Gmail has a lightweight, minimalist design (on a laptop or PC) and
most of the screen is taken up by the inbox.
At one time you couldn’t view the inbox and an email at the same time, but a new ‘labs’ feature splits the view horizontally or vertically with the inbox in one half and the current email in the other.
Folders for organising messages aren’t supported but instead you attach labels, such as work, personal and family. Clicking a label lists all the messages tagged with it. It’s merely a different way of organising and viewing email, and arguably more effective.
It takes a bit of getting used to, but if you know the right commands to enter into the search box, you can do some clever filtering that isn’t possible with rival services.
There are many different ways to view email and the default shows messages in date order. Priority inbox puts at the top messages Gmail thinks are important
, and this works well.
Gmail can automatically sort messages by content into primary, social, promotions, updates and forums and these are accessible on tabs. It’s nice to have lots of different ways of viewing email.
There are interface themes for web browsers, and an option to use any image you like for the background. The interface on Android and iOS is slightly different, but well designed and easy to use.
Some people don’t like the way Google matches ads with email contents and the flood of spam predicted by some when Google+ was integrated never materialised. In fact, Gmail is top notch when it comes to filtering out spam.
Email from other accounts can be collected and contacts imported, so switching to Gmail is painless. There are more configuration options than most services and overall, it’s an excellent service which we highly recommend.
At one time you couldn’t view the inbox and an email at the same time, but a new ‘labs’ feature splits the view horizontally or vertically with the inbox in one half and the current email in the other.
Folders for organising messages aren’t supported but instead you attach labels, such as work, personal and family. Clicking a label lists all the messages tagged with it. It’s merely a different way of organising and viewing email, and arguably more effective.
It takes a bit of getting used to, but if you know the right commands to enter into the search box, you can do some clever filtering that isn’t possible with rival services.
There are many different ways to view email and the default shows messages in date order. Priority inbox puts at the top messages Gmail thinks are important
, and this works well.
Gmail can automatically sort messages by content into primary, social, promotions, updates and forums and these are accessible on tabs. It’s nice to have lots of different ways of viewing email.
There are interface themes for web browsers, and an option to use any image you like for the background. The interface on Android and iOS is slightly different, but well designed and easy to use.
Some people don’t like the way Google matches ads with email contents and the flood of spam predicted by some when Google+ was integrated never materialised. In fact, Gmail is top notch when it comes to filtering out spam.
Email from other accounts can be collected and contacts imported, so switching to Gmail is painless. There are more configuration options than most services and overall, it’s an excellent service which we highly recommend.
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