25 services for productive work with Gmail

Gmail was launched in 2004 and offered users 1 GB of email. It was unheard of at the time, for example, the largest email service Hotmail offered only a few megabytes. Currently, Gmail offers 7 GB, Hotmail - 5 GB, and Yahoo - does not limit the size of the box.

Gmail is also popular with commercial users because it is fast, reliable, and highly customizable. In addition to the experimental features that Google offers through Google Labs , there are services from third-party developers that improve work with Gmail.
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I have compiled a list of the top 25 services that will make your work with Google’s best email service more efficient and you will notice how your Gmail productivity will increase.

* Interesting fact: Google bought the Gmail domain from Garfield , which used it as a free email service for its users.

1. Find Big Mail

Online service

Find Big Mail is an amazing free service that looks for large emails in your inbox. You only need to specify the email address and provide access to the account for the service.



After that, you will receive a message that the analysis has begun and then receive a second message at the end of the work, this may take from 5 to 60 minutes (depending on the number of letters). This service will find the 3 largest letters in size and the top 20, as well as the number of letters larger than 1 MB, 5 MB and 10 MB. The report will contain links to large letters, you can look at them before deleting or save the attached files to your computer and then delete the letters.



The report on pie charts will show the ratios of large letters (larger than 1 Mb, 5 Mb and 10 Mb) relative to all the others in number and size.



The service adds shortcuts to large emails. Find Big Mail is useful if you run out of free space in your inbox, but you don’t want to expand for a fee.

2. CloudMagic

Google Chrome Extension

A search tool that allows you to search in Gmail, Google Apps, Google Docs and Twitter. After installing the CloudMagic extension in Gmail, a search window will appear, you can drag it to any place on the page (if needed).



The search works in real time and the results appear as you type the query. To view search results for other services, such as Google Docs, you need to go to another tab.



Worth trying those who often use the search in Gmail.

3. Google Mail Checkers

Google Chrome and Firefox extension

Did you catch yourself thinking that you often check mail in Gmail when you wait for a letter? If yes, then Google Web Checker (for Chrome) and Gmail Watcher (for Firefox) extensions will be useful for you. After installation, the Gmail icon will be added to the browser. As soon as a new letter arrives, you will immediately know about it - an indicator will appear on the icon. This extension is simple, but very useful.

4. Better Gmail

Google Chrome and Firefox extension

Better Gmail for Chrome and Firefox is an excellent extension that adds new features to Gmail.



Some features may differ in Chrome and Firefox. In both versions, when you hover over a letter, it is highlighted, if the letter contains attached files, then an icon appears next to it, as well as letters that contain popup or music files are marked. The Chrome extension also removes ads from Gmail.

5. Google Redesigned

Google Chrome and Firefox extension

Another great extension for Chrome and Firefox, which allows you to customize the design for Gmail and other services from Google. Worth trying for those who don’t like the standard Gmail design.



It works with Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Reader. You can customize the design separately for each service.

6. Active Inbox

Google Chrome and Firefox extension

A useful extension for Gmail, which adds many new convenient features. Active Inbox helps you prioritize your tasks by determining which letter is more important. Emails can be immediately added to the task list and you can plan your work.



Letters can be added to projects, for chains of letters you can leave your comments. In the Active Inbox panel, at the top of the page, there is a list of tasks and projects. There are marked priority letters, letters on which the work is being done, as well as letters to which you are waiting for an answer. With these filters, planning your affairs becomes much easier and easier.

7. Rapportive

Expansion for Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Mailplane

Removes ads from the right column of Gmail and adds the data about the sender. It shows a photo, as well as information about what a person is doing and links to profiles in social networks Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

8. Boomerang for Gmail

Google Chrome and Firefox extension

A useful extension that adds a "Send Later" button when writing a letter. You can send a letter in an hour, in 2, in 4, tomorrow in the morning, in the afternoon, in 2 days, in 4 days, in a week, in 2 weeks or in a month. In addition, you can configure the exact time of sending the letter or click the "At random time" button and it will set the time for sending the letter.



You can also set reminders for important emails and if you do not receive a response from the other party, Boomerang will remind you of this.

9. WiseStamp Email Signatures

Expansion for Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari

This is a browser extension with which you can create advanced email signatures - add links to profiles on social networks, insert Twitter and Facebook statuses. You can also add other links, quotes, recent auctions from Ebay, music and more.



You can create multiple signatures (personal, work 1, work 2, etc.). A link to the application is also added to the signature, in order to remove it, you need to go to a paid account ($ 36 per year).



Images can be inserted into the caption, information can be grouped in columns using tables. It is also possible to view and edit the HTML code of the signature.

10. Grexit

Online service

Good service, which will be especially useful to commercial users. It allows you to create public folders for mail, to provide other users with convenient access to your letters and useful information.

11. The Email Game

Online service

Do you sometimes get tired of disassembling incoming mail? Then The Email Game service will be very useful for you. He considers how much time you have unread letter. You can immediately reply to the letter, send it, skip it, postpone it, send it to the archive or delete it. If you do it within 3 minutes, then earn points.

12. 0Boxer

Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Mailplane extension

Another game that motivates working with mail more productively. oBoxer earns points for processing letters and writing new ones. You can compete with your friends, the site also has user ratings for the week and the day.

13. Send From Gmail

Google Chrome Extension

A simple extension for Chrome, which sets Gmail as the default mailer. A button appears in the browser to send the current link by mail. There is a version without a button , if you do not need it and you will not use it.

14. Remember The Milk

Google Chrome and Firefox extension

A convenient task manager that works with Gmail, Google Calendar, Twitter, Outlook, as well as mobile devices. You can attach letters, contacts, Google calendars to tasks, or add tasks to marked emails. Tasks are automatically synchronized between the Gmail application, the site and the mobile device. A version for Google Labs is also available.

15. Smartr Inbox

Expansion for Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, application for Widows and Mac

Cross-platform application that combines the data of your friends from Gmail, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and creates a single contact book.



Creating a contact book can take 5-10 minutes or a little more if you have too many emails in Gmail. But it's worth it! Once you have created such a book, in the future you will be able to very quickly and simply find the necessary contacts, the history of correspondence and see mutual friends among your acquaintances.

16. Scrubly

Online service

Service for working with the address book, which can delete the same or similar contacts and combine several contacts into one. You can make a backup copy of your address book so that there is no conflict and not lose the necessary contacts.



In the free version you can create address books of no more than 250 contacts. If you have a large address book, you can pay $ 9.95 for one cleaning or $ 24.95 per year if you need to clean the address book regularly.

17. Get Organizer

Online service

Personal assistant, who will put things in order in your mailbox. He is able to separate useful letters from social media alerts that you want to receive, but do not want them to litter your inbox.



The service checks your mail every hour and sorts high-priority and low-priority letters. Low priority emails will be delivered daily at a time so you can quickly see them.

18. Offline Google Mail

Google Chrome Extension

Convenient extension for Google Chrome, which allows you to read, search and respond to emails in your inbox. The interface is very similar to Gmail for tablets, so it is very convenient to use. The extension will be useful to those users who often have problems with Internet connection.

19. Integrated Gmail

Firefox extension

An extension for Firefox that shows messages from Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Reader and Google Labs on one page. It will be useful to those Gmail users who frequently read Google Reader and actively use Google Calendar.

20. GMail Drive Shell Extension

Windows extension

It creates a virtual disk using your Gmail account, so that you can copy and restore files directly through the standard Explorer. If you create a new file on a virtual disk, an email with this file is sent to your inbox. The size of the disk will be the same as the size of your mailbox - 7 GB, Gmail provides a convenient way to store files on the Internet, while you get access to them through the operating system.

21. Gmail Attachments To Docs

Google Chrome Extension

This extension integrates directly into Gmail. It allows you to save attached files directly to Google Docs, it becomes very easy and fast to find the file you need.

22. Etacts for Gmail

Chrome and Firefox extension

The principle of operation of the extension is similar to Rapportive . It directly on the page shows a photo of the sender, position, as well as links to profiles on social networks, recent letters and notes. You can add reminders that you need to write a letter, if you have not rewritten with it for a certain time.

23. GMDesk

Cross-platform (using Adobe AIR)

A standalone application that provides access to Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Maps, Google Reader and Picasa albums. It works almost like a browser and has the same functionality as the online service. Despite the fact that it has not been updated since 2009, it still works fine.

24. Attachments.me for Gmail

Extensions for Google Chrome

Convenient extension for Google Chrome to work with attachments. When searching in Gmail, letters with attached files will be displayed at the top of the page above other search results (in the form of previews of pictures). This makes it very easy to find images and other attachments.

Attached files can be downloaded directly to Dropbox from Gmail.

25. Gmail Street Fighter II Checker

Google Chrome Extension

Last, perhaps, the best application for Gmail, Street Fighter II checks mail in the same way as the standard extension, with the only difference that when you receive a new letter, you will hear the sound from the classic video game Street Fighter II.

If you receive a new letter, you will hear the sound of the Hadouken fireball, and if you immediately receive several new letters, you will hear the sound of the impact of the dragon Shoryuken. This game will never expire!

Conclusion

Gmail itself is a great service, and these extensions make working with it even more convenient. Those who use Gmail for commercial purposes spend a lot of time integrating with advanced address books, task management systems, and other necessary tools.

Please note that not all services are combined with each other. For example, Smartr Inbox and Remember The Milk will conflict, as they both use the right column of the site. Browser extensions are very easy to enable and disable, so you can easily solve such problems.

What is your favorite service for Gmail? Write in the comments.