Good news for Gmail users who are deluged by messages and overwhelmed by which ones to tackle first. Google on Monday night announced a new Gmail feature in beta called Priority inbox, which sorts your incoming e-mail into three sections, "important and unread," "starred," and "everything else."
Google software engineer Doug Aberdeen explained in a post of a company Gmail blog that the feature targets mail that isn't outright spam "but isn't very important." It separates the important stuff from the "bologna," or "bacn," he said.
And users don't need to set up rules to make the sorting happen. The feature takes its cues from things like who users e-mail the most and what messages are open and replied to rather than being skipped over.
"As you use Gmail, it will get better at categorizing messages for you," Aberdeen wrote. "You can help it get better by clicking the (plus or minus) buttons at the top of the in-box to correctly mark a conversation as important or not important."
Priority Inbox is scheduled to be rolled out to all Gmail users over the next week or so. Users just have to look for the "New! Priority Inbox" link in the top right corner of their Gmail account.
The feature is getting good reviews from those who have taken some early test drives..
Isn’t it is better.
