smart computer use?

Have you been a big fan of saving and organizing your emails into folders? Have you ever pondered this question? If not, you maybe should. Organizing emails into folders has long been a standard. There is now finally something that will allow us to break from that folder-use standard, and it is provided courtesy of Gmail.

Introducing Labels.

(cue the audience cheer track)

From Gmail Tips – The Complete Collection:

Labels. Gmail lets you assign a Label to a message and then view all messages assigned to that Label. Sounds a lot like the typical “Folder”, right? Well, almost. Unlike Folders, you can assign multiple Labels to a message letting the message span multiple categories. To better understand how Labels differ from Folders, consider the the real-world counterparts, and it should become clear.

Read the rest of the article to get a better explanation and tips on how to use the labels. It’s a fascinating yet kinda obvious concept. One of those things that just makes you wish it’d been available widely before. Before you got the folder system etched into your habits.

If this is a new concept to you, and your excited, wait til you see this: Colored labels. Look at that screen shot. A brilliant way of organizing email. Good stuff.