Gmail Labs + Google Talk Labs

Many of the Google followers must be aware of the fact about Google has a website that demonstrates new Google projects which are not ready for prime time as yet - Yes, you are right. I am talking about Google Labs. Google Reader, Google Notebook, iGoogle, Google Maps etc being some of the wonderful graduates of labs.

Recently Google released Google Talk Labs edition. I tried it today, its good and really useful. It doesnt have many updates to the normal Gtalk version. Just few desktop notifications added and some changes with Talk UI.

More importantly, Google released a GMail Labs version yesterday. I dont how many of you are aware but this outstanding e-mail client service is still in its Beta version. It just makes you wonder what Google is thinking in terms of advancing GMail. I have been using a Better Gmail firefox extension for quite a few months now. The new GMail Labs version is more a step towards adding the Better Gmail Greasemonkey scripts to standard Gmail, though not entirely. But it is really good and really useful. What u need to do is just search for Labs tab in Gmail Settings. So guys, go check out the new additions with both GTalk and GMail Labs.

To know more on GMail Labs, See this Official Gmail blog and Gmail Labs - Lifehacker story.

Update: Dated June 7, 2008
The link to this post appeared on Official Gmail Blog yesterday and viola! My site traffic just shoot up like never before! So for all u bloggers out there who want to increase their site traffic, link as much as u can :)