There's an enhancement available for Google's Gmail service which lets you see multiple views of your inbox on one screen. It's called Multiple Inboxes.
It's important to note that this feature doesn't let you view multiple Gmail accounts or multiple inboxes on one web page. Instead, it shows you multiple views of your inbox on one page. So, you can have one pane show all incoming messages, one pane for starred messages, one pane for messages with a particular label, one for drafts, and so on.
Activating 'Multiple Inboxes'
The feature can be activated on Gmail's Labs page
1. While logged in to Gmail, click on Settings.
2. Go to the "Labs" tab and check the Multiple Inboxes box.
3. Back in your inbox, you will now see the default three-panel view. To make changes to the default view, go into Settings and click on the "Multiple Inboxes" tab, which should now show up.
Altering the Default View
The default view puts two panes (starred and drafts) to the right of your mailbox. However, you can change this default view and set up your multi-panel inbox however you'd like.
Stack' the Inbox Views
The default view minimizes the amount of scrolling needed to see everything, but it also does away with the checkboxes in the smaller panes, meaning you have to leave your split-screen view if you want to archive, delete or bulk process any of the messages in the filtered panes.
In the Multiple Inboxes settings, you can change the configuration so that your filtered panes appear above or below your master inbox. You get the checkboxes back, and your subject lines aren't truncated as sharply, so you can see more information about each message.
Things you can do with Multiple Inboxes
1. Merge other email accounts
You can manage all your email accounts in one place. Set a rule (or “filter” as Gmail calls it) to forward incoming emails to your active Gmail mailbox. Now, set a filter to label these emails (for example: email2) and make them skip the inbox.
2. To-do list
Set a pane to display a label called”to-do”. Whenever you are assigned a task by email, label it as “to-do” and archive it. That way, you can keep your inbox clean without missing any of your tasks or having to transfer them to external to-do list.
3. Separate emails from important senders
Set a filter to assign the label “important” to emails from your most important clients. Create a pane to display that label, and Voila! - Your top clients get top respond time.
4. Separate emails by source
Got a blog or website? Are you an active participant in online forums? Set a filter to label massages people send you through the contact form in your website, comments to your posts, or replies to your questions in forums, and set a pane to display it.
5. Use Gmail as an ubiquitous notepad
Let’s say you want to document an idea you had, but also what it accessible from anywhere. This is what you can do!!! Write it in a new email and save it. After saving a draft in Gmail, you can assign a label to it. Refresh the page and assign the label “notepad” to the draft.
Keep editing and saving that draft. As long as you do not send it to anyone, it’ll keep serving you as a portable notepad.
6. Turn Gmail into a mini playlist
People send you songs by email? Set a separate pane and enjoy your songs every time you open your inbox:
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