Users Invited to Test New Gmail Features

Google is inviting users to test thirteen new Gmail features by adding a new Labs option next to the Web-clips option in the Gmail Settings page.

Reportedly, Gmail Product Manager, Keith Coleman, said the idea was to make Gmail more flexible, get users' feedback, and include popular features in it. Coleman said they would open-up integration of third-party codes with Gmail and enhance its interface for better performance. Currently, only Google engineers can code features to be listed under Labs.

Here's a snapshot of some of the new features:

Specific Gmail messages can be bookmarked with a quick-link tool

Mail can be labeled with custom stars using the Superstars feature

Email accounts can lockout after fifteen minutes using "email addict" tool

Messages can be viewed within a fixed-width font

User signatures can be automatically placed before quoted text in email replies using signature tweaks

Buddies' status can be hidden in your list using muzzle tool

Navigation can be done with mouse movements using mouse gestures

Keyboard shortcuts can be customized