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New GMail Features: AIM Integration, Group Chats, New Emoticons and Colored Labels

Pencil blog by Brandon on 06 December 2007, tagged as gmail, google, aim, chat, and emoticon

GMail recently integrated the following new features (listed in order of complete awesomeness, from most awesomest to least awesomest):

  • Group chats - Finally. (Hint: Start a chat and click the options button at the bottom of the chat window.)
  • AIM integration - GMail users can now sign into AIM and interact with their AIM buddies through GMail. (Hint: Click the down arrow below your chat status.)
  • New emoticons - In addition to Google Talk's "no frills" emoticons, there is now a basic staple of both the round and rectangular variety. (I'm actually rather surprised at this; I thought Google would stubbornly stick with "their thing.")
  • Colored labels - Click on the color swatch next to labels and you can assign them a color. Whoopudeedoo. (I don't use labels anymore. Just search.)

Also, as a side note, the contact interface is completely redone and much friendlier, in my opinion.

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