As you may know, Google added some new functionality to Gmail’s labels. They changes include:
1) New location for labels
You’ll notice your labels in a new location on the left of your inbox (or on the right, for those of you using the Arabic, Hebrew, or Urdu versions of Gmail). Instead of having their own section, your labels are now above your chat list, grouped together with Inbox, Drafts, Chats and other system labels.
I didn’t really mind the labels being placed at the near bottom of the sidebar because I rarely click on them. However, the labels must now be placed at the top now in order for the new drag and drop feature to be usable.
2) Label hiding and showing
You now have control over which of your labels show. We’ve done our best to get you started by automatically showing the labels you use most and hiding the rest. Label hiding is my favorite new feature, since it saves me from having to look through labels I rarely use. If I ever need to reach any of my old labels, I just click the “more” link.
I like this one. There are some labels that I just don’t want to see. Now I can make my labels list shorter and more usable.
3) Drag and drop
You can now drag messages into labels, just like you can with folders. This does the exact same thing as “Move to” — it labels and archives in one step.
You can drag labels onto messages too. It’s the same thing as using the “Label” button. To label or move many messages at once, first select the messages and then drag and drop the label.
Another nice feature! This reminds me on the drag and drop feature in the MobileMe web apps.
Nice job Google! Keep it coming!
