{"id":7723,"date":"2009-05-01T10:17:39","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T08:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tokao.com\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2009-05-01T10:17:39","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T08:17:39","slug":"google-search-inside-gmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/01\/google-search-inside-gmail\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Search inside gmail"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I used to have a problem. People would ask me questions, over chat or email, and I’d have to leave Gmail to search Google for an answer. Then I’d have to select the answer, copy it, go back to Gmail and paste the answer into the chat window or my reply. Sometimes I’d get distracted and forget to go back to Gmail, and I’d have to go through it all again when I remembered what I’d been doing.
\nWith the new Google Search experiment in Gmail Labs, my problem is solved. When you turn this feature on from the\u00a0Labs tab under Settings<\/a>, you’ll see a new search box on the left side of your inbox, like this:<\/p>\n

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\nType your search in, and a window (like a chat window, but a bit bigger) appears at the bottom of your screen with the first few search results.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nYou can click on a search result and it’ll open up in another window (or another tab) so you can make sure it’s what you’re looking for. Once you’re sure it’s a result you need, moving your mouse over the result back in Gmail reveals a pull-down menu that lets you do stuff with the search result.<\/p>\n

What’s in the menu depends on what you’re doing in Gmail:<\/p>\n