Gmail Themes
Nov 19, 2008 | 7:10 pm
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Gmail Themes
Browsing my email today and saw a new note at the top with options to set up Gmail Themes- a very 
innovation- Currently I have mine set to planets and its awesome how the color scheme is integrated with the background image. Now only if we could change the background image 
Also, I like how the images change on the location... but haven't seen how dynamic it is yet... ie- is it tied to weather, time of day, etc...
...And a little more searching answered my question:
innovation- Currently I have mine set to planets and its awesome how the color scheme is integrated with the background image. Now only if we could change the background image Also, I like how the images change on the location... but haven't seen how dynamic it is yet... ie- is it tied to weather, time of day, etc...
...And a little more searching answered my question:
Originally Posted by google
From Google
Themes
Themes allow you to customize the look and feel of your Gmail account. To choose a theme, click a thumbnail on the Themes tab of your Settings page.
In some cases, you can also customize by location. Some themes change during the day, and we use the location information you provide to correctly time these changes with your local sunrise, sunset, and/or weather. If you select one of these themes, you'll see a Country/Region drop-down menu appear. Select the country you want, and then enter a city in the field provided. If you don't enter a city, or enter an invalid one, we'll set your location to the capital city of the country you selected. When you're done, click Save.
Themes
Themes allow you to customize the look and feel of your Gmail account. To choose a theme, click a thumbnail on the Themes tab of your Settings page.
In some cases, you can also customize by location. Some themes change during the day, and we use the location information you provide to correctly time these changes with your local sunrise, sunset, and/or weather. If you select one of these themes, you'll see a Country/Region drop-down menu appear. Select the country you want, and then enter a city in the field provided. If you don't enter a city, or enter an invalid one, we'll set your location to the capital city of the country you selected. When you're done, click Save.
Nov 19, 2008 | 7:45 pm
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Its kind of fun. Wish it was there for my Google Apps accounts. Though oh well. I usually just check it in a mail client anyways through IMAP.
Nov 20, 2008 | 3:47 am
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One other interesting thing is not all gmail accounts allow this yet... several friends of mine don't have it yet (mine started April 06)... and also N/A to several newer ones I possess... must be a metered roll-out...
Nov 20, 2008 | 3:55 am
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There's an option to participate in Google Labs experimental projects, which enables some beta additions to Gmail, but I don't see the themes option anywhere...where do you go to choose it?
Nov 20, 2008 | 3:56 am
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I guess I don't get it. But then I never understood why there is such a big deal about various programs having all kinds of "skins." Just give me the information.
Nov 20, 2008 | 4:36 am
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True...my perspective, too. I don't think I'd actually use the themes, since I don't really bother with skins, either, but it's always nice to see Google's clever implementation of things.
Nov 20, 2008 | 4:42 am
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I guess I don't get it. But then I never understood why there is such a big deal about various programs having all kinds of "skins." Just give me the information.
Nov 20, 2008 | 4:52 am
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[email protected]|Settings|Older Version|Help|Sign Out
Click Settings
There will now be displayed another series of links:
General|Accounts|Labels|Filters|Forwarding and POP/IMAP|Chat|Web Clips|Labs|Themes
Click Themes
If Themes is not an option... I guess its not been implemented for your account yet... however if it works... you should see 31 clickable themes ranging from pebbles to ocean to terminal, and at the bottom one can change their city & country.
And be sure to click save when done-
Cheers!
Nov 20, 2008 | 4:53 am
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In gmail at the top is a series of links in the far right corner:
[email protected]|Settings|Older Version|Help|Sign Out
Click Settings
There will now be displayed another series of links:
General|Accounts|Labels|Filters|Forwarding and POP/IMAP|Chat|Web Clips|Labs|Themes
Click Themes
If Themes is not an option... I guess its not been implemented for your account yet... however if it works... you should see 31 clickable themes ranging from pebbles to ocean to terminal, and at the bottom one can change their city & country.
And be sure to click save when done-
Cheers!
[email protected]|Settings|Older Version|Help|Sign Out
Click Settings
There will now be displayed another series of links:
General|Accounts|Labels|Filters|Forwarding and POP/IMAP|Chat|Web Clips|Labs|Themes
Click Themes
If Themes is not an option... I guess its not been implemented for your account yet... however if it works... you should see 31 clickable themes ranging from pebbles to ocean to terminal, and at the bottom one can change their city & country.
And be sure to click save when done-
Cheers!
Nov 20, 2008 | 5:05 am
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I don't have the themes option either.
On a related note, Firefox users have available to them a very cool add-in called Google Redesigned that provides a slick look to both GMail and Google Calendar.
On a related note, Firefox users have available to them a very cool add-in called Google Redesigned that provides a slick look to both GMail and Google Calendar.
Nov 20, 2008 | 5:21 am
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So I tried my last 'trick' and it did not work with another gmail account I have... so I guess I get to believe y'all now 
Nov 20, 2008 | 4:24 pm
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Looks like they’re enabled on my account. Thanks for the heads up!
Same here, but I was able to find a theme (Shiny) similar to what I use with Windows (Silver) that has a nice contrast, at least to my eyes. I was trying out Google Chrome for a short time before I realized I couldn’t change the blue skin to something else. It just blended in with the desktop background that is the default on my ThinkPad.
Same here, but I was able to find a theme (Shiny) similar to what I use with Windows (Silver) that has a nice contrast, at least to my eyes. I was trying out Google Chrome for a short time before I realized I couldn’t change the blue skin to something else. It just blended in with the desktop background that is the default on my ThinkPad.