GMail Labs
TechCrunch covers the new release of Google's Gmail Labs here and here:
"Gmail Labs is essentially a stage for Google employees to develop new features for Gmail under the public eye. Starting at 6pm PT tonight, all Gmail users in the US and UK will see a new tab in the settings area called “Labs”. The tab will show a selection of beta features, such as “Pictures in Chat”, which (unsurprisingly) puts portraits in chat sessions, and “Mouse Gestures”, which allows you to navigate Gmail using mouse gestures.
Fabulous - I really like this approach of a really early push of rough features out to users and getting them to use and feedback...
I'd like to see them extend this even further and just list the ideas they have for upcoming gmail features, and enable people to vote on them, and refine the idea.
