Gmail Adds Colored Labels, Info Box

New feature in Gmail today: Colored labels. You can now hit the dropdown arrow next to any label in the sidebar to select from 24 color schemes, making it easier for you to identify at a glance the category of any email in your inbox (especially useful if you are automatically labeling incoming mail). The labels show up with their colors in the inbox message list, and on message pages you even get an “X” to remove a label with a single click.
The Gmail blog also has some good news for those who miss regular old folders:
*P.S. We actually kinda like folders. In fact, we’re doing some work to add some folder-y-ish functionality. Stay tuned.

I’m guessing: Hierarchical tagging. Thank god.
Another recently added feature: The info box is back. Back in February 2006 when Gmail Chat first launched, there was this contact card box that appeared when […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg