New Gmail Themes
Ok, this is the latest buzz from Google. Now you can dress up your gmail with different themes. Thank god Google is doing something for gmail, which is still in its beta version. Actually I was pissed off by gmail's geeky theme and I think you too were. So don't worry now, Google has launched 30 different themes for gmail today.
How to change gmail theme? Its very easy to change theme. Just go to "Settings" and look for "Theme" tab. Click on "Theme" tab, choose your favourite theme and you are done. :) If you are not able to see "Theme" tab than just wait for while. Google team has announced that they are rolling out theme to everyone over the next couple of days, if you don't see theme yet, check back soon. Or you can do one more thing just clean your cache and reload the gmail. You may be able to see the theme. Dynamic theme: Similar to the themes for iGoogle, some of these new themes also change according to the local weather and time of day. My favorite theme is the "Tree" theme which changes scenery with time, depending on the season and the location you chose, so that the theme resembles the landscape you see looking out of your window. I live in Mumbai (India). The sky is clear and it's warm out here.So i can see a clear sky and a dusty tree instead of a green one.I did an experiment, I saved my location on Gmail as Reykjavík, Iceland and as I can see bulk of clouds and flakes of snow on my theme, I guess it's cold and snowing out there:). So you guys can also change your location and know how the whether is on the other side of the world. Thanks to gmail. It dosent tracks our IP to find our location :P.
To dress up a site with your favorite theme is not a unique feature. People were waiting for it from long time. This feature is already available on all social networking sites (including Orkut) where you can change the theme of your home. What I am thinking now is that, what will be the next complaint from the user side. I think they will demand for more flexibility in this feature. The most obvious demand would be that, the user will want to upload self designed themes on gmail. This facility is already available on MySpace, friendster etc..
Gmail already created a revolution for it's simplicity and speed when it was launched. But still gmail has less no. of users (around 50 Million) in comparison to MSN and yahoo mail. I think this move by google will attract more users now. So what theme you guys are using?
5 comments:
I m not using any theme... i like gmail clean and simple :P.... btw nice post :)
Good post, I didn't realize there were so many themes for gmail.
I didn't knew the theme changes according to the weather conditions. Good Job
keep it up Mr.Geek!!
Themes are for the girls and girly guys who seek looks not for pros. Well I guess even such people do use Gmail. Good to see Gmail pitching to all kinds of users. The only thing that troubled me when I opened Gmail today was that the login page too was too colorful. Plain, simple, fast and of course, working are the first requirements of any service/product. Gmail had already conquered that. Themes are just a value addition. Most people except those with slower connections might not have noticed but themes do add to the already humongous loading time of Gmail. However email is something to which people get stuck. Its difficult to switch. Google's late entry in the field has its cons. However Gmail has one advantage, all the newer users are being drawn to Gmail. If other free mail providers do not innovate, its just a matter of time before they end with nothing. All hail Gmail!!!!
iGoogle now also support themes..
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