Gmail had left beta in 2009 and by 2010 was the email of choice for anyone under 35, with conversation threading, labels instead of folders and more than 7 GB of free storage. The year brought Google Buzz's messy launch inside Gmail, phone calls from the inbox in August, and Priority Inbox.
- Domain in 2010
- gmail.com
- Launched
- 1 April 2004
- Owner in 2010
- Status today
- Still active
What people used it for
- Email with conversation view
- Google Talk chat in the sidebar
- Labs experiments
Interface characteristics
- Blue header with a red-blue-yellow-green M logo
- Conversation threads and label chips
- Chat contacts in the left column
- Text ads beside messages
Notable features
- Priority Inbox (August 2010)
- Phone calls from Gmail (August 2010)
- Google Buzz launched inside Gmail (February 2010)
What happened later
Gmail passed a billion users in 2016 and remains the world's largest email service.
Archived on the Wayback Machine
Archived pages open on web.archive.org (Internet Archive). They are historical captures, not part of this exhibit.
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