Gmail finally adds rich text and per-address signatures

The Gmail team has added a couple of long-overdue features today, and thankfully, they're not even in Labs:

1) Rich text signatures: Finally you can format the text in your signature, add a link, or even include an image (please don't to that, though). This is an image that should have been there from the get-go; well, finally it's here, and we no longer need to use "canned text" as a wonky workaround for adding well-formatted signatures.

2) Per-address signatures: I use Gmail as a communications hub, funneling all of my incoming email into its convenient interface. But this means I have several different "From" addresses, such as my Weblogs Inc. address, my personal email address, my day-job address, etc. Now I can have a separate signature for each such address. This is very handy, and it's also a great way to keep from replying using the incorrect "From" address (which has happened to me more than once). It's easier to notice that your signature is wrong than to notice what's in the tiny "From" box (at least, for me).

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