Once done, find some of the useful links to add some of the useful gadgets into your Gmail account. Go ahead and add in your Gmail accounts,
1. Twitter Gadget:
You might be a member of a number of the social networking sites, that in the end you will find this more convenient to have all of them under one roof. Using this fully functional twitter gadget that works very well on web 2.0 platform and simulates the platform on which Twitter works, you will be able to display thumbnails, date stamps and post sources.
2. Official Wikipedia:
If you are looking out for some information instantly and look up for some terms, many will prefer a Wikipedia search before venturing into reading highly sophisticated and complex materials. All you have to do for an instant search right from the inbox of your Gmail account is to type the desired keyword to open results in a new tab or window.
3. Dictionary:
If you are looking out for a tool where you can search for synonyms and antonyms, then you will find this Dictionary gadget much useful. This gadget is one of the best dictionary gadgets for Google, which is empowered to fetch information from various other dictionary resources, like Google’s dictionary, dictionary.com, wordweb, wiktionary, Cambridge and much more.
4. Multi Search:
This is one of the most powerful search tools that you can add to your Gmail account. You will be surprised to find that ‘My Searches’, which is a tiny but a highly customizable search tool integrating search results from various other web pages like Amazon, eBay, Flickr, Leo, Torrent, Wikipedia, YouTube, etc.,
5. Facebook:
This is one of the best portals, wherein you will be able to keep yourself updated right from the Gmail account. Apart from receiving notifications, this gadget also allows to access your friends’ account, view photos, and much more. The gadget will appear in the sidebar of your Gmail account and is not part of Google Labs.
6. Google Translate:
If you are thinking of finding an equivalent word in the some other language you do not know, then you can look for enabling this gadget in Google Labs for instant use to display emails in your preferred language. This gadget comes with the option of changing the language of your choice and prompts before transliteration. The icon is being incorporated in the title bar where the font tabs are located.
7. World Clock For Gmail:
This gadget made for the Gmail sidebar is of immense help to all Gmail users and is not a feature of Google LABS. Using this gadget will allow you to know the time of your client’s country and pass on information accordingly. The gadgets allow users of Gmail to receive instant updates of time in differing time zone regions of the world, including the changes in daylight savings.
8. Ask A Word:
This is yet another handy gadget that allows users of Gmail to do spell check and grammar check. Thesaurus, dictionary and encyclopedia accessibility are available without leaving Gmail in between the process of drafting anemail. Being a non-LAB member of Gmail gadgets this will appear automatically in the sidebar of the Gmail.
9. Google Tasks:
Yet another useful gadget for Google, that is not available with the Google labs, is the Google Tasks that converts your Gmail email messages to Google tasks, and you will be able to add your own to-do-lists also. This is an alternative to the desktop version and will allow you to keep track of the other jobs and emails to be reverted.
10. Google Calculator:
Yet another useful Gmail gadget that has nothing to do with the Google Labs is the Google calculator, which is a very useful aid to compute arithmetic expressions and convert between units. The tool is also known to perform more complex calculations and conversions, algebra and wildcard entries.
11. Currency Converter:
This is one of the gadgets designed for Google that can convert dollars to pounds and vice versa, without leaving the email, and uses the current currency value in the stock market. This is one of the best converters that uses real time interface for currency conversion. The same hold true for other currency converters.
12. Google Map Search:
This Gmail gadget allows finding locations on Gmail maps that could be done with the help of Gmail gadget. This is possible to locate yourself, when you do not know the exact destination that you are in. Nevertheless, is helpful to track you friends and clients via IM or email of the location where they would like you to come instantly.
13. Convert To Short URLs:
Last, but not the least, this is the best gadget that could convert long URL’s into shortened URL’s for easy transmission via emails. This is much more useful for composing uncluttered emails with lots of long links. These short links thus created are also useful to share with your friends and colleagues via twitter and other social networking sites.
14. Sticky Notes:
Reading emails is the time when you will remember many of the tasks to be completed, and emails to replied on a later date. In general, you might add a star to work on the emails on a later date. However, with the arrival of sticky notes gadget that could be inserted into your Gmail account, then you add the gadget Stick notes to your Gmail account. This is when you will find is much useful than the clutter of sticky notes sitting on your monitor.
15. Remember The Milk:
The best Gadgets that I will recommend everyone working in front of the computer for longer hours will require this one. This unlike other to do list gadgets can integrate into your Gmail in the sidebar of your email account. This gadget combines the task and to do lists, enabling the users to review, add, edit and manage tasks without signing out of your Gmail account and opening a new Tab or browser window.
Gmail is slowly turning out to be a bigger giant in communication, with the ability to do more than emailing and chatting.
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