More gmail niceties

1) One click replies..
Traditional way: read mail..click reply button..wait for a new page..then type..
Gmail way: read mail..click in the bottom input box..javascript/css magic..to/from/subject etc fields automagically on page and you can just start typing..

2) Threading..Something which is pretty useful for following a conversation..a thread of mails can accessed on a single page..you can expand and collapse individual mails...neat for a start.

3) Messages can be grouped together using labels. One can add more than one labels to a message which is neater than moving a message to a folder and only one folder.

Curiously though the stardard "marking" a message is referred to as "starring" a message.

I got a couple of requests for invites and so i scanned some gmail help. It says that invites ll be called for periodically and the opportunity shall be conveyed by a mail in my inbox. So there is still hope in your lives if getting a blogger account is too cumbersome a task for you.