I love that Gmail keeps innovating. Honestly, I know that the same is true for AOL Mail, Yahoo or Hotmail, but from Gchat to Google Calendar, Gmail has done a great job of integrating a ton of important features for my web-based email needs. This is not to say that I don’t still prefer an application client: the depth of Outlook’s calendar, tasklists and Microsoft Office integration still reigns supreme (in my mind). But I can do 90% of the things I want to do in email through Gmail. And many of those things I can even do better. So it always makes me happy to see that Google is still hungry to improve its services.

The most recent improvement was the Label Drag and Drop that was implemented today. As opposed to the (slightly archaic) process of checking specific messages, then selecting a label from a drop-down menu (mostly due to the browser inability for an in-depth right-click function), now you can simply drag a message into a label. Honestly, this is an outstanding new addition, one which certainly makes my life a whole lot easier. Now whenever I get an email relevant to a project I’m working on or specific to this blog, I can file it. Now all of my tax documents can be filed simply into one folder with ease. Trust me, searching for receipts or “taxes” using the search function is not a productive way to go about making sure that all of your tax documents are filed. At all.

[And no, I'm not curious about polygamy.]

For those of you who usually treat your email with abandon, rarely labeling things and using search 99% of the time to find items in your mail, now is the perfect time to take hold of your life and organize. Another great tool I use from Gmail (this one from Google Labs) is Superstars. It allows you to “Star” your mail items with more than one type of star. Which is very handy in conjunction with Multiple Inboxes – descriptions for both are below.

So, thanks Gmail. Keep innovating and making the internet a better place. That goes for every other company big or small, young or old. There’s always something that can be improved upon.