Here are a few tips to working faster and better with Gmail:
Compose in a New Window
Pressing [Shift] brings up a new window for composing provided your pop-up blocker is off or configured to allow Gmail pop-ups. For example, when you press [Shift] and click on ‘Compose Mail‘, a new window pops up for composition. You can also use [Shift] with ‘Reply‘, ‘Reply All‘ and ‘Forward‘.
Secure Gmail Session
If you are very conscience about your security, you can have a secure session with Gmail if you login using https://gmail.google.com.
Returning to the Inbox
To return to the Inbox, you can, of course, click on the ‘Inbox‘ link on the left-hand side, of if you’re in coversation view, click on the ‘Back to Inbox‘ link above the conversation.
There is a green ‘Inbox‘ label text next to the subject. You can also click the Gmail logo, a much larger target, to go back to the inbox. Clicking on the logo, the ‘Inbox‘ link, or the ‘Refresh‘ link will refresh the ‘Inbox’ with the latest messages received.
Shortcuts for Sending
While sending a mail to another Gmailer, you can just enter the username in the ‘To‘, ‘Cc‘ or ‘Bcc‘ area. There’s no need to include ‘@gmail.com’.
If your email address is firstname.lastname@gmail.com, and now if you wish you didn’t have the period, you’re in luck. Gmail treats that email address the same as one without a period and vice-versa. So firstnamelastname@gmail.com works the same as firstname.lastname@gmail.com. Gmail also does not bother about capitilisation too.
Searching for Names
In Gmail, ‘or‘ is not the same as ‘OR‘. Only the capitalised version will work with searches. Also, the actual search terms are not case-sensitive. “sur” works just as good as “Sur“. But it is important to note that the search engine of Gmail does not search partial words. So ‘Sur‘ will not find ‘Suresh‘.
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