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galaga I'm not yet sure how I feel about the new default theme. Anyone else? -
humano If it's new, it's going to take some time to adjust to it. But so long as they don't shift around the UI too much, this looks to be a spiffy upgrade. I like the green-on-black skin the most i think.
Gmail Themes
Google Operating System —
Following the footsteps of Google's personalized homepage, Gmail added themes. Once the new option is enabled in your account, you'll find a tab named "Themes" in the settings page and you'll be able to choose from 30 themes. "We wanted to go beyond simple color customization, so out of the 30 odd themes we're launching today, there's a shiny theme with chrome styling, another one that turns your inbox into a retro notepad, nature themes that change scenery over time, weather driven themes that can rain on your mailbox, and fun characters to keep you in good company," mentions ...
Hate The Way Gmail Looks? Now You Can Change It
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... , Nov 19, 2008 04:09 PM [image] The one thing about using "cloud" services that can be a bummer is the lack of customization offered by some. Case-in-point, the user interface of Gmail allows users to make minor tweaks to how Gmail functions, but you can't really shake things up and change the colors, or fonts, or templates. Well, now you can. Google just announced that it is finally offering themes to Gmail users. It writes in a blog post : Gmail fans have been building unofficial extensions to spice up their inboxes for a while, but up til now themes haven't been an integral ...
Gmail Gets Trendy New Themes!
GeekSugar —
... ? OK, multiply that by 1,000, and I give you the sleek new themes for Gmail. Just launched today, there are already 30 different themes to choose from — ranging from nature themes to shiny and chrome-style themes. Google has given Gmail a little makeover with crisper and cleaner lines (it reminds me of Google reader). To spice up your email, go to the themes section in settings and you should see the new themes. And if you don't see them, keep checking back and they should appear sometime within the next few days! ...
Google Rolling Out Gmail Themes
Google Watch —
... guru Marissa Mayer in Manhattan this past summer. These digitally-rendered masterpieces proved popular because users could leverage the palettes from real artists to liven their iGoogle pages.
To customize your inbox, go to a new "Themes" tab under settings. Do you see it there yet? I don't. Gmail engineer Annie Chen said Google will be rolling out the Themes feature to all users over the next few days.
Here's a group shot of 18 of the themes (very colorful) and Chen writes:
...There's a shiny theme with chrome styling, another one that turns ...
Gmail Gets Themes
ReadWriteWeb —
... that could bring some more excitement to the standard Gmail theme. Today, however, Google itself announced that will be rolling out over 30 different themes for Gmail in the next couple of days. ...
Gmail Brings Style And Color To Your Account
WebProNews Feed —
... 30 new themes Google has introduced a slew of new themes and colors to Gmail that allow users to customize the look and feel they want. The Official Gmail Blog gives more details. "Gmail fans have been building unofficial extensions to spice up their inboxes for a while, but up til now themes haven't been an integral part of Gmail.""We wanted to go beyond simple color customization, so out of the 30 odd themes we're launching today, there's a shiny theme with chrome styling, another one that turns your inbox into a retro notepad, nature themes that change scenery over time, ...
More cosmetic delights for Gmail: themes
Webware.com —
... On Wednesday, Google launched themes for Gmail, a feature that lets people customize the appearance of the Webmail application with a variety of new looks. Google is gradually rolling out the new feature to Gmail members "over the next couple of days," said Gmail team member Annie Chen. ...
Google's Gmail Gets Dressed Up In Themes
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
Google on Wednesday released a set of themes for Gmail, offering consumers using its Web e-mail service a chance to personalize their messaging environment. "Gmail fans have been building unofficial extensions to spice up their inboxes for a while, but up 'til now themes haven't been an integral part of Gmail," said Gmail engineer Annie Chen in a blog post . "We wanted to go beyond simple color customization, so out of the 30 odd themes we're launching today, there's a shiny theme with chrome styling, another one that turns your inbox into a retro notepad, nature themes that ...
Gmail gets Themes
The Inquisitr » Technology —
... According to Annie Chen on the Gmail Blog, the Gmail team wanted to “go beyond simple color customization” so “there’s a shiny theme with chrome styling, another one that turns your inbox into a retro notepad, nature themes that change scenery over time, weather driven themes that can rain on your mailbox, and fun characters to keep you in good company.” ...
Gmail Rolls Out Themes
Google Blogoscoped —
... here that Google’s web mail client Gmail might get themes, like a black-and-green terminal view, and the waiting time seems to be over soon – Google announced they’ve started to roll out this feature. While I don’t see it in my Gmail yet (the screenshots in this post are courtesy of Andris and Google), it’s supposed to be added to a ...
Gmail Gets Colorful [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network —
... Gmail, long a favorite of the Web Worker, has seen its share of upgrades and enhancements over the years, but the overall interface has generally remained static. That’s about to change as the official Gmail Blog announced the addition of color and theme options to jazz up your Gmail inbox. ...
Gmail Looks Better and Less Geeky Now With Themes
Profy —
... The latest buzz from Google is the newly-launched Gmail themes that allow every user to choose exactly how your Gmail application will look like in your browser. Also Gmail team has rolled out a slight change in the overall default application interface that features a little different colors. But when on a normal day new interface for Gmail could be a hot topic for the day, today people don’t even mention it with the new Gmail Themes introduced being big news. ...
Spice up your inbox with Gmail Themes
D' Technology Weblog —
... see them yet, check back soon, as usually, Gmail’s new features are slowly rolled out. “We wanted to go beyond simple color customization, so out of the 30 odd themes we’re launching today, there’s a shiny theme with chrome styling, another one that turns your inbox into a retro notepad, nature themes that change scenery over time, weather driven themes that can rain on your mailbox, and fun characters to keep you in good company,” informs Gmail’s blog. ...
GMail adds themes
Tech Digest —
... to GMail, and now they've added the popular 'themes' functionality. The themes look damn good - there's giraffes, ninjas, the themes can change over time, or with the weather, and there's even an old-skool ASCII theme. The themes will be rolling out across GMail over the next few days. They're not enabled on my account yet, sadly. Have they shown up on yours? Which is your favourite? Let us know in the comments. GMail (via GMail (via GMail (via GMail (via Official GMail Blog) Related posts: GMail adds voice and video chat | ...
Linkpost | 11.20.2008
TechBlog —
... November 20, 2008 Linkpost | 11.20.2008 • Spice up your inbox with colors and themes - Gmail adds themes, though not all users may be able to see them yet. • ...
Google Adds New Themes To Gmail
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP —
... not exactly practical, but it’s great for testing out your geek cred. We’ve also done a minor facelift to Gmail’s default look to make it crisper and cleaner — you might notice a few colors and pixels shifted around here and there.
So take advantage of the new themes to dress up your account. Be patient. It may take a few days before your account offers the themes options.
Comments welcome.
Source.
Gmail gets pretty, oh so pretty, with new themes
TechBlog —
... November 20, 2008 Gmail gets pretty, oh so pretty, with new themes Google's Gmail is better known for its utility than the way the Web-based e-mail service looks, but that's changed. Google has enabled themes for Gmail , and it makes the service much more pleasant to use. Google is rolling out the new themes to users, and most should have it by now. If not, just wait a while. If the feature has arrived for you, you'll see a banner across the top of your inbox. Once you've got the feature, click on Settings and then the Themes tab. From there you can choose from 31 different ...
Google Spices Up Your Inbox With New Gmail Themes
Webmonkey —
... Gmail has always been notable for its very all-business approach to e-mail, but with the service well established in the mainstream, Google has decided to add some more fun-oriented features. The latest is a series of themes that let you transform Gmail’s appearance to suit your whims — because nothing “spices up your inbox” like canned, swappable themes. ...
Google Unveils Gmail Themes, Gives Original a 'Minor Facelift'
AppScout —
... "We wanted to go beyond simple color customization, so out of the 30 odd themes we're launching today, there's a shiny theme with chrome styling, another one that turns your inbox into a retro notepad, nature themes that change scenery over time, weather driven themes that can rain on your mailbox, and fun characters to keep you in good company," Annie Chen, a Gmail engineer, wrote in a blog post. ...
Go wild with these Gmail themes
Gadgetell —
... Some themes mimic iGoogle in changing based on time of day and weather.
Google enterprise customers can stop looking for the Themes tab, it isn’t coming, at least not yet. Themes have not been extended to these customers, which seems odd.
I’ve used Greasemonkey scripts to change themes of my Gmail and I feel these themes are long overdue to most users who don’ t want to take the time to tinker under the hood.
Check them out! [Google]
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New Gmail, just like the old Hotmail
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
... This morning I noticed that my Gmail graphics have been upgraded so my mailbox now looks even more like Hotmail used to look a few years ago. As the Gmail blog put it: ...
5 Great Unofficial Gmail Themes
Mashable! —
... about an official release of Gmail themes for Google to make them a reality. But even with this week’s rollout from Mountain View HQ, some of you will still want more. ...
Another Way for Google to Get Location?
Screenwerk —
... I was playing around with some of the new Google “themes” (as with iGoogle) for GMail and discovered that location is part of the thing: ...
Gmail Boring Look? Think again!
SolSie.com —
... that the Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension offers ., but if you don’t like the complexity, Google just made available several themes/skins to choose from. There are few location based themes that change the look throughout the day. These themes do require your location. Overall, there are few modern fancy graphics with blending colors and transparency. [Source Gmail Blog via ...
Google Reader Gets a Facelift
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim —
Less than a month after Google released Gmail themes, the Google Reader team released a new design for Google Reader. Why the change? According to Jenna Bilotta from the Google Reader team, it is an attempt to speed up Google Reader.
Google is all about speed, both under the hood as well as in the user experience. So, in order to make Reader act and feel more speedy and responsive, we’ve removed some visual clutter, simplified some features and given everything a bit more breathing room.
A bit more breathing room is right. ...
Google Delivers Gmail Toys for the Holidays
WebProNews Feed —
... or send them a text message with SMS chat. - When you're having trouble putting your feelings into words, try an emoticon. (There's nothing quite like a virtual emoticon hug...) - Catch up with distant friends and family with Gmail voice and video chat , or send them a text message with SMS chat . - When you're having trouble putting your feelings into words, try an emoticon . [image] (There's nothing quite like a virtual emoticon hug...) - Pick a Gmail theme and spice up your inbox. - Turn on Tasks and keep track of your holiday ...
Mailplane 2.0.9
Macworld —
... —the browser code on which Safari is based—to give you the native Gmail interface in a standalone program. Provide your Gmail account and password to Mailplane, and you’ll see a standard Gmail screen within Mailplane’s window. Gmail works here much as it does in your Web browser; you can even use Gmail’s settings to change the theme and visible content. But Mailplane’s toolbar looks more like that of a traditional e-mail client, with buttons for Refresh, New, Reply, Forward, and more, and you can customize the toolbar with buttons for other Gmail features such as Google Talk. ...
Artist Themes for Google Chrome
Google Operating System —
After adding themes to iGoogle and Gmail, Google intends to skin Chrome and some of the initial themes will be created by famous artists. New York Times reports that not all of the illustrators and designers contacted by Google were happy to license their works for free. "While we don't typically offer monetary compensation for these projects, through the positive feedback that we have heard thus far we believe these projects provide a unique and exciting opportunity for artists to display their work in front of millions of people," explained a Google ...
