Have you ever sent a business related email you immediately regretted?  Forgot to attach an attachment?  Mistyped a word and as it was being sent noticed it?  Well Google and Gmail have your back!

If you haven’t heard about Gmail, you should.  Google’s website states, “Gmail is a new kind of webmail, built on the idea that email can be more intuitive, efficient, and useful. And maybe even fun. After all, Gmail has:

Less spam
Keep unwanted messages out of your inbox with Google’s innovative technology.

Mobile access
Read Gmail on your mobile phone by pointing your phone’s web browser to http://gmail.com/app.

Lots of space
Over 7309.223600 megabytes (and counting) of free storage so you’ll never need to delete another message.”

Can you maintain your email address with domain name?  Absolutely!  We have been using Gmail at Central Mass Web Design for months now.  I must admit having my work email, web based, is a plus.  I can integrate it into my Palm, as well as check it from anywhere.  (Gmail also has Blackberry applications.)    Not to mention, it’s all free.

So what has Gmail done to make this all even better?  They have added an undo feature to their send mail option.   No more will we send emails to the wrong people.  No more will we forget to send attachments and immediately have to send a second email, making us look unorganized and incompetent. No more will we go on a rant, and immediately regret sending it to our boss.  Gmail allows us to get it back!

Downfalls to this new application… well, if the email is completely sent, there is no getting it back.  Gmail will hold the email for 5 seconds before sending it.  This is the time you have to hit undo, 5 seconds.  Once the email says “sent”, you cannot recover it.  Is this the first step to having completely error proof emails?  Is the future of email a completely integrated email system that communicates with all carriers to allow an unsend feature for all emails no matter how long ago they were sent?  One could hope!

-Kimberly Veautour

The Central Mass Web Design Team is thrilled to announce the release of 2 new websites!

James Stillman of Stillman Landscape came to us with a very short deadline, and a specific reason for starting a new website. He wanted to showcase his amazing work at the Flower and Patio Show in Worcester, Ma that was to take place in just 4 weeks. The Central Mass Web design team, pulled together a great website that shows just what a perfection to detail person James Stillman is, and what great work he has accomplished.

www.stillmanlandscape.com

BSR Labs asked Central Mass Web Design to create a website that was great to look at, easy to navigate, but also showed the field they were in to be innovative and dynamic. Using different types of code, we were able to create a space at the bottom of the page that made the website easy to use and interactive for the client.

www.bsrlabs.com

Check back often for more releases, as the CMWD team breaks ground with some innovative websites coming your way!

Kimberly Veautour