Peaches Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 Google makes Gmail search accessible to all comers About time too By Kelly Fiveash Google has released a new Gmail search tool that provides suggestions for messages, attachments and even file names in a move to degeekify its email service. Search Autocomplete is Mountain View’s latest Labs add-on, and also highlights Google’s sluggish response to improving search in its webmail app for all its users. RegAd('mpu1', 'reg.software.4159/applications', 'pos=top;sz=336x280', VCs); The new feature throws up automatic suggestions for users when searching for messages from a specific person in their inbox, in much the same way that the function already works when composing a new email to existing contacts. Usefully, Gmail users can now also search by date range, attachment type and file name. Like all of Google’s experimental tools, the new search function can be enabled via Gmail Labs, which has to be activated in your account. You can then select Search Autocomplete from the list of options. Full story - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/03/gm...h_autocomplete/ >>>>>>>> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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