Google Labs

Google has created Google Labs where users can experiment with different settings.  The term "labs" is fitting because the features provide a test ground for users and developers. Like most of my colleagues, my work schedule has little free time, so I missed the notification that was posted on April 19th.

I found the labs function when adding dates to Google calendar this morning.  For example, I am able to add attachments to a Google calendar event.  That feature will be wonderful for meeting agendas!

There are several "labs" available.  For example, there is a gmail lab at 

 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/29418?hl=en 

Information about calendar labs is at http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1187241

Hope this information is helpful to everyone. 

Gmail and Google Drive

I was reading an article about Gmail and Google Drive that shared interesting information about how users can now share LARGE files using Google Drive.  If you use the combination, the attached file size limit is 10 GB!  The standard file limit for attachments with gmail is 25 MB.  Of course, to use the feature, you have to have a Google Drive account.

There was just one thing that confused me and that was the graphic showing Google Drive as a choice in gmail (see below) because it was not a visible choice with my gmail compose window.

With a little detective work, I realized that the Google Drive icon does not appear until you mouse over the plus sign (+) to the right of the paperclip icon (see below).

I am using the new gmail "look" that allows you to have many small compose menus open simultaneously.  Take a few moments to explore some of the new gmail options, if you have not already done so.