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2008-09-05Comms & Meetings
New Gmail code base available for Internet Explorer 6 users
Users of Internet Explorer 6 can now access a new Gmail code base that provides significant performance improvements and new features, including colored labels, group chat, an updated contact manager, and remote sign out.
Release: Rapid • Rapid: 2008-09-05 -
2008-08-13Comms & Meetings
Gmail simplifies access to contacts when composing messages.
When composing a message in Gmail, users can now click the 'To:', 'Cc:', or 'Bcc:' links to quickly access their contact list, replacing the previous 'Choose from contacts' link. This feature requires contact sharing to be enabled in the control panel.
Rapid: 2008-08-13 -
2008-07-17Comms & Meetings
Gmail introduces 'My Contacts' and 'Suggested Contacts' to better organize email contacts.
Gmail has updated its contact management system by introducing 'My Contacts' and 'Suggested Contacts'. Contacts added manually, imported, or those with whom the user has had several correspondences are saved in 'My Contacts'. People with fewer email exchanges are automatically added to 'Suggested Contacts', and users have the option to move these individuals to 'My Contacts' at any time.
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2008-05-30Comms & Meetings
Gmail adds support for 8 new languages
Gmail has expanded its interface language support to include eight new languages: Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil, and Telugu. Users can update their preferred language by navigating to the 'Settings' menu within Gmail.
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2008-04-04Comms & Meetings
Google Email Uploader is now available to import local emails and contacts into Gmail.
The Google Email Uploader tool allows users to import messages and contacts stored locally in Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, and Thunderbird into Gmail. This feature is available for Standard, Premier, Education, and Partner Editions in US English.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2008-04-04 • Scheduled: 2008-04-04 -
2008-03-21Comms & Meetings
Gmail introduces a new codebase with a faster interface and several new features.
Google has released a faster, more flexible codebase for Gmail for Google Apps users. This update provides a faster user interface and introduces several new features, including browser-based group chat, a streamlined contact manager, colored message labels, improved keyboard shortcuts, and the ability to bookmark messages and searches.
Release: Both • Scheduled: 2008-03-21 -
2008-02-23Comms & Meetings
Gmail adds support for the Malay language.
Gmail has expanded its language support to include Malay. Users can access this update by signing into Gmail, clicking 'Settings', and selecting their preferred interface language.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2008-02-23 -
2007-12-07Comms & Meetings
Gmail Mobile application expands support to more phone models.
The Gmail Mobile application now supports most Java-enabled phones, in addition to many smartphones and BlackBerry devices, allowing a wider range of mobile devices to access Gmail.
Release: Rapid • Rapid: 2007-12-07 -
2007-11-20Comms & Meetings
Gmail in-browser chat now supports group chats, emoticons, and in-line media previews.
Users utilizing Gmail's browser-based chat feature can now engage in multi-user group chats, include emoticons in their messages, and view media such as YouTube videos directly within the chat window.
Release: Rapid