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How many times have you said something like “Okay so-and-so, I am attaching this week’s productivity report.”… but then you forget to actually attach. The person replies with “wtf?” and you feel like a total moron. Google has just rolled out “Forgotten Attachment Detector.” It reminds you about attaching a file if it detects you intended to. I guess all this does is check for keywords in the message body.

The other feature is definitely quite handy. I get a lot of crap to my inbox. It isn’t really spam, but I don’t read it. Stuff like “Enclosed is your 10% off coupon to [some book category/genre I don't care about] at Borders!” Well, often I find myself just selecting mail and going to “More Actions” then “Mark as Read.” Well the newest Lab feature actually put’s a “Mark as Read” button right ontop of my inbox. This will save me some time and aggravation. Especially because sometimes I clicked “Star” or something like that. Oops.

Thanks Google!

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