Managing Your Plug-in Gallery
Posted Jan 27th 2009 11:55AM by Webmail Team
Over the past few weeks, we've been showcasing here some of the upcoming new features in AOL Webmail. Many of you have not only already tried them in the Beta, but have also provided some great feedback. Thanks and keep it coming!
Well, the Webmail team has been working hard these past couple weeks, making little tweaks and putting on the final touches. We're proud to let you know that those features as now available on webmail.aol.com!
Just to recap, here's a list of what's new in AOL Webmail:
- Themes, themes, themes - choose from over 40 of them!
- Plug-ins that let you get weather, stock, finance news, horoscopes, etc. right in your Inbox
- GmailTM in AOL - preview your Gmail Inbox by adding the Gmail Plug-in
- iCal support - create your own or subscribe to your favorites
Now I'm gonna turn it over to David to walk you through how to make the most of all the plug-ins.
Thanks, Rose....
Using the plug-ins and the gallery is supremely easy. But in the spirit of "show don't tell" we made a couple of short videos that can also get you up to speed.
First up is a video that shows you how to add plug-ins from the gallery to your sidebar.
Once you've been using plug-ins for a while you may find that you like some more than others. This video shows you how to remove plug-ins and reorder them in your toolbar.
We hope you enjoy the new AOL Webmail. Let us know what you think!
A collaborative article by Rose Jen, Product Manager and David Louie, Senior UI Designer
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1. Hm, now that you've added the ability to view other mail Inboxes in AOL Mail, I'm wondering if it would be possible to load in another IMAP account and interact with it via AOL Mail's interface.
Posted at 5:29PM on Jan 28th 2009 by Fyrna
2. I really liked the old feature where the computer recognized my contacts, so that when I started typing the email address, it would bring up a list of matching contacts early in the typing, which saved me from having to remember and look up people. It no longer does this on either of my computers-- why?
Posted at 12:25PM on Jan 29th 2009 by Meredith Weller
3. Now that you have all of these plug-ins an stuff, when will you add the ability to auto-forward e-mail to other AOL and non-AOL accounts?
Posted at 3:14PM on Jan 29th 2009 by rostry
4. How's the development of the Comcast Webmail plug-in going? Is Comcast cooperating???
Posted at 5:11PM on Jan 29th 2009 by espy15228
5. @Meredith Weller: This feature hasn't changed and is still available. If autocomplete does not work, something is odd on your machine. Try resyncing your AB by adding and deleting a contact. You can also "Shift-click" on "Help" and then select the option to "Reset" the Addressbook sync.
@Rostry, Fyrna: Both features are on our roadmap
Posted at 12:54PM on Jan 30th 2009 by marcelbmbecker
6. How can I get my contacts to stay on the AOL mail page when I sign back on without having to click the icon in the gallery?
Posted at 4:58PM on Feb 10th 2009 by zumbino
7. at the moment i am trying to understand this, so i may continue on with others who dont have time.
Posted at 1:59AM on Jun 7th 2009 by tom
8. Are you mad? I followed the instructions for the plugin " click on the + Its as easy as that" all I got was a blank page. Please remember this is AOL and nothing is easy because like everything AOL does is still in beta and the bugs haven't been taken care of.
Posted at 10:31AM on Mar 7th 2009 by Paul Davies