By: Aseem Gaurav on May 27, 2011
Google is soon going to release a new “people widget” that will display information about people involved in a Gmail conversation, including Buzz posts, shared documents, photo, links to recent messages from them and calendar events.
"Email is just as much about the people you communicate with as it is what you communicate about. We think it can be helpful to view relevant information in context, which is why over the next two weeks we’re rolling out a new people widget located on the right hand side of your messages. The people widget surfaces content from friends, family and colleagues that is already available to you but may be hard to find and makes it easier to connect with them," Google said in its blog.
"Next to every email message you can now see contextual information about the people in that conversation including recent emails you received from them, relevant Buzz posts, shared documents and calendar events. You also have quick access to a variety of ways to communicate with individuals, start a group chat or schedule a meeting with groups of people."
"We hope the people widget will improve your Gmail experience and we’re eager for you to try it out".
The feature will prove extremely handy for those users who receive hundreds of emails everyday and are in constant touch with others via Gmail. The feature doesn’t require a browser plugin.
