How To Enable Gmail Preview Pane

Gmail has got new layout, there is now a preview pane option in Labs. With this cool new feature included in Gmail users can now get  two-pane view which displays the email list as well as the currently selected message in either horizontal(New Yahoo mail like) or vertical split(iPad-like) view.

Steps to Enable Gmail Preview Pane

1. Sign-in into your Gmail account.
2. Goto Gmail Setting –> Click Labs section.
3. Search for Preview Pane.

4. Click on Enable radio button and hit Save Changes.

5. Once you’ve enabled it, there will be a new button on top of the email list which will enable you to activate the vertical split or horizontal split and switch between the full list view and the split view.

6. That’s it .The currently selected message will be displayed in full to the right or below the email list.

And by default, messages previewed in the pane are marked as read after three seconds. 

 

How To Schedule Mails In Gmail: Send Email in Future

                 Even though social networking has taken over the use of E-mails, but there are a lot of tasks that can only be done with the use of e-mails like sending an application to your higher officials or simply remind someone or yourself by mailing and many other stuffs.
Now, the most used e-mail service is Gmail. But, What Gmail doesn’t support is Scheduling of Emails on a future date and time that you specify. Now, to get this support, you have to install a simple extension/add-on for your browser (Google Chrome or Mozilla firefox) called as Right Inbox.

Install and Setup Send Later on Gmail

All you have to do is, Go to their official site and install Right Inbox on your browser. After installation, restart is required in case of Firefox browser else just open your Gmail account in new tab. You will be greeted with the welcome message saying “Right Inbox for Gmail is ready!” and while composing message- You get a new button called “Send Later” in Gmail interface itself. 




Not only that but also when you click on the Send Later option while sending email you’ll see that you even have some predefined timeline with ability to choose your own specific date or timeline. Yes, you can choose from 1-4 Hours or say tomorrow morning or noon or simply specify timings to send Mail.



I hope that its quite easy to setup and get it to working. As of now, service is offered for free but soon, they might start charging you for using Send Later Gmail Services.

5 Essential Gmail Labs Feature That Should Be Enabled By Default

Fifty-two. That is the number of Features that are available in Gmail Labs to improve our experience in e-mail from Google. And we have everything from things that are merely aesthetic to others that are most useful and should be incorporated without selecting anything.
We will discuss five Gmail Lab Features that should be enabled by default, without having to go to turn them by hand. As in any selection, the choices have a subjective component. But based on my experience, I chose those I found most useful in day to day and I think they should be of general use.
Remember that to do so, you are going to Settings (click on gear button at the top right) and from there, you can click on Labs.

1. Undo sending

 

What it does : It gives us a second chance before finally sending the message. So if, we’re sending it to wrong recipient or need review of the message typed, we can always stop the sending before it occurs.
Why activate it : Have you sent that mail  to the wrong person? Unless you’re very confused, this feature usually not used. But when you do, you will realize how useful it is.

2. Reply to All by default

 

What it does : the name itself says. When we are in a conversation with several people, we need not expand the list to select reply to all, but this is the default and must choose from the list if we want to answer a single person.
Why activate it : To avoid typical of being in a conversation, To answer several threads and believing that one person has answered them all. For very little conversation between several people, once you test it, you realize how comfortable it is.

3. Preview Message (Sneak Peak)

 

What it does : Pressing the right mouse button in a message, it shows a window with the content without having to open it.
Why enable : Enables faster review what we get without having to open the message and then return to the inbox. Very useful especially for notifications and newsletters, to see if it’s worth reading them thoroughly enter or simply discarded. For discussions, we can move through all messages.

4. “Mark as read” Button

 

What it does : The option to mark a message as read without opening it is hidden within the ‘More’ button. This feature appears as a single button that appears at the time we select one or more messages.
Why activate it : Like everything else, depends on the method of work which each one and how much of notifications or receive messages. I at least get enough and this feature saves me a click and it makes me more comfortable the process of marking as read what they are simple notifications or newsletters that need answering.

5. Background Send

 

What it does : Just give the command “send”, we return to the inbox without having to wait for the message is sent.
Why activate it : Again for saving time. Instead of waiting for an end to send the message, we can continue checking our inbox and answering other emails. This can be useful when attachment is taking long time to upload and you can’t leave the page even after pressing “Send” button.
These are my picks. I have enabled a few more, but I think these are the ones that should be incorporated as standard and recommended for everyone using Gmail. Yes, you can have your say if you want to name any other Gmail Lab Feature which I may have missed.