I have a small confession to make. I have more than one
Gmail account. My primary account has used up almost 10% of it's capacity. Yowza. But for some reason I never saw this web clipping thing until today, when I randomly logged in to one of my lesser-used accounts... It appears at the top of the interface (see pic to the right), and allows you to view snippets of other sites. In the Settings there is even a tab where you can add/delete sites. I noticed our sister blog
Engadget was preloaded (thanks for the love Google, now where's Download Squad?). My question to all of you out there with gmail accounts: how many of you won this lottery and are seeing web clippings in your Gmail?
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Subscribe to commentskevinAug 24th 2005 10:31PM
Yea i have this also. If you go to settings you can add custom RSS feeds to it. I have engadget, hack a day, download squad, and auto blog set up on mine.
Brett EppsAug 30th 2005 1:41PM
I'm getting Web Clips too. I like the way Gmail displays spam-related recipes in the Web Clips area when you're in your spam folder.
I think it's a bit unfair that there was so much coverage on various websites about Microsoft renaming RSS when Google is doing the same thing with Web Clips (they're named that on the Google Sidebar, too).
Jamie BrockingtonAug 24th 2005 10:49PM
No fair! I don't have this is on either.. err.. my GMail account :(
robotrockAug 24th 2005 10:51PM
I've had this for a while...I wasn't aware it wasn't available to everyone.
ChrisAug 24th 2005 10:54PM
I'm pretty sure they are rolling it out based on when you signed up, like they've done with most of the other stuff.
dasickisAug 24th 2005 11:30PM
Yeah I think I have had this feature for a few months already.
tevetorbesAug 24th 2005 11:17PM
No such feature on my account :(
However, I have http://www.google.com/ig set as my homepage, which allows me to add all the feeds that I want ad nauseum, so it'd probably be overkill to see more feeds when I wander over to gmail.
Paul SpeharAug 25th 2005 12:23AM
I agree with tevetorbes, I prefer Gmail on my IG page instead of feeds on my gmail page.
google/ig handles a massive pile of feeds. I have about 25 loaded on my page and it doesn't even strain open. I love the ease in which I can rearrange them with a simple drag and drop.
I wish it would popup a preview like the start.com/3 page though...
Eric JefcoatSep 4th 2005 1:43AM
I have 4 gmail accounts and only one of them has web clippings. In fact, I had to manually load Engadget! I've had the web clippings from the time they were released and I use them a lot. As soon as I found Download Squad, I tried to enter the RSS into gmail's web clippings and it didn't recognize the feed. I haven't tried it since. Do you know if it works in gmail's web clippings?
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ArunAug 26th 2005 12:43AM
I started seeing them a long time ago, at least a month or so, if not more. I just figured it was some promotion deal Weblogs, Inc. had with Google.
PaulAug 25th 2005 5:38AM
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Nicole SimonAug 25th 2005 7:04AM
Don't have it either. :(
While I would not use it in general, but there would be one or two feeds I would like to monitor more closely.
Colin HillAug 25th 2005 8:23AM
All of my accounts had it by June... But one of the friends I gave gmail to hasn't gotten it yet.
MarkAug 25th 2005 10:34AM
I've had this for ages. It's actually what introduced me to the whole concept of RSS feeds. I had heard the term before, but had no idea what they were. After I noticed the web clippings on my Gmail, I went and downloaded Feedreader, and the rest is history.
nick santilliAug 25th 2005 11:08AM
I've had my gmail account since almost day 1. I don't have the little feeds header in my account.
But my wife who is an infrequent user, and got her account from me about a month after I did, has it. WTF?
markAug 25th 2005 11:22AM
My main gmail account doesn't have them, but my secondary account does. I have no idea how they are rolling this out, but would be curious to find out.
Eliot PhillipsAug 25th 2005 1:10PM
I think only one of my five accounts has it.
SteveAug 25th 2005 5:40PM
I don't have it, something I'm very grieved about. I'm a fairly heavy user of gmail too :'(
zatrixAug 25th 2005 7:56PM
"The Gmail Team is currently testing a new feature called 'Gmail Clips,' which provides users access to news, blogs, and other information within their Gmail accounts, using RSS/Atom feeds. Currently, a small number of randomly selected users are testing the feature, but it may become more widely available in the future."
xxdesmusAug 25th 2005 10:15PM
3 accounts, only 1 has it...pretty useless if you ask me.