How to use Gmail as storage drive

As we know that Gmail hasaround 4GB storage for emails.What about using this space as storage device in your system? Seems to be very good option.

Now it is possible because of a freeware Gmail Drive [Download Gmail Drive] which is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a virtual filesystem around your Google Mail account,
allowing you to use Gmail as a storage medium.




According to site "GMail Drive creates a virtual file system on top of your Google Gmail account and enables you to save and retrieve files stored on your Gmail account directly from inside Windows Explorer. GMail Drive literally adds a new drive to your computer under the My Computer folder, where you can create new folders, copy and drag'n'drop files to.

When you create a new file using GMail Drive, it generates an e-mail and posts it to your account. The e-mail appears in your normal Inbox folder, and the file is attached as an e-mail attachment. GMail Drive periodically checks your mail account (using the Gmail search function) to see if new files have arrived and to rebuild the directory structures. But basically GMail Drive acts as any other hard-drive installed on your computer.
You can copy files to and from the GMail Drive folder simply by using drag'n'drop like you're used to with the normal Explorer folders."

So now you can Gmail space as your storage memory drive in your system.You can cut,copy, paste files as in your system hard drive.

How to become invisible in Gmail chat

Most of the instant messengers have the facility to become invisible while chatting but Gmail chat does not have this facility till now.But now you can avail this facility because in a very recent update Gmail has provided this facility.

But it won’t work if you are logged in simultaneously with Google Talk. So now you can be offline but also chat with friends who are online, completely invisible.

Also setting up your invisible mode in Gmail chat is also very simple, refer the adjoining image here, use the invisible option now available under the 'set status here' option.

Google Talk does not allow users to decide when their status changes to 'idle' and back. The result is that others can easily know whether or not you're at your computer. however there are some free softwares that can assist you to take control of your GTalk status.

Try gAlwaysIdle, it adds two new options to Google Talk, allowing you to change your status to be 'always idle' or 'never idle'. When your status is set to 'always idle', you'll appear idle to your Google Talk buddies, even if you're sitting at your computer typing e-mails and sending IMs. The software is freely available here..