Comments on: My Custom Gmail Setup — Making the Most of the Screen http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joanne http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423981 Wed, 19 May 2010 11:43:13 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423981 I like to see the adverts on the right side of the screen….how do I change the screen and what is shown, on the email page????????????? Thing is that, others use the computer too…and I want it to stay the way I set it up….any chance of being able to get it the way I want it…and locking it unless I use some password???????

]]> By: ilygirly http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423980 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:37:35 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423980 i need help! i have a gmail account & i hav noo clue how to get my background for it.. or layout?! any non- stupid answers??

]]> By: James Taylor http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423978 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:15:07 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423978 Please ignore my previous remarks. If you toggle between the new and the old version, access to the missing tweaks appears.
The start page is still an issue. I really do think Google took a step backwards when the removed this feature

]]> By: James Taylor http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423977 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:05:03 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423977 I really like what you have done with the tweaks but have run into some problems when trying to do the same thing in Google Apps mail.
When you say the corporate version of Gmail, do you mean Premier Version or is that something different? I note the start page in the top right hand corner, which I think is not available to new users since 1 Dec 08. How did you make more than window for mail items and the open calendar in the side bar?. Whilst I can see superstars is available in the free version of gmail I cannot see it in the premier version.
Sorry about the 20 questions and I realise this is not a free help service but what you have done is a great improvement over the vanilla gmail screen layout

]]> By: James Kendrick http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423976 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:04:33 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423976 That’s a function of using the corporate version of Gmail.

]]> By: Rhonda Burgin http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423974 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:01:26 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423974 How do you get your logo in the upper left hand corner. I want to use my logo.

]]> By: James Kendrick http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423973 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:55:26 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423973 This theme is the “Dusk” theme in Gmail. Just select it in settings and go. Thanks for the kind words.

]]> By: Sara K http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423972 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:23:44 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423972 I notice that you have very little vertical space lost in your theme. With my netbook, I am keen to get rid of wasted space below and around the search box. Which theme are you using? Is it one you’ve defined in CSS?
Good advice on this site, as always.

]]> By: Tax Man http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423971 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:32:09 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423971 I can see why this is a featured post. Very helpful! I knew about some of the tweaks but you’ve prompted me to explore new ways to customize gmail, which I use constantly. Thanks!

]]> By: James Kendrick http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423969 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:59:13 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423969 Yes, just tapping on the star toggles through the superstar list. Not elegant but it works.

]]> By: James Kendrick http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423968 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:56:05 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423968 Yes, just checked on the G1. All Superstars look like standard yellow stars in GMail, but they’re there. On the Pre they show little flags in the email list. On the iPhone I don’t see them at all in the native app. I never use mail in the web browser on my mobile devices, maybe I should try that.

]]> By: GregC http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423967 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:54:00 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423967 James, I assume you manually assign the superstars to each message – I don’t see a way where you can use filters to assign a particular superstar to a message. Correct?

Interesting article – gave me some good ideas.

]]> By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423966 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:42:36 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423966 Actually, stars work on some mobile devices (Android, iPhone and Pre) when using Gmail in the web browser. Superstars will simply look like regular stars on the handheld, unfortunately.

]]> By: James Kendrick http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423965 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:37:57 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423965 In the “great minds think alike” category, Julie of The Gadgeteer recently detailed her setup for using GMail:

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/08/12/three-reasons-why-i-love-gmail/

She’s using GMail very similarly to the way I am using with some additional features. I have to try her stuff, too.

]]> By: James Kendrick http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423964 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:33:37 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423964 That’s the downside, starring is relegated to gmail only. You can’t even see them on a mobile device. :(

]]> By: Josh Smith http://gigaom.com/mobile/my-custom-gmail-setup-making-the-most-of-the-screen/#comment-423963 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:21:40 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=41818#comment-423963 I love the setup!

Can you mark items as superstarred from a mobile device using IMAP or is it confined to within gmail?

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