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Google Video Chat – In Gmail
Jul 1st
Google video chat is one of the cool Google/Gmail things I don’t use, but I’m sure most of you aren’t too lazy to go out and get the required gear (watch the video) to get starting video chatting on your own! I’ve got a friend who video chats with his mom overseas (pretty sure he uses Skype, but its the the same idea), and I’ve got family in 2 states I could video chat with because they live far away.
Often when I tell people that I work on Google video chat, I hear stories about how they’ve used it to give a video tour of a new home to friends, introduce a baby to relatives, keep in touch with traveling loved ones… the list goes on. This got me thinking about how convenient— and sometimes even magical — the experience of video chatting is.
- Gmail blog (link below)
Check out the Grandmother’s guide to video chat on the Gmail blog for more info and find out how to get a t-shirt, printable guide and VHS of the video.
GOOGLE VIDEO CHAT
Gmail Chat and Labels Get New Home
Sep 20th
I like that Google continues to innovate and try to improve things, and today I read New in Labs: Right-side Labels and Chat where Emily Chang, a Gmail Engineer, unveils a cool new Gmail feature in Gmail Labs – Right-side Labels and Chat which lets you set your labels and/or your chat window to the right hand side of Gmail.
Gmail Right-side Settings
The other day I’d read New in Labs: 3 experiments with labels and enabled Navbar drag and drop which lets you arrange your NavBar. I was a bit disappointed at its lack of flexibility, but today I’ve happily turned it off and enabled both Right-side chat and Right-side labels. Give it a shot… Login to Gmail, click Settings, then the Labs tab, then scroll down and click enable by both or either of these features you want to turn on, then click Save changes at the bottom.
Anyway, now my Gmail looks like this:
Gmail with Labels and Chat on Right side
Oh, and if you want a quick read on Gmail Redesigned above, check out Lifehacker’s Google Redesigned Facelifts Gmail and GCal, just keep in mind if you visit during the the Globex Designs site during day and can’t get the site, try visiting the site again at night.
