Google Analyst Day Features New Gmail
It’s been well-known for a while that Google is readying a version 2.0 of Gmail, designed to update the four-year old email software that has been looking dated lately. At Google’s recent Analyst Day, they talked about the new version publicly for the first time, and listed some of the upcoming changes. They include:
- A new JavaScript backend for Gmail that will speed up performance, a big help for those who feel Gmail has gotten too slow.
- Email messages will be prefetched, so that when you click on them they will have already been downloaded, and will load instantly. When reading a message, you can click Next, Next, Next, and there’s no lag, speeding through a ton of messages instantly. You can even hold down the key and your mail flies by.
- A new contact manager will launch, integrating accross multiple Google products (including Docs and Calendar).
- More integration with other Google Products, such as opening email attachments in the appropriate Google Docs application.
- Looks exactly like Gmail does today, but under the hood it’s completely different.
The speaker didn’t say when it’ll launch, just that it’ll be “very soon”. - It should really shine “on the new MacBook Pros and the newest version of Safari”, taking advantage of new browser technology. Relevant information for a small market segment, but what about the rest of us?
- Uses the same text editor from Page Creator and Google Groups.
Here’s the video where he discusses it (starting around 35 minutes, ending around 41):
The screenshot above is two frames from the video, one showing the new interface is just like the old one, and one showing the new contact manager.
Some people are seeing that new version right now, so check out your Gmail account and let me know if there are any other interesting changes.
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Nada here, but then again I don’t even have IMAP added to my account yet.
Comment by xxdesmus | October 29, 2007
Following has updated on my gmail account. I think it should be available for anyone.
- Contact Manager
- Chat Sidebar Gadget is always visible now.
- The “Loading” sign has been moved to the middle of the screen. Yellow colour instead of red.
- Little bit slow.
Comment by Dileep | October 30, 2007
I always get these updates really slow. I just got the IMAP capabilities not too long ago. Anyway, I can’t wait for the updates, but I definitely don’t think Gmail looks dates. To me, it’s still years ahead of everything else on the market. Now, Thunderbird … it looks dated.
My only question is when will Google contacts sync with my iPhone? Hopefully, soon.
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when do GOOGLE APPS CUSTOMERS get the new UI updates?!!!!!!!
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