Today when I logged in at my gmail I noticed a new feature of dragging and dropping your messages to labels. You can also drag labels on to messages in order to label a specific message….now that is cool! Here are new changes:
Labels moved up in the sidebar:
Labels have been moved up to a new location on the left of inbox. Previously labels had their own section but now labels are above chat list, grouped together with Inbox, Drafts, Chats and other system labels.
Hide or show your labels:
Labels are more controlled now. You have the option to hide or show your labels. Currently gmail is only showing your mostly used labels. If you need to see any other label just press more to go to that label. I feel this was much more required as previously they were occupying lots of space and you really don’t visit every label each day.
You can color, rename, delete or hide a label by just pressing a small arrow on left of that label. So this provides a quick customization of labels.
Drag n Drop:
You can now drag messages into labels, simply as you do in your outlook to move your messages to folders. This drag and drop also labels and archives in one step.
You can drag labels onto messages as well. It’s the same thing as using the “Label” button. In order to label any message, just select the message and then drag and drop the label.
You can also drag label onto more to hide it or vice versa.
Here is what gmail blog thinks on these changes:
All of these changes also mean the end of Right-side Labels, an experimental Gmail Labs feature. This is the first Labs feature we’re retiring. (The idea behind Labs was always that things could break or disappear at any time or they might work so well that they become regular features. More on that soon…) Now that labels aren’t in their own little box and take up much less space, moving them around the screen didn’t seem as important. We realize quite a few of you used and liked Right-side Labels, so if you feel strapped for left nav screen real estate without it, try turning on Right-side Chat in Labs instead.
