Google has taken a few steps to make labeling email messages in Gmail a little less complicated, particularly for those who are new to the service and not used to the Gmail labeling system.
Gmail users will notice that the buttons at the top of their inboxes are a little different looking now:
Before, if you wanted to move a message out of your inbox and into a label you first had to apply the label using the “More actions” menu and then click “Archive.”
Now as Gmail Engineer Emil A. Eklund explains, “Instead of having to first apply the label and then archive, you can just use the ‘Move to’ button to label and archive in a single step — just like you would with a folder. If you just want to add or remove a label, use the new ‘Labels’ button. Auto-complete works, so for those of you with a lot of labels, you can select the one you want just by typing the first couple characters.”
On top of that, they have added keyboard shortcuts v for “move to” and l (that’s a lower-case L) for “labels.” Of course, you must have keyboard shortcuts turned on in your settings.
In other recent Gmail news, the Gmail tasks feature has been made available for iPhones and Android devices. You can read more on that here.
