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Rumor: Are Gmail Themes Arriving June 5?

By Scott Gilbertson May 30, 2008 Categories: Software & Tools, Visual Design

gmail.jpgGoogle has taken the unusual step of pre-announcing a new, as-yet-unnamed, feature for Gmail, set to launch June 5. According to an e-mail the company recently sent out, the mysterious features will be “a change in our development process and in the way users will be able to influence Gmail’s design.”

We’ve been hearing rumors of a skinnable Gmail for some time now and it’s possible that this just that — themes for Gmail.

Ionut Alex Chitu over at Google Operating System thinks the new feature is something more like a Gmail-specific version of Google Labs, a place for daring users to try out new Gmail features before they officially launch.

Whatever the case Google still lists Gmail as a beta, which means the new announcement is for an unannounced feature added to a beta software offering — it doesn’t get much more vaporware than that.

Be sure to let us know your feature guesses in the comments below.

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