Monday, September 28, 2009


Google Blog Updates (Google Docs, Gmail, Blogger, Search)

View online files using the Google Docs Viewer

Posted: 26 Sep 2009 07:03 AM PDT

Google Docs Viewer allows you to view certain files online. Enter the URL of a PDF, Powerpoint or TIFF document in the Viewer and we'll display it directly in the browser with no download required.

Editions included:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages included:
US English

How to access what's new:
Visit the Google Docs Viewer to generate the URL.

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/09/view-online-files-using-google-docs.html

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Jump to the information you want right from the search snippets

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 12:30 PM PDT

For most search results, Google shows you a few lines of text to give you an idea of what the page is about — we call this a "search snippet." Recently, we've enhanced the search snippet with two new features that make it easier to find information buried deep within a page.

Normally, a search snippet shows how a page, as a whole, relates to a your query by excerpting content that appears near and around where your query terms show on the page. But what if only one section of the page is relevant to your search?

For more information:

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New in Labs: Hide read labels

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 08:18 AM PDT

Posted by David de Kloet, Software Engineer

A lot of people want to see their labels in order to see which ones have unread messages, but they don't want a long list of label names cluttering up the left hand side of their inboxes. To help out with this, we've made a Gmail Labs feature called "Hide read labels." Turn it on from the Labs tab under Settings and all your labels without unread messages will be hidden under the "More" menu. Labels with unread messages will automatically show up, unless you've explicitly chosen to keep them hidden.

For more information:

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Blogger's Wanted

Have opinions about Blogger? If so, we'd like to meet you. We are looking for participants willing to document their blogging practices over a few weeks and answer some interview questions. This will help us better understand your needs and keep improving Blogger.

Interested? Sign up here.

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