Lazy Gmail Replies – Use Canned Responses

by Dan Perlman on October 23, 2008

in Web 2.0, email

gmail_logoIn retrospect, I’m still kind of annoyed at myself for writing about the recent Gmail feature Gmail Goggles — it really was kind of stupid (it challenges you with math problems if you try and send emails late at night when you might be worse for alcohol).

I hope I don’t feel the same way about Canned Responses.  This new feature to Gmail is available through the Labs menu which showcases new “experimental” features that you can use in your Gmail.

It allows you to save standard replies that you can give to your Gmail message.  While I can’t see this feature being very useful in personal email.

“Thank you for your proposal of marriage, but…”

More useful might be if you use your Gmail for your business and need to send any kind of repetitive messages, like the kind that are often used in customer service situations.

More about Gmail Canned Responses[via WebMonkey]

Comment about whether Canned Responses is as stupid as Gmail Goggles.

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  • Google just added a couple more capabilities to Gmail beyond Canned Responses -- they've added a rich set of emoticons -- you know -- those are infinite variations on Smiley faces. Goodness knows that's what the world needs.

    Also, in a more useful vein, they've updated the mobile Gmail client on Blackberrys so that you can compose messages in Gmail even if you're in a no coverage area.
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