Gmail users had been facing a lot of problems in regard of viewing multiple panes in different browser windows to read their messages. But, recently Google has added a new feature to Gmail Labs, which allows all Gmail users label their messages and have saved searches at the same time! The feature is called “Multiple Inboxes.”

Octavian “Vivi” Costache, Google software engineer explained why he used his “20 percent time” for the development of this new feature:

“I’m seriously into filters and labels. All the email I get related to Flash goes under my “flash” label, everything about paragliding goes under “flying,” and they all skip my inbox because that’s how I like to stay organized. But when new email arrives I have to switch to the “flash” label first, then click on “paragliding,” etc. I wanted a way to see it all at once.”

Here is how to enable this feature:

• Activate Gmail Labs for your account.
• Enable “Multiple Inboxes” from the list of Labs options.
• In order to set the panes, go to the Gmail Settings menu and select “Multiple Inboxes.”
• Now, you can create up to five different panes.
• However, you have to manually enter the Gmail ‘code’ of each label.

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