Put Less Effort Into Your Gmail Searching

Google introduced a new lab for Gmail today that improves the search feature. The new Search Autocomplete lab is basically like Google Suggest for your inbox. Start typing in the searchbox, and it gives you suggestions.

The first suggestions you will get are names/email addresses, because these are the most popular kind of searches conducted in Gmail. "Some names are not easy to remember (my last name is an excellent example!) — with this new Labs feature you can just type a couple letters and select the desired contact from the drop down list," says Ibrahim Bokharouss this Gmail Help Page.

The one for finding images is especially helpful as Bokharouss points out. With Search Autocomplete, you can just start typing "photos" or "pictures" for example, and you will get "has photos" in the drop down menu. "Att" will bring up more options: