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The Top 30 New Gmail Innovations

By Caleb Garling 9:20 PM - July 5, 2011
 

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This is a godsend for anyone on a shaky Internet connection, or who uses Gmail enough to see that little “Sending…” message and feel impatient. This Labs feature simply sends you back to your Inbox while the message continues to send in the background. Simple but needed. If there is a send error (it even happens to Gmail), the a little red bar will alert you that you need to take care of the problem; however it won’t interrupt whatever message you’ve already started working on. You can take care of the problem at your leisure. If you're logged in to Gmail, click here to enable Background Send via Labs.

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Userremoved 07/10/2011 8:15 PM
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I just want it to be able to archive emails, send emails and read emails nothing else.

pinkeye 07/11/2011 8:35 AM
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What's with the Mac-only references? Less religion, more mainstream, next time please. Or is it, that Mac users need it spelled-out, while PC users actually understand 'under the hood'...?