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Kendel

More options Aug 1 2004, 5:10 pm

From: Kendel <kken...@gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 17:10:03 -0400

Local: Sun, Aug 1 2004 5:10 pm

Subject: Re: [Gmail-Users] Re: Gmail Wish List

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> I would like to see a couple more buttons for the search box, in
> addition to "search mail" and "search the web" to wit: "create a
> Google Web Alert", "create a Google News Alert" and if a URL is
> entered, "send me this page."

Those are not a bad ideas at all.

What might be nice, if a bit more complex, is in addition to the
"Search Mail" and "Search the Web" field at top (you enter data in
field, and then click one of those buttons" maybe also have those
buttons check for any highlighted text on the page -- anything the
used has highlighted with the cursor -- and, if so, use that
information when the user clicks one of those top buttons.

Similarly, a "create a Google Web Alert" and "create a Google News
Alert" button with a similar functionality.

So, say, a friend emails you something about Britney Spears. You
could just highlight her name, and then click "create a Google News
Alert" and it would create one for "Britney Spears".

Snazzy. I like. Submit!

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