On my Gmail page I first noticed the Scroll Bars on the left (in yellow, shown at bottom of page). With this feature you don’t have to check which labels you want to see, you have all of them with a simple scroll up or down. Neat addition. These are now defaults so if you don’t like them (I can’t imagine why) you cannot set them back to the old GUI.
Another new default change with Gmail. Notice when you scroll down an email page, especially with Vertical/Horizontal view off, the command/control bar scrolls with your view so they are available anywhere while viewing your email. Another great long overdue innovation again by Google.
Next, you can now show your emails to the right of the selected email (Vertical) or below it (Horizontal). However, unlike the scroll bars this must be added through the Labs part of Gmail. To add this feature:
- Click the gear in the upper right of the window.
- Choose Mail Settings.
- Next, Labs.
- In the search box type Preview Pane.
- Enable it.
- Save Changes.
- You are done.
Back in Gmail it will be set up Vertically like mine below and sorry for the blurring but hey, its my stuff.
To change it to Horizontal click the down arrow above your email and to the right (orange arrow in graphic) and choose the way you want to view your email. You can also reset it to the old way by clicking the button or using the arrow again. Now when you click an email from the list it will open where you want it.
Have fun and thanks Google!
