Mar 7, 2011

Have you ever left work, suddenly panic stricken by the notion that you didn’t log out of your private gmail account?  What happens if the boss discovers it or worse still, a colleague has a nosey through your stuff?  Well worry no more!  It is possible to log out of gmail remotely, just follow the [...]

Sign into two Gmail accounts at once!

Posted on: Sunday, Mar 6, 2011

Although Gmail is relatively  new compared to Hotmail and Yahoo Mail, 10 years younger to be exact, in its few short years it has managed to become one of the most popular webmails of the day and has easily become the email of choice for many users.  And I have to admit, I’m amongst its fans. Yes, I [...]











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