I love new gadgets, virtual as well as physical. So, I can’t help liking Google Labs. Google rolls out experimental features, both fun ones and useful ones, for Gmail through Labs. I have always wanted a simple taks manager that integrated right into my email. Now Google offers Gmail Tasks. While still rough around the edges, Tasks works while in Gmail, allowing users to add tasks right from emails.
New in Labs: Tasks: Keep track of what you need to do with a lightweight task list right inside of Gmail. Just click and type to add new tasks, convert emails into tasks, and (most satisfyingly) check them off as you’re done. Once you turn on this Labs feature, look for the Tasks link to the left of your inbox under Contacts. Turn on tasks and more from the Labs tab under Settings. Learn more.
The biggest bug for me has always been that the Tasks pop-up window, like the Google Talk chat pop-up window, does not handle zoom well. Designed to just fit on screen with zoom at 100%, my default zoom settings for Gmail push the top of the Tasks window out of sigh with no scroll remedy.
Google has just announced a workaround. They did not do this intentionally! This is the same trick I mentioned for Google Book Search,. By using the new mobile web site for Tasks, you can access a full screen Tasks window that you can zoom and scroll to your heart’s content.
Gmail Taks - iPhone View
So, until Google rolls out Tasks out of the Labs, the mobile web page is the accessible way to manage Gmail Tasks.
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