Gmail是当今世界最优秀的电子邮箱。新版 Gmail 界面的唯一变化是让联系人和 Task 的链接更加明显，Google 将这两项功能的链接移动到了界面的左上角，和 Mail 的链接并列在一起。之前这两个难兄难弟一直蜗居在标签列表的左下确实比较容易受到冷落。

另外一直饱受用户抨击的联系人管理工具有了较大的更新，新的界面更像是 Gmail 的一部分，大部分新功能都是来自于用户的呼声，包括：

• 键盘快捷键 （进入联系人界面，按 ? 查看详细操作列表）
• 使用 Last Name 排序 （在 More Actions 里面）
• 电话号码等栏目可以用户自定名称
• 和邮件一样的标签化管理
• 自动保存
• 结构化姓名栏目，用户可以对职称，前缀以及其他部件进行任意调整。
• 更大更明显的 notes 栏目

目前这个新版本已经开始推送，估计所有用户在本周内都应该能体验到了。Google Apps 的用户则比较惨，目前还无法享受到这一新界面和新的联系人管理工具，不过 Google 说他们已经在为此努力工作了。

Gmail Revamps Its Contacts Area To Be More Like Gmail

Gmail is a great product; easily one of my favorites on the web. But it has an Achilles heel — well, actually it’s more like a bum leg: Contacts. Despite a solid contact area being a vital part of pretty much every email and productivity service, Gmail’s is awful. Or, it was awful. Today it’s getting a lot better.

Google just launched  a revamped interface for Gmail and a major upgrade to the Gmail Contacts application. The updated Gmail interface now features three separate links for Mail, Contacts and Tasks at the top of the left sidebar, while the “compose mail” and “add contact” buttons have moved underneath these links. The Gmail Contacts application, which is the focal point of today’s update, now offers users the ability to sort contacts by last name and to create custom labels for phone numbers and other fields that turn the application into a lightweight CRM solution.

In addition, Contacts now features a larger notes field, keyboard shortcuts, automatic saving and an improved sorting feature for Asian languages. Contacts now also sports an undo function.

In typical Google fashion, the company will begin to roll these new features out today and they should be available to all Gmail users by tomorrow. For now, the new version of Contacts will not be available to Google Apps users.

Starting today, Google is rolling out its latest version of Gmail to users around the world. As you can see, it has been slightly redesigned to more prominently display both Contacts and Tasks. While you click on the link to go to the new Contacts area, you’ll notice that Gmail’s left sidebar transforms to show you labels for your various contacts. And the contacts themselves in the main view are now one big stream of names and email addresses — it looks a lot more like Gmail.

Read more – http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/10/gmail-contacts/